620 
ME. J. B. LAWES AED BE. J. H. GILBEET ON THE COMPOSITION OP 
Appestdix. — Table XXXI. Showing the Actual Weights (lbs. and. ozs.) 
Class XVI. — 25 Sheep of Sa/mpshire Dov:n Hreed, divided into 6 Lots, each with different Pood*. 
EMled 
Designation of Parts. 
Lot 1. — Food : — 
Barley (ground)— in fixed quantity. 
Mangolds — ad lihitv.m. 
Lot 2. — Food : — 
Vlalt (ground), and Malt-dust- 
quantity. 
Mangolds — ad libitum. 
—in fixed ! 
Lots. — Food: — | 
larley (ground and steeped) — inp 
quantity. t 
Mangolds — ad libitum. 
No. 1. 
No. 
2. 
No. 
3. 
No. 4. 
No. 5. 
No. 6. 
No. 7. 
No. 
8. 
1 
Xo. 9. i 
f 
No. 10. i 
No. 
n.l 
1 
Njl 
bs. oz. 
bs. 
oz. 
bs. 
oz. 
bs. oz. 
bs. oz. 
bs. oz. 
bs. oz. i' 
bs. 
OZ. 
bs. oz. ,1^. oz. 1 
lbs. 
1 
OZ. 1 
IbJ, 
Original weight 
136 0 
136 
0 
136 
0 
Ill 0 
121 0 1 
133 0 , 
130 0 
123 
0 
139 0 ll33 0 
127 
0 1 
1 
i3;« 
Final weight, unfasted (including shorn I 
wool) J 
Final weight, after fasting (including \ 
shorn wool) J 
147 12 
152 
8-5 
150 
12-5 
147 8 
150 7-5 : 
143 15-5 !l53 8'5 
148 
85 
177 1 !154 85 
147 
95 j 
1535 
140 12 
143 
O'o 
142 
12-5 
139 12 
140 7-5 
138 15-5 444 8-5 
138 
125 
166 1 |l44 85 
139 
135 
Wi 
Stomachs 
3 8 
4 
0 
4 
2 
3 11 
3 15-5 
3 13-3 
3 6 
3 
10 
4 65 j 
3 11 
3 
9 
35 
Contents of stomachs 
4 11-5 
4 
12 
6 
4 
5 6 
5 14-5 
7 1-5 
6 14-5 
4 
115 
9 65 
6 7 
6 
4 
11 
Caul-fat 
7 6 
5 
10-5 
6 
5-2 
6 13-5 
6 2 
7 5-8 
7 0 
7 
9*5 
5 3 
5 10 
7 
115 
S5 
Small intestines and contents 
2 7 
1 
15-5 
2 
7 
2 10 
2 0-7 
2 10 
1 8 
1 
15 
3 0 
1 135 
1 
15 
21 
Large intestines and contents 
2 5 
3 
7-5 
3 
10 
2 15-5 
2 12-7 
3 5-5 
2 8'8 
2 
11 
3 7 
2 35 
2 
9 
21 
Intestinal fat 
3 3-5 
4 
12 
4 
3 
3 13 
2 11-7 
2 13 
4 2-8 
3 
5o 
3 12 
2 8-3 
2 
9 
35 
’ 
‘offal.' 
Heart and aorta 
0 9 
0 
11 
0 
12 5 
0 8-5 
0 11-4 
0 9-5 
0 9-5 
0 
8*5 
0 115 
0 10-3 
0 
9-1 
1 - 
f ^ 
Heart-fat 
0 7-4 
0 
8 
0 
10-4 
0 8-7 
0 13-7 
0 8'1 
0 13-8 
0 
13-4 
0 11-3 
1 3-2 
0 
9-7 
01 
i ^ 
Lungs and windpipe 
1 8-5 
1 
7 
1 
15 
1 6 
1 6 
1 8'8 
1 7-7 
1 
10 
1 12-7 
1 6-7 
1 
5*6 
Blood 
5 8 
5 
7 
5 
14 
6 1 
6 14 
5 8 
5 10 
4 
15 
7 11 
6 1 
5 
3 
61 
S 
Liver 
2 0-8 
2 
2d 
1 
15 
2 2-2 
2 22 
1 14 
2 0 
1 
115 
2 11 
1 15 
1 
13 
2 
P-i 
o 
m 
0 1-2 
0 
0'8 
0 
0-6 
0 0-7 
0 1-4 
0 1-2 
0 05 
0 
1-8 
0 1-8 
0 1-7 
0 
08 
0 
Pancreas (“ sweetbread”) 
0 3-7 
0 
4-5 
0 
4-3 
0 4 
0 4 
0 44 
0 3-2 
0 
42 
0 4-2 
0 3-2 
0 
4-7 
C! 
Milt or spleen 
0 3-6 
0 
3 
0 
4-5 
0 4 
0 4 
0 37 
0 3-2 
0 
2-4 
0 6-4 
0 4-2 
0 
4-4 
C 
Head 
4 12 
4 
9 
4 
11 
4 5-5 
4 12-5 
4 12-3 
4 3 
4 
2 
5 35 
4 8-6 
4 
6-7 
i 4 
Skin (with feet, &c.) 
9 14 
10 
14'5 
11 
9 
10 3 
8 15 
10 10 
10 2 
9 
8 
12 15 
10 11 
9 
.05 
; i(t 
1 , 
) Wool previously shorn 
6 12 
7 
8-5 
5 
12-5 
7 8 
5 7-5 
6 15-5 
10 85 
9 
85 
9 1 
6 85 
7 
95 
i 1 
' — 1 
Total “ offal ” parts 
55 9-2 
58 
5 2 
60 
12 
58 8-6 
54 4-8 
60 0-8 
61 5 5 
57 
3-8 
69 14-9 
55 14-7 
56 
65 
61 
• i 
Carcass 
84 0 
85 
0 
81 
0 
80 0 
85 0 
76 0 
SO 0 
80 
0 
95 0 
86 0 
80 
0 
S3 
Loss by evaporation, error in weighing, &c 
1 2-8 
-0 
4-7 
1 
0-5 
1 3-4 
1 2-7 
2 14-7 
3 3 
1 
8-7 
1 21 
2 9-8 
3 
7 
Live-weight after fg,sting 
140 12 
143 
0’5 
142 
12-5 
139 12 
140 7-5 
138 155 
144 85 
|l38 
i 
125 
166 1 
144 85 
139 
135 
iii 
, 1 
— 1 
» For particulars of the feeding experiment, refer, under the head of “Experiments with Sheep — Series 4,” to Article — “Sheep 
essici feeding experiment concluded on May 29th. Between that date and the date of killing (June 13), the animals either gained 
diately after the conclusion of the feeding experiment. The facts here stated, will of course accoimt for the differences that occur 
feeding experiment, in the Paper referred to. 
