+-------------------------------------------------------- | KEY: | A.--No. of Animals. | B.--Mineral matter (ash).[11] | C.--Nitrogenous compounds (dry). | D.--Non-nitrogenous substance. | 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 | 5 | 13 6 |Oats. | " |5·73|7·07|10·0|9·45 | 5 | 13 6 |Clover chaff.| " |3·98|7·44| 9·0|8·49