
FEEDING EXPERIMENT WITH SHEEP. 39 
of the experiment and was always uneasy. Several times he 
succeeded in jumping out of the pen. ‘To the nervous condition 
of the animal and his active habit, the difference found in the 
analytical results can doubtless be attributed. The principal 
difference between the composition of the flesh of No. 9 and that 
of the others of the narrow ration group is in the weight of fat 
developed, both in the flesh and in the portions of the body 
about the kidneys and intestines, where clear fat usually accumu- 
lates in greater or less quantity. 
With the exception of sheep No. 9g there is very little difference 
in the growth of wool. On the whole the animals of the narrow 
ration group grew a little better fleece than the others did. The 
weights as given are for the wool as sheared and _ without 
cleansing. | 
TABLE 9. 
Summary of Rations Fed and Averages of Digestible Nutrients Eaten 
and Gain in Live and Dressed Weights Per Animal. 











RATIONS FED. i ee INCREASE. 
vi Bie igh 
ALL AVERAGES PER Se = Hs 50 
ANIMAL. ra : a od is ; he ae S 
e cian ibxatel beers: Peet Ware SB 60H | wy 
soto Pease ark eee NS ay rota et a 
aaa Si See e 
= Oe ae 
Whole period of 84 | Lbs.| Lbs. |Lbs.| Lbs. | Lbs. |Lbs.| Lbs. | Lbs. |Lbs. 
days. | 
Wide ration, - = LOS 108.1267). 760.071016,0 107.01 b34.4 ‘23.041 13:7 
Narrow ration, - 108.| 168 | — | 150.5} 32.7 |.5.0 | 121.8, 26.5 | 15.6 
To produce a gain of 
I lb, hive weight. 
Wide ration, - SP MALy NOT, 5 Scot NO OGL Cm oma tee. SA |. LT.0 4) aa 
Narrow ration,’ - 4. 1-1-6. 3) lia tS OOF al 23 Bet O 174.00 Lo 6 
To produce a gain of 
1lb. dressed weight. 
Wide ration, - ‘ S/T) 12-3. | OS ti egae tooo. 1055 4.9.81 Sie es 8 
Narrow ration, - Gig: |) 10:8 —— 41029 2, 10). 3245 7 81 T7010 








*36 pounds eaten. ‘1.6 poundseaten. 42.6 pounds eaten. 
Table 9 above gives a summary of the grain and hay 
actually fed per animal -in this experiment, together with the 
digestible nutrients actually eaten and the gain in live and 
dressed weights. ‘There are also given the weights of food and 
