157 
RESULTS OF FATTENING. 
The following statement of an experiment in cattle-feeding was communi- 
cated by Count V. Riedelsee, Hisenbach, for the agricultural journal of Hessia, 
and is translated for this report. 
The cattle represented in these tables were weighed every four weeks. Their 
food was of good, sound quality, seasoned at the end of the week with one-fourth 
pound of salt per head. 
| 3 R 3 re) S : S 4 F 
ode Pah AE Ue OP WP 
2 os 2 ® = g ® = A oS z oS g = 
o, KS) 26 g 25 q 2° oS) 
Numberof| = & == Ua ie =| re ag og Le | a 24 a 3 
om | 22 | 23 |ee|2a | 2} 22/2) 2¢| 2 [ze] = | 2 
= cae te Ho re Ao =) Bo 3 Zo = = 
2 ae bg fos El ad q Bs EI 24 | 2 
& 2 3 2 3 2 3 = 3 g ‘3 =) 
= a ei o | - 6 | E & = o B 
Lbs. | Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. | Lbs. 
No.) tesee 1,300 | 130 1, 490 90} 420 
Bsae 1, 250 90 1, 480 120 395 
el 1°410 | 130 1645| 135] 545 
. 1, 225 45 1, 340 90 290 
ae 1.100] 40 17370} 140] 405 
Gosia" 1, 150 80 1, 350 100 415 
Taene? 1,190 80 1, 285 50 320 
Scsek 1, 090 20 1,215 65 230 
ii 1120} 80 1) 190 40| 240 
Meo 1.140} 100 1; 280 70| 340 
{ieee 1.190: | wo ssp | ya9 Lo ee 330 
1 pee 870 20 hie £8902} 8 eo BO | a scket 4 fs ae 105 
SSS cs 2 Se A ee eS) i eS ee Paige B20; -2--) 920} 00) |W. seas.) Se. ce 100 
eet lttieenw land ase Soh cose ee Oo Reh ioeases [aaa sc fae eee & 830 80 80 
Taha Ee Se ee ee ee ee. 2 eee ae eee 870 70 70 
hod -1 OS 5247 BSR Re EE) RE eS ee, Ae eee 815 65 65 
Total ..-| 11,750 | 12,240 | 490] 13,030 | 790 | 14,735 | 935 16,160 | 1,115 | 4,350 
I 
The rations fed consisted of, for the first month, distillery refuse from 400 
pounds of grain; 50 pounds chaff, mixed with 25 pounds cut provender, (straw;) 
100 pounds hay, 40 pounds green malt. 
For the second month, distillery refuse from 400 pounds of grain; 50 pounds 
chaff, 25 pounds cut provender, 100 pounds hay, 40 pounds ground rye, 40 
pounds green malt, (or beans and peas.) 
For the third month, as also for the next two, (fourth and fifth,) the same, 
only adding 10 pounds more of ground grains, peas or beans. The race in 
question is the Vogelsberger. Highest gain for the term of five months, 545 
pounds; least gain for the term of five months, 230 pounds; highest gain for 
one single day, 3.61 pounds; smallest gain for one single day, 1.52 pound. 
The oxen from 11 to 16 are not taken into consideration, as not being kept 
for the whole term. We found that the individual state of each single animal 
has much to do with its getting fat, some gaining more than twice as fast as 
others, showing that the best animals only ought to be kept. In the whole term 
of five months 4,350 pounds of live weight were gained, with 64,192 pounds of 
food. Therefore 14.7 pounds of food produced 1 pound, though the same will be 
produced by 7 pounds of some other kinds of food. No kind of food, however, should 
be employed of which more than 20 pounds are required to make 1 pound of meat. 
Estimating 100 pounds of live weight as being worth ten dollars, the value 
would be $435. Therefore 642 ewt. of food produced $435 worth of meat, 
or per cwt. $6.77. This shows a fair pay for promiscuous feeding material, 
not to mention the gain of excellent dung. These rations in question were rather 
high in price, and I do not doubt that almost any other combination of food 
might do better. 
