HORTUS GRAMINEUS WOBURNENSIS. 



The results of the numerous valuable experiments made by 

 order of the late illustrious Duke of Bedford, to prove the rela- 

 tive value of the different breeds of sheep and oxen, place the 

 truth of the above remarks in a clear light. I may be permitted, 

 therefore, to quote from Mr. Young's " Annals of Agriculture," 

 the results of one of these experiments, which was made on 

 six oxen. 



" An Experiment on Six Oxen, from November 16, 1797, to Decem- 

 ber 10, 1798, made by order of the late Duke of Bedford. 



The oxen were weighed on the day that they were put up for 

 experiment ; the food that was given to them daily, was likewise 

 weighed, and the refuse or offal was taken back, and its weight 

 ascertained : hardly any thing could be more satisfactory than this 

 mode of conducting the experiment. 



The Devon ox, (No. 4), on a less weight of food, gains 185 Ibs. 

 of flesh more than the Hereford ox, (No. 2) : but suppose that the 

 difference of tjie breed should have had much influence in this 

 instance, the difference between the two Devon oxen, (No. 3, and 

 4), is very striking ; for though the weight of food consumed by 

 each is nearly equal, the latter gains 154 Ibs. of flesh more than 



