+----------------------------------------------------------------- | KEY: | A.--No. of Animals. | B.--Mineral matter (ash). | C.--Nitrogenous compounds (dry). | D.--Non-nitrogenous substance. | E.--Total dry substance. | F.--Fat. | -----------+----------------------------------------+------------------------ | Amount of each Class | in Increase for GENERAL PARTICULARS OF THE EXPERIMENTS. | 100 of the same | consumed in Food. --+--------+----------------------------------------+----+-----+----+----+--- | | Description of Fattening Food. | | | | | | |--------------------+-------------------| | | | | | | Given in | Given | | | | | A.|Duration|limited quantities. | ad libitum. | B. | C. | D. | E. | F. ==+========+====================+===================+====+=====+====+====+=== The Analysed "Fat Pig."[12] --+--------+----------------------------------------+----+-----+----+----+--- | weeks | | | | | | 1 | 10 |Mixture of bran 1, bean and lentil-meal |2·66| 7·76|17·6|14·9|405 | | 2, and barley-meal 3 parts, ad libitum| | | | | ==+========+========================================+====+=====+====+====+=== Series I. --+--------+--------------------+-------------------+----+-----+----+----+--- 3 | 8 |None. |Bean & lentil-meal.|0·68| 4·88|25·3|17·5|621 3 | " |Indian-meal. | " |1·86| 6·39|23·7|17·9|477 3 | " |Indian-meal and bran| " |0·33| 5·02|21·1|16·1|362 3 | " |None. |Indian meal. |2·09| 9·28|20·9|18·6|300 3 | " |Bean and lentil-meal| " |0·99| 9·18|20·9|18·4|324 3 | " |Bran. | " |2·35|12·10|20·3|18·7|300 3 | " |Bean, lentil-meal, | " |2·71|10·03|21·3|18·5|307 | | and bran. | " | | | | | | | +-------------------| | | | | 3 | " |Bean, lentil-meal, Indian-meal, bran, |0·22| 5·65|21·1|16·8|362 | | ad libitum. | | | | | --+--------+----------------------------------------+----+-----+----+----+--- Means |0·74| 7·82|21·8|17·8|382 ====================================================+====+=====+====+====+=== Series II.