798 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Hand-feeding stock in tlie Moree District, E. R. Scott {A</r. (juz. New SuuOi 

 Wales, IS {lyO'^), Nu. 10, j^P- 1051-1053). — The experience of a numlter of sheep 

 feeders is reported. Among the feeding stuffs tested during the drought were molas- 

 sses and prickly pear. It was found that when steamed sufficiently to destroy the 

 spines the latter would sustain life, but would not cause animals to put on flesh. 



Ho^v far should sheep be hand-fed in times of drought before their value 

 is exceeded? W. L\ Dowlinc; {A<jr. Gaz. New South. ]V(tlc!<, h! {1903), No. 9, pp. 

 923, 924) ■ — The problem of successfully feeding sheep under local conditions in times 

 of drought when they can not get their feed on the range is discussed. 



Salt for sheep (ylte. in Agr. Jour, and Min. Rec. \_Natal'],5 {1902) , No. II, p. 361).~ 

 The value of salt for sheep is indicated by a feeding experiment made in France 

 with 3 lots fed alike on a ration of hay, straw, potatoes, and l)eans for 124 days. 

 Lot 1 was given no salt. One-half ounce per head daily was fed to lot 2, and 0.75 

 oz. per head daily to lot 3. The sheep in lot 2 gained 4.5 D^s. per head more than 

 those in lot 1, and 1.25 lbs. more than those in lot 3. The conclusion was drawn 

 that too much salt can be given as well as too little. The sheep fed salt produced 

 1.75 lbs. more wool and had a better Heece than those given no salt. 



The improvement of pasture as tested by sheep ( Dept. Agr. Cainbrldge Univ. 

 Rpt. 1902, pp. 28-38). — Continuing previous investigations (E. 8. R., 13, p. 483), 

 experiments are rei)orted in which the value of different manures for pastures was 

 studied by the gains made l)y sheep pastured an test plats. In the experiment in 

 Cambridgeshire the sheep receiving 0.95 lb. per head daily of linseed cake pastured 

 on a i^lat not manured jnade an average weekly gain of 2.37 lbs. Those pastured on 

 plats which the previous year were manured with 0.5 ton basic slag, with 0.25 ton 

 basic slag, and with 7 cwt. superphosphate per acre gained per head per week, 

 respectively, 1.35, 2.34, and 2.41 lbs. The corresponding gain of sheep on an unma- 

 nured plat was 1.35 lbs. 



In the experiment carried on in Essex, one plat was unmanured; another was 

 unmanured, but the sheep pastured on it were fed 1.75 lbs. linseed cake per head per 

 day. The other plats were manured respectively with 10 cwt. basic slag, with 5 cwt. 

 basic slag, with 7 cwt. superphosphate, and with 7 cwt. superphosphate plus 100 lbs. 

 of sulphate of ammonia per acre. Eight sheep were pastured on all the plats except 

 the last, and on this there were only 6. The average monthly gains per lot during 

 the 4 months' test were 4.25, 21.75, 15.25, 6.25, 8.5, and 11.75 lbs., respectively. 



In the experiment in Norfolk, one plat was unmanured. Another was also unma- 

 nured, but the sheep pastured on it were fed per head daily 1 lb. of linseed cake and 

 rough cotton-seed cake, 1:1. The other plats were manured with 0.5 ton basic slag, 

 with 14 cwt. superphosphate, with 14 cwt. superphosphate and 3.5 cwt. kainit, and 

 with the same amount of superphosphate and 1 cwt. nitrate of soda per acre, respec- 

 tively. In 3 months the sheep pastured on the plats gained per head per week 1.9, 

 2.7, 2, 1.6, 1.7, and 1.7 lbs., respectively. 



The yield and character of the hay grown on the different 2)lats is discussed and 

 experiments in Northamptonshire briefly mentioned. 



Experiments on farming pasture at Waresley [Dept. Agr. Cambridge Univ. 

 BjH. 1902, pp. 39-49). — The effect of different manures on the yield of hay, as shown 

 by the gains made by sheep pastured on sample plats, was studied, the experiment 

 being a continuation of work previously reported on the value of different mixtures 

 for seeding poor clay land formerly under tillage (E. S. R., 13, p. 638). In one case 

 the land received no manure. In another no manure was added, but the sheep were 

 fed 0.89 lb. per head daily of linseed cake. Two other plats were manured respec- 

 tively with 10 cwt. of basic slag an<l 10 tons of manure per acre. The average gain 

 per sheep per week on each of these 2 plats was 2.3 lbs. and on the remaining 2 plats 

 2.4 lbs. 



