8V)8 EXPERIMENT STATION" RECORD. 



Ill tlio experiment in ("anibrid^'esliire llie largest gain, 174.4 Ihfj., was made by 

 slieep on the pastnre wliicli had been manure<l with 1,120 lbs. of ba.sie slag in tlie 

 autnmn of 181H). The smallest gain was 77. .S lbs. madi' by the sheep on the uniiia- 

 ntm^l plats. 



In till' test cai'rii'd on in Kssex on stiff elay soil the greatest gain, KJO.i* lbs., was 

 alsf) made on the ])lat which had been mannn^d with 1,120 lbs. of ba.sic slag per acre. 

 The smallest gain, 4G.5 lbs., was made on the nnmamircil ])lat. 



The gains during the 4 montlis covered by the experiments in Norwich ranged 

 from 19S ll)s. ^ith tiie sheep ])astnred on the ])lat mannn'<l with IJiCtS l))s. of sujier- 

 I)hosphate to .'5()9 lbs. with the shee]) on th(> jilat manured by feeding a nuxture of 

 linseed and undecorticated cotton-seed cake. 



Some of the general conclusions which were reached follow: "When the pasture 

 is situated on a clay soil, contains small clover plants, and is but scanliiy covered 

 with grass, then tlie best results will usually be got from the application of heavy 

 dressings of i)hosphatic manures (for example, dressings of from 8 to 10 cwt. of l)a.sic 

 slag per acre). . . . Wlu'n the pasture lies on a light and sandy soil, or when 

 the sward is thick and close and the herbage is largely composed of strong grasses 

 . . . [the most satisfactory manure] is a nitrogenous f)ne, but nitrogenous manures 

 must be used with g7-eat caution, for they are apt to stimulate the stronger and the 

 coai'ser grasses, and in this way to secure quantitj' at the expense of quality. . . . 

 To the grass and mixed herl)age of light and medium soils no manure is likely to 1)6 

 so grateful as the droppings of animals fed upon the land, and the surest way to 

 improve the condition of the pasture is to employ cotton cake or similar feeding 

 stuffs to supply nitrogen, with light dressings of superphosphate and of kainit if it 

 be proved that the land is in need of these mineral manures." 



The formation of new pastures, experiment at Waresley, T. II. Middlktdn 

 {Oi,nJ>ri<J;/r [Einjlaivl] Vn'ir., Dc/il. A(/r., Tijit. Rrpts. Crops <m<J Slork J90S, ]>p. ]9-2i:).— 

 The effe('t of different manures on pasturage was tested with sheep grazed on sample 

 plats, the test being a continuation of earlier work (E. S. R., 14, p. 79S). The 

 greatest gain, 91.5 lbs., W'as made by the lot on a pasture \\ liich had been fertilized bj' 

 feeding linseed cake. The smallest gain, 55 lbs., was made by the lot pasturetl on 

 the unmanured land. In the author's opinion none of the sheep made satisfactory 

 gains. The unmanured land was inferior to the other plats throughout the entire 

 season. 



Sheep-feeding- experiment, T. H. Middleton (Com /^r/V/r/c [^England] Univ., Di'pt. 

 A(jr., Ji]it. K.ijilx. f'nijis mul Stock- 1903, pp. 87-91). — The relative value of gray ])eas, 

 gluten feed, and gram or chick-peas {Clcer arietinum) was tested with 3 lots of 10 

 sheep each. The rations consisted of 1.25 lbs. of concentrated feed per head per 

 day in addition to clover hay and roots. At the end of 32 days 5 animals from each 

 lot were sold for slaughtering,, the remainder lieing fed for 28 days longer. The 

 average gain for the whole test was 14.1 lbs. per head on gray peas, 15.1 lbs. on gluten 

 feed, and 15.8 lbs. on chick-peas. Under the experimental conditions none of the 

 rations was considered profital)le. 



"The sheep did not much care for gluten feed, l)ut they consumed the daily ration 

 throughout the experiment. The other foods, es])ecially tlie gram, were readily 

 eaten." Gluten feed "is too dusty to be fed alone; it would do very well if mixed 

 with a feeding cake. If used for feeding outside, the l)oxes containing it should have 

 some cover, otherwise it will form a paste in wet weather and in this condition sheep 

 will not eat it. 



"Gram makes a useful feeding stuff for sheeji. It may be fed whole or split. 

 The animals are fond of it and there is no waste." 



The author points out that chick-peas form the usual grain ration of horses in 

 northern and western India and that chick-pea fed niutton is considered a delicacy 

 in that countrj-. 



