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Appendix. — Table XX. Sho-wing tlie Actual Weights (lbs. and ozs.) 
Class V.— 16 Ewe Sheep of Cross-lreed (Leicester and South Down), about year old, m 
Killed at Eothamsted, 
Designation of Parts. 
The 4 ginng the Largest amount 
of Increase during Fattening. 
The 4 giving the Smallest amount 
of Increase during Fattening. 
No. 1. 
No. 2. 
No. 3. 
No. 4. 
No. 5. 
No. 6. j 
No. 
7. 
No. 
8. 
hs. oz. 
hs. oz. 
hs. oz. 
hs. oz. 
bs. oz. 
bs. oz. 
bs. oz. 
Original weight 
84 0 
91 
0 
95 0 
91 0 
90 0 
91 0 
92 
0 
an 
u 
Final weight, unfasted (including shorn wool) 
143 14 
142 
6 
[45 14 
140 4 
124 12 
124 8 
125 
6 
118 
7 
Final weight, after fasting (including shorn wool). . 
129 14 
129 
6 
131 14 i 
1 
125 4 
112 12 
112 8 
114 
6 
108 
7 
( Stomachs 
3 2-5 
3 
0 
3 7 
2 15 
3 4 i 
2 15 i 
2 
13 
2 
10-5 
Contents of stomachs 
5 11-5 
3 
6 
5 6 
6 2 
4 2 
3 0 1 
5 
4 
4 
6’5 
6 4 
5 
3-5 
6 8 
4 7 
5 3-5 
6 0 
3 
15‘5 , 
4 
4*5 
Small intestines and contents 
2 0 
2 
4-5 
2 4 
2 5 
1 12 
1 11 
2 
0 
2 
1-5 
Large intestines and contents 
1 12 
2 
7-5 
2 4 
1 15 
2 4 
1 5 
2 
6 
2 
4*5 
Intestinal fat 
1 8-3 
1 
5 
2 10-5 
1 14-5 
1 12 
2 1-5 
1 
1 
0 
Heart and aorta 
0 8-5 
0 
9 
0 9 
0 9 
0 8 
0 8 
0 
6*5 
0 
7 
Heart-fat 
0 4-5 
0 
2 
0 3-7 
0 2-5 
0 4-5 
0 3 
0 
2*5 
0 
2 
O 
Lungs and windpipe 
1 6 
1 
2-5 
1 3'7 
1 2 
1 2-8 
1 1 
1 
6 
1 
8-5 
-it-H 
Blood 
5 12 
5 
6-5 
5 5 
4 8 
5 7-5 
4 12 
4 
11 
4 
1 
1 ^ 
Liver 
2 8-5 
2 
5-5 
2 9 
2 2-5 
1 12-5 
1 14 
1 
15-5 
1 
13 
Gall-bladder and contents 
0 2 
0 
12 
0 0-5 
0 2 
0 1-4 
0 1-8 
0 
0-7 
0 
0-9 
S 
aT* 
Pancreas ( “ sweetbread ” ) 
0 3-5 
0 
3-3 
0 3-5 
0 3 
0 2-5 
0 3 
0 
3 
0 
3 
U1 
Milt or spleen 
0 3-2 
0 
3 2 
0 4-5 
0 3 
0 3 
0 2-5 
0 
2-5 
0 
2-5 
Bladder 
0 05 
0 
0-8 
0 0-7 
0 0-5 
0 0-6 
0 0-9 
0 
0-8 
0 
0-9 
0 0-7 
0 
1-2 
0 1 
0 1 
0 1-2 
0 0-7 
0 
0-7 
0 
0-7 
1 
1 
Head 
3 13-5 
4 
0 
4 0 
3 115 
3 6-5 
: 3 7-5 
3 
7-5 
3 
3 
Skin (with feet, &c.) 
11 3 
10 
7 
9 8 
10 0 
8 12 
8 4 
9 
0 
9 
8 
Wool previously shorn 
7 14 
7 
6 
6 14 
7 4 
6 12 
5 8 
6 
6 
6 
7 
^ Miscellaneous trimmings 
0 3 
0 2-5 
0 4-5 
0 2 
i 
0 
4 
Total “ offal ” parts 
54 9-2 
49 
10-7 
53 8-6 
50 0 
47 2 
I 43 2-9 
I 
45 
12-2 
44 
9 
76 110 
77 
5-5 
77 13 
71 12 
65 5 
67 6-0 
68 
1 
62 
11 
Loss by evaporation, error in weighing, &c 
-1 6-2 
2 
5-8 
0 8-4 
3 8 
0 5 
1 15-1 
0 
8-8 
1 
3 
Live-weight after fasting 
129 14 
129 
6 
131 14 
125 4 
112 12 
112 8 
114 
6 
108 
7 
» For particulars of the feeding experiment, see article on the “Comparative Fattening Qualities of 
