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ration lot (B), and from 15 1 to 33.6 pounds in the case of the 
narrow ration lot (C), while group D made an average gain of 
26.6 pounds. . 
The average live weight of the animals of lot A (60.8 pounds), 
which were killed and analyzed at the beginning of the experi- 
ment, was practically the same as that of the two lots fed in single 
pens lots B and C (62.4 and 60.3 pounds). The average dressed 
weight of lot A was 25.0 pounds. The average dressed weight 
of the wide ration lot was 35.7, and of the narrow ration lot 38.2 
pounds. If it is assumed that the animals of lots B and C 
would have dressed, at the start, the same as the average of lot 
A, the gain in dressed weight would have been to.7 pounds for 
the wide ration lot and 13.2 pounds for the narrow ration lot. 
There was practically no difference between the weights of the 
lungs, the hearts, and the kidneys of the narrow ration and the 
wide ration lots. The livers were one-third of a pound heavier 
in case of the wide ration sheep. In this respect the experiment 
differs from a similar one made the previous winter where the 
livers of the narrow ration lot were one-tenth of a pound heavier 
than in the wide ration lot. 
The animals slaughtered at the beginning of the experiment 
had an average of 1.35 pounds of intestinal and caul fat. ‘The 
narrow ration sheep gave an average increase of .8 pounds and 
the wide ration sheep 1.2 pounds of intestinal and caul fat. 
The sheep were not sheared at the beginning of the experi- 
ment and hence it is not possible to get the increase of wool 
during the test. If we assume that the growth of wool was the 
same in the two lots at the start, the wide ration sheep must have 
made a much larger growth of wool, as the average weight of 
wool at the end of the experiment is 2.6 pounds greater for the 
wide ration sheep than it is for the narrow ration sheep. In the 
experiment of the previous winter where the sheep were sheared 
at the start, the narrow ration sheep grew heavier fleeces. 
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE FLESH. 
The flesh of the sheep of the narrow ration and the wide 
ration lots was analyzed. In each case the right side was used 
for analysis. The flesh of the entire side was carefully separated 
from the bones and then finely cut in a sausage machine. After 
thoroughly mixing the entire mass a small sample was taken and 
prepared for analysis. ‘The results of the analyses calculated 
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