----------------+------------------------------------+----------------------- | Live Weight of Six Wethers |Weights gained | when Shorn, 26th February, 1862. |during the time of | +--------------------------- |Feeding from the | | Weight of Mutton when |11th November, 1861, Description of | | Slaughtered. |to 14th February, 1862. Class of Sheep. | | +------+------+------+-------+-------+------- | | |Weight|Weight|Weight| | | | | | of | of | of |In Live| In | In | | |Tallow| Wool.|Pelts.|Weight.|Mutton.| Wool. ----------------+-------+-------+------+------+------+-------+-------+------- |st. lb.|st. lb.| lb.| lb.| lb.|st. lb.|st. lb.|lb. oz. Cross from | | | | | | | | the Teeswater | 85 3 | 53 1 | 106| 43| 85| 13 7 | 8 6 | 14 5 | | | | | | | | North Sheep | 83 12 | 53 12 | 96|43-1/2| 83| 12 11 | 8 3 | 14 8 | | | | | | | | Lincolns | 92 1 | 59 12 | 105| 66| 103| 16 1 |10 7 | 22 0 | | | | | | | | South Downs | 71 0 | 47 7 |97-1/4| 28|65-3/4| 11 13 | 8 0 | 9 5 | | | | | | | | Shropshire Downs| 85 6 | 53 1 | 103|42-1/2| 91| 15 11 | 9 12 | 14 3 | | | | | | | | Leicesters | 80 9 | 53 4 |90-1/2| 44|78-1/2| 14 10 | 9 10 | 14 11 | | | | | | | | Cotswolds | 76 5 | 47 6 | 79| 54| 90| 12 6 | 7 11 | 18 0 ----------------+-------+-------+------+------+------+-------+-------+------- TABLE II.