 | 1861 - 410 pages
...joolbs. live- weight per week ; and should give lib. of increase for izlbs. to i3lbs. of dry substance so consumed. Sheep fattening, under somewhat similar...less proportion of hay or straw, will consume about 1 5lbs. of the dry substance of the mixed foods per loolbs. live-weight per week, and should yield,... | |
 | Royal Agricultural Society of England - 1860 - 648 pages
...Ibs. live-weight, per. week ; and should give 1 Ib. of increase for 12 to 13 Ibs. dry substance so consumed. Sheep fattening under somewhat similar circumstances...less proportion of hay or straw), will consume about 15 Ibs. of the dry substance of the mixed foods, per 100 Ibs. live-weight, per week ; and should yield... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - 852 pages
...or corn, a little hay or straw chaff, together with roots or other succulent food, will yield over a considerable period of time one part of increase in live weight for from eight to ten parts of dry substances supplied in such mixed food. The quantity of dry substance... | |
 | Arthur Young - 1862 - 656 pages
...week ; and should give one Ib. of increase for twelve to thirteen Ibs. dry substance so consumed. (V) Sheep fattening under somewhat similar circumstances...proportion of hay or straw) will consume about fifteen Ibs. of the dry substance of the mixed foods per 100 Ibs. liveweight, per week ; and should yield,... | |
 | William Charles Spooner - 1874 - 464 pages
...100 Ibs. live weight per week, and should give 1 Ib. of increase for 12 to 13 Ibs. dry substance so consumed. Sheep fattening under somewhat similar circumstances...less proportion of hay or straw) will consume about 15 Ibs. of the dry substance of the mixed food per 100 Ibs. live weight per week, and should yield,... | |
 | Rothamsted Experimental Station - 1893 - 582 pages
...100 Ibs. live-weight, per week ; and should give 1 Ib. of increase for 12 to 13 Ibs. dry substance so consumed. Sheep fattening under somewhat similar circumstances...less proportion of hay or straw), will consume about 15 Ibs. of the dry substance of the mixed foods, per 100 Ibs. live-weight, per week ; and should yield,... | |
 | 1893 - 584 pages
...100 Ibs. live-weight, per week ; and should give 1 Ib. of increase for 12 to 13 Ibs. dry substance so consumed. Sheep fattening under somewhat similar circumstances...less proportion of hay or straw), will consume about 15 Ibs. of the dry substance of the mixed foods, per 100 Ibs. live-weight, per week ; and should yield,... | |
 | 1902 - 1264 pages
...pounds live weight per week, and should give 1 pound of increase for 12 to 13 pounds of dry substance so consumed. Sheep fattening under somewhat similar circumstances, but with a less proportion of hay and straw, will consume about 15 pounds of the dry substance of the mixed foods per 100 pounds live... | |
 | JAMES RIDGEWAY - 1861
...live-weight, per week; and should give lib. of increase for 12 to 13 Ibs. dry substance so consumed. Shccj) fattening under somewhat similar circumstances (but...less proportion of hay or straw), will consume about 15 Ibs. ol the dry substance of the mixed foods, per 100 Ibs. live-weight, per week; and should yield,... | |
 | Staff - 1860 - 608 pages
...or corn, a little hay or straw chaff, together with roots or other succulent food, will yield over a considerable period of time, one part of increase in live weight, fur from eight to ten parts of dry substance supplied in such mixed food. The quantity of dry substance... | |
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Ibs. live-weight, per week ; and should yield, over a considerable period of time, 1 part of increase in live-weight for about 9 parts of the dry substance of their food. If the food be of good quality, oxen and sheep may give a maximum amount... 