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FARMERS' REGISTER. 



[No. 5 



atoes per day were given to eacli beast. Lot 2d 

 received the same allowance wiih the exception of 

 linseed-cake; and, for the last tvveniy-lbur days 

 they got only 10 lb. of potatoes, each beast, per day. 

 And the 3d lot were led on turnips alone. None 

 of the lots were allowed hay. The objects of this 

 experiment are, first: to compare cattle led partly 

 on linseed cake with those which had none; se- 

 condly, to compare those fed partly on corn with 

 those which had none; and, thirdly, to compare 

 those fed solely on turnips with those which had 

 different sorts of food. From former trials we are 

 inclined to believe that cattle consume food in pro- 

 portion to their weights when nearly alike in con- 

 dition. We therefore resolved, in this experiment, 

 to divide the eighteen cattle, so as to confirm or 

 refute this beliei". They had been all kept in the 

 same manner since they were calved, and were 

 pretty much alike in condition, although varying 

 considerably in weight. The six heaviest cattle, 

 weighing in live-weight 486 imperial stones, were 

 selected for lot first; the next six heaviest of 443 

 stones, constituted lot second; and the six lii^htest, 

 made lot third, were 346;^ stones. These weiirhts 

 ■were ascertained on the 23d November, 1834, 

 when the experiments began after the cattle had 

 been in the court-yard from 20th September, 1834, 

 and all fed on the same kind of ii)0(l, namely, 

 common white globe turnips. The white turnips 

 given durinir the experiment were of a^ood quali- 

 ty, raised with dung upon a rather stiti' soil, and 

 estimated about 20 tons |)er acre, their gravity on 

 the 19th November, 1834, being 897.4 oz. |)er cu- 

 bic foot. The Swedish turnips were also of good 

 quality, grown on good clayey loam, 20 tons per 

 acre by weight and measurement, their gravity 

 being 1030 oz. per cubic loot on 19th November; 

 but they had lost weight for bulk considerably by 

 the 17th March following, when tlie last were 

 raised from the ground, being then only 976.9 oz. 

 per cubic toot. The white turnips used before the 

 experiment commenced on 23d November, 1834, 

 were raised with bone manure, and rather inferior 

 in quality, being only on 19th November, 774 oz. 

 per cubic loot. With these preliminary observa- 

 tions, we will proceed to state the particulars of the 

 experiment. 



1. Food consumed by each beast of lot 1st — 



13 cwt. 1 qr. 10 lb. white turnips from 

 22d November, to 3d December, 

 1834, ten days, being 150 lb. per day 

 at 3d. per cwt. £0 3 4 



30 lb. bruised beans, for 10 days, being 



3 lb. per day at 133. per boll, allow- 

 ing 60 lb. to the bushel, 17^ 



40 lb. linseed-cake, for 10 days, being 



4 lb. per day at fd. per lb. or £7 per 



ton, ■ 2 6 



25 cwt. 3 qr. 20 lb. Swedish turnips, 



from 3d December to 25th December, 



1834, 22 days, being 132 lb. per day, 



at 4d per cwt. 8 7^ 



88 lb. linseed cake, for 22 days, 4 lb. per 



day, at |d per lb. 5 6 



66 lb. bruised beans, for 22 days, being 



3d per day, " 3 7 



69 cwt. qrs. 21 lb. Swedish turnips, 



being 123 lb. per day for 63 days, 



Carry forward, £ 1 5 2 



Broufrht forward, £1 5 2 

 from 25th December, 1S34, to 26ih 

 February, 1835, 1 3 0| 



189 lb. bruised beans, for 63 days, be- 

 ing 3 lb. per day, 10 2^ 



126 lb. bruised oats, for 63 days, being 



2 lb. per day, at 20s. per qr., say 42 



lb. per bushel, 7 6 



189 lb. linseed cake, for 63 days, being 



3 1b.* per day, 11 9f 

 21 cwt. 2 qrs. 2 lb. Swedish turnips, be- 



intj 100 lb. per day, from 26ih Feb- 

 ruary to 22d March, 24 days, 7 2 



480 lb. potatoes, lor 24 days, beinsr 20 



lb. per day, at 6s. per boll of 4 cwt. 6 5 



72 lb. bruised beans, for 24 days, be- 

 ing 3 lb. per day, 3 10| 



48 lb. oats, lor 24 days, being 2 lb. per 



day, 2 10^ 



72 1b. linseed cake, for 24 days, being 



3 lb. per day, 4 6 



Total cost of feeding one beast of lot 1st £5 2 7 

 2. Food consumed by each beast of lot 2d — 



14 cwts. 1 qr. 24 lb. turnips, being 162 

 lb. per day, for 10 days, at 3d. percwt. 



30 lb. bruised beans, lor 10 days, be- 

 ing 3 lb. per day, 



29 cwt. 1 qr. 24 lb. Swedish turnips, be- 

 ing 150 lb. per day lor 22 days, at 4d, 

 per cwt. 



66 lb. bruised beans, for 22 days, being 

 3 lb. per day, 



67 cwt. 2 qrs. Swedish turnips, being 

 120 lb. per day for 63 days, 



189 lb. bruised beans, for 63 days, be- 

 ing 3 lb. per day, 

 126 lb. oats, ibr 63 days, being 2 lb. per 



day, 

 24 cwt. 2 qrs. 16 lb. Swedish turnips, 



being 115 lb. per day, for 24 days, 

 240 lb. potatoes, Ibr 24 days, being lo 



lb. per day, 

 72 lb. bruised beans, for 24 days, being 



3 lb. per day, 

 48 lb. oats, for 24 days, being 2 lb. per 



day, 



Totalcost of feedingonebeastofIot2d. £3 17 

 3. Food consumed by each beast of lot 3d- 



11 cwt. 3 qrs. 14 lb. white turnips, be- 

 ing 1131b. per day Ibr 10 days, at 3d. 

 per cwt. £0 



22 cwt. 2 qrs. 10 lb. Swedish turnips, 

 being 115 lb. per day Ibr 22 days, at 

 4d. per cwt. 



64 cwt. 2 qrs. 21 lb. Swedish turnips 

 being 115 lb. per day Ibr 63 days, 



19 cwt. 2 qrs. 24 lb. Swedish turnips, 

 being 92 lb. per day for 24 days, 



2 lU 



Total cost offeeding one beast of lot 3d, £1 18 7^ 



jibstract of Cost of Keep. 



Lot 1st, 119 days, £527 = 6.0343 shillings 

 per week. 



*It will be observed that the linsfed cake has been 

 reduced from 4 lb. to 3 lb. per day, because the cattle, 

 on being allowed oats in addition to the beans, would 

 not eat more than 3 lb. of linseed cake per day. 



