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meal form. Another very good concentrated mixture 

 for the later stages of fattening would be : 



2 parts linseed cake. 



i part Egyptian cotton cake. 

 i crushed beans. 

 i ,, crushed oats. 



3 parts cracked maize. 



Little molassine or other condimental food. 



The amount of concentrated food to allow for sheep 

 fattening on roots would be at the rate of about i Ib. 

 per 100 Ibs. live weight. It takes three to four months 

 to fatten average sheep off, and during this time they 

 should give a weekly increase in live weight of 2 to 

 3 Ibs. per head per week. 



In the Newton Rigg experiments, the hoggs 

 fattened with turnips and hay alone gave an average 

 live weight increase of i^ Ibs. per week, while those 

 receiving about \ Ib. of cake and corn per head per day 

 gave an increase of 2j Ibs. per head per week. The 

 extra cake and corn very nearly doubled the rate of 

 increase. 



Useful Data from Feeding Trials. 



The following particulars have been calculated 

 from Mr Bruce's reports on the three years' (1903-6) 

 experiments carried out by the Edinburgh and East 

 of Scotland College of Agriculture. These results are 

 important, seeing that a large number of sheep were 

 experimented with each year, and the experiments 

 were carried out in accordance with ordinary farm 

 practice. Their value is therefore considerably 

 enhanced. 



