
FEEDING EXPERIMENT WITH SHEEP. I05 
SUMMARY. | 
The experiment was undertaken in order to observe the effects of 
different kinds of food upon the chemical composition of the flesh of 
sheep. The plan consisted each year tn selecting a number of sheep 
of the same breed and age, and as nearly altke as possible, and dividing 
them into three groups. One group was butchered at the beginning of 
the experiment and the flesh analyzed. The results of the weighings 
and analyses of this group served to indicate more or less accurately 
the condition of the other animals at the beginning of the experiment. 
The two other groups were fed differently, one upona wide ration 
relatively deficient tn protein, the other upon a narrow ration rela- 
tively rich tn protein. At the end of the experiment the animals were 
all butchered and the flesh analyzed. The experiment has been con- 
tinued through two years, with no very decisive results. That food 
determines to a great extent the character and chemical composition 
of the flesh ts made clear, but the animals made so little growth that 
az 1s unwise to draw definite conclusions of a practical nature from 
the results of the experiments. 
The tables which follow gtve the condensed statistics of the expert- 
ments for two years, 
Summary of Daily Rations Fed, and Averages of Digestible Nutrt- 
ents Eaten, and Gain in Live and Dressed 
Weights of Animals. 















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Wide ration, 1893, - “ = Sei EeO2 acta WOOML OONpa Loo 1:2 72h LO 
Wide ration, 1894, - é a ae al yb nye Be C88 .98 | 2820 | .16 | .08 
Narrow ration, 1893, - : =| .1/90:) 400 00 1.45) 60D | .32 |. 10 
Narrow ration, 1894, - : =i Tye Ne VAG Os .93 | 2425°%1..20 | .10 
To produce a gain of 1 lb., Live Wet. 
Wide ration, 1893, - : =| 6:99. 482 7533 1. 5284.) 14000 | 1.001, .6 
Wide ration, 1894, - : Sr) oath Olin soe Ort 95114000 1 1,00\-. <5 
Narrow ration, 1893, - 3 oi 6.02 oo aharg 142004 115001 11001. 6 
Narrow ration, 1894, - : ~ 41 6.20) 4:609)52584" 4.05 4191001 7-00! +4 
To produce a gain of 1 lb., Drs'd Wet. 
Wide ration, 1893, - : id TI574eb LOG eS S 1p 0. Shah 2oO00 (I. 7 ee 
_ Wide ration, 1894, - - - | 14.62 1.62 -76 | 12.26.| 29000 | 2.0 | z.0 
Narrow ration, 1893, - - - | 10,23} 9:10 | 32) 7.81 | 19800) 1.7) re 
Narrow ration, 1894, - - - | 12.40] 2,60 | .50! 9.30 | 24800 |2.0] 1.0 
