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Appendix.— Table XVIII. SEoiving the Actual Weiglts (lbs. and ozs.) 
Class HI. 16 Wether Sheep of LeicesterBreed, about year old, in moderately 
Killed at Rothamsted, 
Designation of Parts. 
The 4 giving the Largest amount of 
Increase diuing Fattening. 
The 4 giving the Smallest amount of 
Increase during Fattening. 
No. 1. 
No. 2. 
No. 3. 
No. 4. 
No. 5. 
No. 6. 
'So. 7. 
1 
No. 8. 
1 
bs. oz. ] 
bs. oz. ] 
bs. oz. 1 
3S. oz. ] 
bs. oz. ] 
bs. oz. '1 
DS. OZ. 4 
3s. oz. 
19 0 
121 0 
17 0 
08 0 
96 0 
92 0 I 
93 0 
84 0 
Final weight, unfasted (including shorn wool) . . . 1 
85 4 
183 12 
L79 0 
64 0 
[27 0 
[23 9 1 
18 12 
07 11 
Final weight, after fasting (including shorn wool). 
70 4 
168 12 
L65 0 
L50 0 
116 0 
[12 9 
[09 12 
98 11 
/ 
4 12 
3 14 
3 12 
3 15 
3 6 
3 7 
3 1 
2 11 
Contents of stomachs 
7 0-5 
5 14 
6 8 
7 1 
4 15 
6 0 
1 
5 1 
5 1 
6 3 
6 13 
7 4 
5 5 
4 8 
2 0 
2 8-5 
1 11 
Small intestines and contents 
3 10 
3 0 
3 9 
2 13 
2 4 
4 1 
2 11 
2 12-5 
Large intestines and contents 
3 3-5 
2 11 
3 1 
2 9 
1 14 
2 11 
2 2 
2 6 
2 0 
1 15 
1 15 
1 6 
1 6 
1 10 i 
0 12-5 
1 5-5 
Heart and aorta 
0 10 
0 12 
0 105 
0 10 
0 7'5 
0 9-5 
0 7 
0 9 
offal. 
0 5-7 
0 3 
0 8*5 
0 3 
0 2 
0 2-5 
0 2 
0 2-4 
Sh 
Lungs and windpipe 
1 6 
1 11 
1 3 
1 5 
1 4 
2 0 
1 1 
1 14 
° 
6 13 
6 10 
7 2 
5 11 
4 8 
5 7 
4 15 
4 13 
3 0 
2 10 
3 1 
2 14 
2 3-5 
2 4 
1 15 '5 
2 -0 4 
0 i-3 
0 1-5 
0 0-5 
0 1 
0 0-8 
0 1-2 
0 0-8 
0 1 
C3 
m 
Pancreas (“sweetbread” ) 
0 4 
0 4-5 
0 4 
0 3 
0 3-2 
0 3-3 
0 3 
0 2-5 
Milt or spleen 
0 3-5 
0 3-5 
0 3-3 
0 3 
0 2-5 
0 3-6 
0 3 
0 3 
0 1 
0 0*9 
0 0-9 
0 1 
0 0-7 
0 0-7 
, 0 09 
0 1 
4 3 
4 11 
4 1 
i 4 ^ 
3 9 
3 15 
3 9*5 
1 
3 7-5 
Skin (with feet, &c.) 
12 15 
12 1 
11 10 
10 14 
9 1 
10 0 
! 9 8 
) 
9 0 
Wool previously shorn 
10 4 
8 12 
10 0 
10 0 
6 0 
8 9 
i 9 12 
! 
6 11 
Miscellaneous trimmings 
1 
Total “offal” parts 
66 15-5 
62 3-4 
64 13-7 
59 6 
45 15-2 
53 4-8 
48 17 
44 15-8 
99 9-5 
101 13 
96 5 
88 6 
66 13-5 
59 2-5 
59 14-5 
51 15 
Loss by evaporation, error in weighing, &c 
. 3 11 
4 lie 
3 13-3 
2 4 
3 3'i 
1 7 
1 11-8 
1 12-2 
Live-weight after fasting 
— 
. 170 4 
168 12 
165 0 
150 0 
116 0 
112 9 
|l09 12 
98 11 
» For particulars of tlie feeding experiment, see article on the Comparatiye Fattening Qualities of 
