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REPORT—1854. 
Table (continued). 
Description of the 
Gross increase obtained by the consumption of i 
. 
foods. 
100 lbs. of total food. 
e 
o 
In 
1st 
2nd 
3rd 
4 th 
5th 
Average ] 
fixed 
Ad libitum. 
period. 
period. 
period. 
period. 
period. 
of total | 
quantity. 
14 days. 
11 days. 
14 days. 
14 days. 
14 dars. 
period. 
i. 
Lentils... 
bran. 
| Sugar ... 
266 
21'9 
18-3 
190 
185 
20-8 
2. 
Lentils... 
| Starch ... 
261 
207 
17’3 
2M 
147 
19-9 
3. 
Lentils... 
Bran. 
Sugar ... 
Starch ... 
}*4‘8 
201 
198 
16-2 
190 
19-8 
Lentils... 
] 
4. 
None . 
Bran ... 
Us-3 
159 
25-3 
19-4 
206 
214 
Sugar ... 
. Starch... 
1 
201 
Means.1 
25 7 
190 
20-2 
18!) 
18-2 
Although it has already been seen that a larger amount . n 
sumed per head as the pigs increased in weight nnd fathess, yet 11 , 
in Table V. that there was a gradual decrease in the quantity cons ^ 
100 lbs. live-weight of animal, in nil eases from the 1st period to ' . . ;i . 
tact, during the short space of five fortnightly periods, the amoun . 
sumed in proportion to the weights of the animals is pretty un ^.... 
the four pens about one-third less in the fifth period than in i 
this decrease in the consumption of food in relation to weight, tncre 
same time, as shown in the 2nd division of the table, a considerable 
in the amount of gross increase yielded by a given weight of J (0 ,|„t 
temng process progresses. Former experiments have lioweve ^ f 
as the animal matures, its increase is irmch less aqueous ; 60 are ntiJ 
the lessened productiveness of the food in gross increase is onij ji ^ 
tff j.' • - • • j Indeed, a ca,u 
, - ™ vuuuiuBum ui.il me lunuuumu - . „„ : n aCU 011 
so to speak, that is to say, the amount of them required to keep* of 
machine of life, though not so great in proportion to the _ t •}: 
animal as it matures, yet continues pretty equally so m p P -j^le r 
amount of lood consumed. On the other hand, the increase a j( 
he remainder, or that portion of the food not so 
be less in gross amount than in the earlier stages of feed,, ‘f' cer U 
about equal so far ns the storing np of real dry substance 13 f ”^1 ff, 
lact, as the fattening proceeds, less gross weight of increase s d flf ,«. 
given amount of food ; but the quality or food-capacity ' n ‘^ . W 
vonTti!’ 18 a C0rre8 potniing degree the greater. Jo fat J ffe ig ht * 
meat th0 poi ! ltat w,lic,i a higher price is obtained for a , ®' 0 f 
nmat, is an advantage to the consumer, and not to the prod** 0 f the ^ 
foods R l 6 ne **J al, ' e (VI.) are given the total amounts of j c matter, 
mbmrnl Pa ’T ely ’ and t,lc collective foods, and of the dry orga" c ^ 
in'each n,att ^ r ’ a "d the nitrogen, contained in them, whf #** 
he ?a E? dunn f V he tc “ Neeles of the experiment. There . ^ ^ 
the last column ot the Table the amount if gross increase y* 
