"WITH PREPARED FOOD. 



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The numbers are the numbers of their stalls, to prevent mis- 

 takes. Nos, 8 and 9 were fed in the new way. Nos. 12 

 and 13 in the old. They were weighed a second time on 

 the 15th of May. 



Thus it will be seen, that the bullocks fed on the old plan 

 gained 8 st. 2 lb. in five weeks ; and those fed on the new 

 way gained 10 st. 3 lb. in the same time. As I was con- 

 vinced that the two bullocks which had made the least pro- 

 gress were nevertheless the most thriving animals, I, for 

 the next month, fed all four alike, viz. on Swedes, man- 

 gel-wurzel, and your prepared food. The results are as 

 follows : — 



Table No. II. 



The impression that the bullocks Nos. 12 and 13 were 

 better thrivers than Nos. 8 and 9 were, it will be observed, 

 fully borne out, when the four were fed alike, the latter two 

 having made 14 st. 5 lb. in the thirty-one days, and the 

 former only 9 st. 11 lb. If we compare the increase of 

 weight of the two bullocks Nos. 12 and 13 when fed on the 

 old plan for thirty-four days, viz. 8 st. 2 lb., with the in- 

 crease of the same bullocks when fed on your plan for thirty- 

 one days, viz. 14 st. 5 lb., the superiority of this method is 

 very apparent. 



