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slaughter of the animals. It was comparatively easj' to go and 

 see the animals out in the field and to pick out, say, three of 

 the four " whole milk" lot and two out of the three "crushed 

 oats " lot, and similarly three out of the four " calf meal " fed 

 animals. 



Table II., in addition to giving details regarding the 

 individual animals and the price realised by the sale of each, 

 shows that the average gain per head in live-weight was highest 

 with the "crushed oats," and next highest with "whole milk" 

 and with " gruel" 



This table also gives the dates on which each biillock was 

 ready for killing. It will be seen that two out of the three 

 " crushed oats " lot were ready earliest of all, viz., on Feb. 9 

 and 10, 1911. The next earliest were two of the " whole 

 milk" lot (Feb. 16 and 17), and then two of the "cod-liver 

 oil " lot (Feb. 23), the other two of the last named set finishing 

 only a week later. On the other hand, none of the " grviel " or 

 the " calf meal " lots were ready before April 13, and three out 

 of the four " calf meal " lot had to be kept on till about the 

 middle of May. 



There would thus appear to be added advantages to the 

 feeding with crushed oats, as also with whole milk, and 

 similarly with cod-liver oil, in respect of early maturity, an 

 advantage certainly not possessed by either the gruel or the 

 calf-meal. 



Taken as a whole, it may l)e considered very satisfactory to 

 have turned out, as was the case with two out of the three of 

 the '* crushed oats " lot, animals fit for slaughter at the age of 

 one year and ten months only. Even those which took longest 

 to fatten ("calf meal") were only two years and two months 

 old. 



In Table III. the dailj' gain per head is set out, and once 

 again it is shown that this was highest with crushed oats and 

 next highest with whole milk. 



Lastly, Table IV. gives the financial result as nearly as it 

 can be stated. The animals were not sold individually, but in 

 groups as sent for slaughter. The differences of quality 

 between the best and the worst were not, however, such as to 

 call for any practical difference in the rate per stone which the 

 l)utcher was willing to give, and it may fairly be taken as 5s. 

 per 8 lb. stone all round. On this basis Tal>le IV. is set out. 

 In the estimate of cost the only item not included is that of 

 "attendance," and against this may be put the manurial value 

 of the food consumed and left as dung. 



This table again shows the marked superiority of the 

 "crushed oats" feeding, the highest pi-ice and the highest gain 

 beinsr here ol)tained. 'Whole milk" realised the second 



