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for feeding were approximately the same in each case 

 but, with the heavier feeding, the returns had to be 

 accepted largely in the form of manurial residue, while 

 with the lighter feeding (6 Ibs. per day) there was a 

 larger cash return. 



Professor Winter of Bangor fed equal quantities 

 of maize meal and decorticated cotton cake to both 

 Welsh and Shorthorn bullocks, along with pulped 

 swedes, hay and straw chaff ad lib., and 5 Ibs. hay 

 each night. The results show that two-year-old 

 bullocks receiving 6 Ibs. of concentrates per day 

 gave an average daily increase in live weight of 

 1-92 Ibs., while those getting 10 Ibs. concentrates per 

 day only gave an average increase of 1-65 Ibs. per 

 day. 



It is interesting to note the results of a concentrated 

 ration which is high in fibre. Professor Brynner Jones 

 carried out an experiment (1907-8, Aberystwyth) 

 with the fattening of bullocks. The bulky part of 

 ration consisted of straw chop, hay, and roots, while 

 the concentrates were one part Bombay cotton 

 cake, one part Egyptian and two parts barley meal, 

 giving a composition of A 15 ^O 3 ^F 13 . One lot received 

 6 Ibs. per head per day of concentrates, and the other 

 had 10 Ibs. per day. The average daily increase in the 

 former case was 1-37 Ibs. per head, and in the latter 

 1-32 Ibs. per head. 



The heavy feeding of concentrates proved to be a 

 dead loss, and the moderate feeding was not very 

 satisfactory, due partly to the concentrated mixture 

 being suitable only for the early stages of fattening, 

 and at the same time rather low in oil. 



This difficulty can be overcome to a large extent 

 by making the ration sufficiently laxative ; e.g. t in the 



