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being sold off in winter. When housed for the winter the cattle 

 were by degrees introduced to the pulped food, and when they 

 had fairly taken to it the following was given : — 



Mixture for Ten Feeding Cattle for One Day. 



Totals 430 lbs. 5 2 



After two months, 20 lbs. of crushed grain, maize, oats, and 

 barley are added, bringing the total weight to 450 lbs., and the 

 total to 6s. lOd. — an average weight of 45 lbs., and an average 

 cost of barely 8:^d. per day. The mixture is given in two meals 

 a day, morning and evening. Mr Buttar also tried the keeping 

 of store cattle, and finding pulping better adapted to this class 

 of stock than to feeding cattle he now feeds only a few. He 

 buys in lean cattle when about eighteen months old, in the 

 autumn, selling off' the majority in spring in good condition but 

 not fat, and retaining a number of the best for feeding on grass 

 in summer. For the first two months they are in the house tlie 

 lean cattle get the following : — 



Mixture for Ten Store Cattle for One Day. 



Straw, ...... 



Turnips, 



Linseed Meal (or 1 lb. Linseed Cake), 

 Decorticated Cotton Cake, 

 Treacle, ..... 



Totals 254^ 11 )s. 3 ;j 



After the first two months the mixture is increased by about one- 

 third, or to the value of say 5s. 2d., making the average 

 maximum cost about 6 jd. per day. The mixture is given in 

 three meals when it has been raised to the maximum quantity. 

 The following shows the relative cost of the pulping, and tlie 

 ordinary systems of feeding store cattle: — 



