
FEEDING EXPERIMENT WITH SHEEP. 103 
both on water-free (dry matter) and fresh substance (flesh) are 
given in table 22, which follows. 
TABLE 22. 
Percentage Composition of Flesh ( Edible Portion) of Animals in 
Sheep Feeding Experiment of 1803-94. 


















CALCULATED ON CALCULATED TO 
WATER-FREE BASIS. WaTER CONTENT OF FLESH. 
| Protein.) “Pat: N ahy: Water. |Protein.| Fat. | Ash. 
At Beginning of Experiment. G % % q q % G 
Sheep No. 13, - E VAT O95) 55094-2018 58.20 11 7:53 2903 7- Gd 
Sheep No. 14, - - #1) 335501 64.03 2 1,81) 152.49 015.970) 2070 eco 
Sheep No. 15, - - ~) 309,24 4 60.08 172,03 57.24) 16.78 ) 2e200 2.56 
Sheep No. 16, - - - | 33.87 | 64.26 | 1.87 | §3.47 | 15.76 | 29.90 | .87 
Sheep No. 17, - : Sh Odv30 OS. 7TH: Lor 154.53 15.03 620,07 veo 7 
Average, - - - - | 36,60 | 61.43 | 1.97 | 55.17 | 16.83 | 27.62 | .88 
Wide Ration. 
Sheep No. 20, - . - | 30.03 | 68.35 | 1.62 | 50.58 | 14.84 | 33.78 | .80 
Sheep No. 21, - - - | 34.23 | 63.86 | I.g1 | 54.90 | 15.44 | 28.80 | .86 
- sheep No. 22, : : - | 33.16 | 65.04 | 1.80 | 51.06 | 16.23 | 31.83 | .88 
Sheep No. 23, = =| 32.07 |. 65:32 | 1.71 | 51:53 | 15.98. |-3 1.66 |, 33 
Average, - - - - | 82.60 | 65.64 | 1.76 | 52.02 | 15.62 | 31.52 | .84 
Narrow Ration. 
Sheep No. 26, - - s36-R7 50.211 2.22) 50,30) Toros one egg 
Sheep No. 27, - - =14:33.09164.47-) 1.84 | 52.245) 10.09 |. 30.79 |. .56 
Sheep No. 28, Z = 120.50 1-75.88 11:53 | 4745 1.14.05 J 37.00 1.61 
Sheep No. 29, - - - | 44.53 | §3.03 | 2.44 | 60.59 | 17.55 | 20.90 | .96 
Average, - : - - | 06.84 | 62.15 | 2.01 | 54.09 | 16.18 | 28.88 | .91 

In table 23, on the following page, are given the actual weights 
of nutrients, protein, fat, etc., in the total flesh of each animal of 
lots A, B and C. The pounds of nutrients, as shown in the last 
five columns at the right were obtained by multiplying the weight 
of flesh (edible portion) by the percentage composition of the 
flesh as given in table 22. The average percentage of fat in 
the dry matter was 2.6 higher in the case of the wide ration than 
with the narrow ration lot of sheep, while the average of protein 
was .5 per cent. higher in case of the narrow ration lot. 
The ratio between the percentages of protein and fat in the 
dry matter at the beginning of the experiment was r to 1.7, and 
at the end was 1 to 1.8 for the narrow ration lot, and 1 to 2 for 
the wide ration lot. This shows that the sheep increased in 
relative fatness from the beginning of the experiment in each lot, 
and that the relative fatness was somewhat more in case of the 
wide ration lot. 
