
FEEDING EXPERIMENT WITH SHEEP. Swi 
_ group was an increase of 20.8 pounds in live weight and of the 
narrow ration group there was an increase of 24.3 pounds per 
animal. If the weights of the fleece grown during the experi- 
ment are added to the above weights, there was an average in- 
crease of 23 pounds per animal in the wide ration group and of 
26% pounds per animal in the narrow ration group. © 
TABLE 8. 
Sheep Feeding Experiment, 1893. Statistics of Animals. All 
Preceding Spring Wethers. 























LIVE WEIGHT. WEIGHT OF ORGANS, ETC. = ii 
OP ald ne 2 a 3 
mri tee he. S| 2. | = 4 Details (uc 5, a ba 
No. Gist et | Oo | 00 2, 4 Rana ae so 
ee ea Oo La. ol gy = ics lll a= = bp 
Reet eo | ee i 0 RD OS a ea eat = 
ae) os | g2] & RIM) 2 | os 
+ al vo G an 
< < co a > 
see ibs. 4)" abs: |) Lbs. 7) Lbea2 bibs. Lbs. Lbs.) Lbs.) obs: 
I 74.0) — — 31.0 1) 65° 2,084. .45 | 22 | > — — 
tae 69.0 — — 30.0 ,OOFher-Ol 50.20 f° —— mo 
Average, | 71.5, — — | 80.5; .58) 105|.47).21; — — 
x [ | 
= | 3 6675 =-85.0. 1) 18.5 | 42.1 OUon beso ee 50) 7.22 | 1.41 |. 2.80 
val ee Ga107) 4-06.04 30:0 | (42/51 VI/0g4lmie 92) 50:| 197) 1.00 | 2:16 
84 5 Biba SOLS) 4 »ES.O,| 4128 DA rigs lego wie 50y| a1 0))1 1.441 |- 2/28 
8 | 6 TF iO) 14.0 | 44.2 (Od REE po toe Soe 2O | 1.28) ) T2aT 
> yr, Tee SOts 1. 2010-1) 6015-4 FOOTIE, FaSOFL. 5OU-.19 PAl.Or || 2,00 
: | Pern los) 2Oeul 20,0 | 24:2.) 060) 1.40 9 1064), .201 1.41.) 2.16 
at 
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1. 8 GG, seis) 5. 19:0.) 44.9 Teel See wes a 26 Verst |) 2-00 
2 | 9 GSaesayesr | 27. 5.| 42.5 1 5.60 421366 Hee ail 20 | 6.47": 1.75 
S 4 10 Bo ulO3.6 of 31.54) 49,0° | 1-03 ssl a7 2 es 50 120) by, Be28 45 1.94 
seh ae Baek eG baR | 22.0, 1 44.5 Od IEA ERO 127) laEeSO | :2200 
ie bee Tee tIOm One 27.50) 4S 4 lelOo tOQ um O heey [31.63 | 2.91 
S| Ave.| 711 | 96.4; 24.3 | 46. {03/1 d.bS oh.064" 25) 1,39-| 2.24 
= 
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* Omitted from averages. 
The average live weight of the animals (see table 8 above) 1 
and 2, which were selected for analysis at the start, was practi- 
cally the same as that of the average of each of the groups 
(71.3 and 71.1 pounds). The average dressed weight of 1 
and 2 was 30.5 pounds. The average dressed weight of the 
