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of pounds of original weight, which is sold for two to three cents 
per pound more than it cost. 
EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE OF FOOD AND GROWTH. 
It has long been known that animals eat more in cold weather than 
in warm, and the following table is presented, not as showing any new 
facts, but as containing more data bearing on the subject: 
Gain 
Per head per day. 
in live 
Average 
Total 
Total Diges- 
Av’ge weight per 
Live 
Digestible 
tible per 1000 Temper- head per 
Weight. 
Hay 
. Grain. 
Roots. 
material. 
lbs. per day. 
ature. 
day. 
Oct. 24-Nov. 5, 
86 
1.9 
* 
0.92 
10.6 
45.6 
.15 
Nov. 5--Nov. 19, 
88 
2.5 
1.23 
14.0 
40.1 
.10 
Nov. 20--Dec 13, 
86 
3.3 
1.63 
18.9 
34.1 
.09 
Dec. 13-Dec. 26, 
90 
3.8 
0.40 
1.50 
2.44 
27.1 
29.8 
.36 
Dec. 26-Jan. 8, 
92 
3,4 
0.40 
1.75 
2.27 
24.6 
14.2 
.10 
Jan. 8-Jan. 23, 
97 
2.5 
0.37 
2.25 
1.89 
19.5 
30.5 
.49 
Jan. 23-Feb. 7, 
1102 
3.0 
0.37 
2.25 
2.14 
21.0 
16.7 
.14 
Feb. 7—Feb. 19, 
106 
3.2 
0.50 
2.25 
2.34 
22.1 
9.9 
.46 
Feb. 19—March 20, 
114 
1.6 
0.67 
3.20 
1.82 
16.0 
31.7 
.33 
March 20--April 10, 
122 
2.3 
0.84 
4.00 
2.45 
20.0 ^ 44.7 
.37 
April 10-May 7, 
97 
2.3 
0.80 
1.75 
18.0 
52.9 
.15 
Average, 
98 
2.8 
0.39 
1.56 
1.95 
19.8 
31.8 
.23 
It will be 
seen that sheep 
eat more when the temperature 
falls, 
and drop off again as soon as the weather moderates. Special atten¬ 
tion is called to the further fact that sheep do not necessarily grow 
more slowly in cold weather than in warm. They seem to eat so 
much more in cold weather that they have a fair surplus in the 
system for growth. During the severest cold of the winter, about the 
middle of February, the sheep appeared in fine spirits and made nearly 
the most rapid growth of the season. 
The apparent exceptions to the rule of the feed varying with the 
temperature, found during December 13 to 26, and March 20 to April 
10, are due to changes of feed to fodders that the sheep specially 
liked, and they filled themselves up so that thev had less appetite dur¬ 
ing the following period. 
