This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1873 edition. Excerpt: ...mutton, at 252. a ton.... 2 4 Total cost of food 4 4 The result produced was a loss of 11 lb. of flesh, worth 5s. 6a1. The food eaten in seven days by No. 4, 5, and 6 pigs in Lot II. was: --. (I. 28 lbs. malt-dust, at 4s. per cwt 10 14 lbs. palm-nut meal, at SI. a ton 10 21 lbs. peas, costing 42s. per qr 19 Total cost of food consumed.... 3 9 The result of the experiment was a gain of 4 lbs. of flesh, worth 2s. If, however, No. 6 pig had not been attacked by its companions, we may assume that it would have increased 2 lbs., and the result would have been a gain of 7 lbs. of flesh, worth 3. 9rf. The palm-nut meal used in these experiments was obtained from Messrs. Alex. Smith and Co., Liverpool, who sell it bj the following guaranteed composition: --Moisture 5-92 Oil and fatty matters.... 20-01 Albuminous compounds (flesh-forming matters).. 13'87 Mucilage, sugar, and digestible fibre 38-24 "Woody fibre (cellulose) 18-56 Mineral matter (ash) 340 100-00 Containing nitrogen 2-22 Malt-dust, according to Messrs. Lawes and Gilbert, contains in 100 parts: --Moisture 6-24 Albuminous compounds 25 "83 Sugar, starch, and woody fibre 59-23 Mineral matter (ash) 8'70 100-00 Containing nitrogen 4-10 As far as these experiments go, it appears that the food given to Lot I. was incapable of maintaining the original live weight of the pigs, which were fed upon a limited supply of malt-dust and palm-nut meal, to which essence of mutton was added in a quantity which cost rather more than the addition of peas to the same amount of malt-dust and palm-nut meal, upon which Lot II. was fed. Under these circumstances peas produced a much better result than the Concentrated Mutton-soup. It appears from these experiments that essence of mutton...