nce.
| E.--Total dry substance.
|
--------------------+------------------------------------+-------------------
| Amount of each
| Class in Increase
|for 100 of the same
GENERAL PARTICULARS OF THE EXPERIMENTS. | consumed in Food.
--------------------+---+---------+-------------+--------+----+----+----+----
| | | Description of | | | |
| | | Fattening Food. | | | |
| | |-------------+--------| | | |
| | | Given | Given | | | |
| | | in limited | ad | | | |
BREED. | A.|Duration.| quantity. |libitum.| B. | C. | D. | E.
--------------------+---+---------+-------------+--------+----+----+----+----
Class I.
--------------------+---+---------+-------------+--------+----+----+----+----
| |wks. dys.|Oilcake and |Swedish | | | |
| | |clover chaff.|turnips.| | | |
Cotswolds | 46| 19 5 | " | " |3.98|4.43|11.6|9.60
Leicesters | 40| 20 0 | " | " |3.15|3.39|12.0|9.48
Cross-bred wethers | 40| 20 0 | " | " |3.24|3.60|11.6|9.31
Cross-bred ewes | 40| 20 0 | " | " |3.25|3.60|11.8|9.40
Hants Downs | 40| 26 0 | " | " |3.40|4.28|10.3|8.49
Sussex Downs | 40| 26 0 | " | " |3.30|4.16|10.3|8.44
--------------------+---+---------+-------------+--------+----+----+----+----
Means |3.39|3.91|11.3|9.12
=========================================================+====+====+====+====
Class III.--(Series 1.)
--------------------+---+---------+-------------+--------+----+----+----+----
| | | |Swedish | | | |
| | | |turnips.| | | |
Hants Downs | 5 | 13 6 |Oilcake. | " |4.16|4.01|11.1|9.33