50 Management of Cattle. 



for lialf an acre of turnips consumed. This lot, being all young 

 growing stock, consumed, as nearly as we could calculate, the 

 same quantity of turnips per day as Lot 1. The field of old 

 grass upon which they grazed lies contiguous to the field from 

 which Lot 1 was fed, and is, if anything, to be preferred to it 

 for quality of land. 



Lot 3. — Sixteen West Highland heifers, 4 years old, were 

 grazed upon an 18-acre field of old grass. They were valued, 

 Avhen put to grass on 12th May, at 14/. each. They had neither 

 meal nor cake while upon grass, and Avere brought into turnips 

 on the same day and received the same allowance of turnips, 

 cake, and meal as the two former lots. 



£. s. d. £. s. (1. 

 This lot realised at the sale, deducting discount) „, , , „ ^ 



as before ) 



It is debited with cost price 224 



5 lbs. meal per day each, from 13th October) q r s 



to 17th November \ 



2 lbs. oilcake per day each, from 13th Octoberi r a 



to 17th November ,. ) 



£37 6 8 



AVhich gives a difference .. .... 7-4 3 4 



Thus 31 IZ. IO5. against 237Z. 65, 8fZ. gives a difference of 

 74/, 3^. 4c?., from which sum 87. 3^. Aid. must be deducted for 

 turnips (at the rate of 14/. per acre), leaving a balance of 6G/. for 

 rent of 18 acres of grass, or 3/. 13s. Ad. per acre. 



The land upon which this lot grazed we estimate at \0s. per 

 acre less in value than that depastured by Lot 2, the herbage 

 being coarser and not so feeding as the other, so that in contrast 

 to the other field, we are justified in stating the result at Al. o.'?.4c/. 

 per acre. 



The deductions we make from the above experiments are, 1st. 

 That soiling or feeding in the house during summer gives about 

 double the return obtained from grazing in the open field with 

 supplemental food ; and 2nd. That grazing with supplementary 

 food gives a return of at least 1/. per acre more than grazing 

 Avithout anything supplementary. Every grazier knows that the 

 months of August and September are critical, as pastures to a 

 srreat dearree have lost much of their nutriment, and unless cattle 

 either get a little meal or cake upon them they very frequently 

 lose what they have gained during the three previous months. 

 The soiling is found to be the most profitable in every respect, 

 (especially from the superior efficacy of the manure so made), and 

 would be resorted to on a larger scale, but that it curtails the crop 

 of new land hay, of which a large quantity is required for the horses 

 in the coal-pits. On the different farms, however, between 30 and 



