
FEEDING EXPERIMENT WITH SHEEP. Io! 
RESULTS OF THE EXPERIMENT. 
At the end of the experiment, March 28, the animals were all 
sheared and the weights of the wool were taken. On March 29 
the animals were all butchered and the internal organs and 
carcasses were weighed, and the meat sent to the laboratory for 
analysis. 
The statistics at the time of butchering are given in Table ar. 
TABLE 27, 
Sheep Heeding Experiment, 18903-94.—Statistics of Animals, 
























Live WeEIGHT.* | WEIGHT OF ORGANS, ETC. 
20 ates a) af : cs) ~ . 
= G (oe) o n A mo - iss} 
SHEEP No. 5 on 33S 4 . a i Lies = Q Sg 5 2 2 
mas ake | sO) ab | sae! -f aSi 5 | 8 
Sen a tae al ay ea = he SP ARS 
at. Lbs. Lbs; | Lbs. | Lbs. | Lbs. | Lbs.-| Lbs. | Lbs. | Lbs. | Lbs. 
re - - | 79.0 _ ——=JE3 Ee 7 ASE. OO ileeeene goal teh. Jon a 
et at COLO 0h 5) oh 25.9.0 .04 FOL) 28 TO fT, OO) tio 
I5, - = = (ay: Bas — —— | 2E-G: F £69 4 INO9 25 ech Sal kno 
16, - - i S415 — 23 Tle Re a ioe et en be Lon pres 
DY pie 7 - | 56.0 sacs —— 22.0 | 2192. 00 TA 28m. Pde tS 0 
Average, -| 60.8! — == | 96.0} .83). 934 28) 426 /1.35.)— 
hol i; 
Wide Ration. 
20, - - = 89,8) 1 82:5 |23.01) 34-4) 1.40 1.41 | .4T ).19,) 2575 6.66 
21, - - =|) ¥en | 100.0 | 24,5] 42.1 | 1.75 111.504 41 | .21) 2:07 8.44 
22, - - Se eee yO, lb 20.1) 31.4 1:47) 103/138) 2h) 2.405.904 
23, - - =a 6.0) 7823. 1.190.3°1 34-9. |-1-28-) 1,60 4. Lose. 00h 7.29 
Average, -| 69.4 | 84.4 | 22.0) 35.7 | 1.48 | 1.57 | .40 | .20 | 2,54 | 7.06 
Lot Cc. | | 
Narrow Ration. 
26, - = eS 8 | .80.4|.33.0,| 40.0 1 1,607) 1.3471. 5000.20 Te61e) 4553 
ow ts mM =| 41.3,| 86.4 | 15.1 | 38.3 | 1.69 | 1.25 | .347| .22 | 2.59 15.75 
28, - “| 60.5} 80.3 |-29.8°| 36.7 | 1-19 | 1.06 17.44) .18 | 2.22} 5,19 
PAS aie é ole 63.50). O13 | 27-8) 37-9 [1.00 L344 38, 2041-2,00 6.44 
Average, -| 60.3 | 86.9 | 26.6 88.2 | 1.53 | 1.25 | .42 | .20 | 2.16 |5.48 
Group D.+6 Sheep 
Narrow Ration. | 
Avg. per head, - | 50.8 | 77.2 | 26.3 | 38.9 | 1.46 1,03 | 87] — | 2.04 | 4.61 

* Including wool. + Fed 146 days. 
Lot A (Nos. 13-17) that had been killed November 16, was 
used as a basis for observing the effect of the ration on the com- 
position of the meat. From the weights of the animals at the 
beginning and at the end of the experiment it will be seen 
that there was an increase in the live weight, including the 
growth of wool from 19.3 to 24.5 pounds in the case of the wide 
