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nearly equal, the Shearlings more uniformly cleaning- out their 

 trough than the Hoggetts. I may remark that valuable as the 

 cabbage is for milk, we did not think it equal even to inferior 

 swedes or mangold for grazing purposes. 



The linseed-cake cost 10/. \0s. per ton, or l^d. per head 

 per week, the same amount as the wheat-meal if reckoned at \s. 

 per stone. The cotton-cake made an extra cost of Id. per head 

 per week. 



When brought home from the field, each pen was weighed 

 together on a weigh-brldge, with the following result: — 



cwts. qrs. lbs. 



Cake Shearliugs 6 1 



„ Hoggetts G 



Corn Shearlings fi 1 



„ Lambs 6 G 



The Shearlings at this time were not fit to kill ; at the present 

 time it is reckoned that the sheep are nearly equally good ; that the 

 Hoggetts have the advantage over the Shearlings, but that there 

 Is no perceptible difference between the lots on corn and those on 

 cake. The sheep were rather disturbed by removal into new 

 quarters, to make room for the ewe flock, about the 24th of 

 January ; this slightly affected their weights on the 6th February. 

 The following Tables will speak for themselves : — 



Sheep fed on Linseed-cake. 

 Shearlings. 



Hoggetts. 



