40 COCONUTS, KERNELS, AND CACAO. 



The cakes and meal weie kept in the granary and were 

 . in quite good condition after being stored for some 

 months. 



In some previous trials palm-kernel cake gave the 

 cattle more glossy coats and more " bloom," but in 

 these trials no such effect was produced on the fattening 

 cattle or on the young stirks. 



Better average gains were given by those wintered 

 inside than those wintered outside, but at the end of 

 March practical valuers attached 30s. a head more value 

 to those wintered outside, as they had better coats of 

 hair and were more promising grazing cattle. Palm- 

 kernel meal gave better results than palm-kernel cake 

 with these young cattle, although the meal contained 

 less than 2 per cent, of oil and the cake nearly 6 per cent. 

 The gains per week were quite satisfactory for such store 

 cattle in winter, and each lot went through the winter 

 well. 



The sheep used were three parts bred hogs and had 

 been bred near Rothbury in 1915. All the lots made 

 satisfactory gains, which indicated palm -kernel cake and 

 palm-kernel meal as suitable foods for fattening sheep. 

 Again palm-kernel meal gave a better result than palm- 

 kernel cake. 



The fattening bullocks made average net gains of from 

 3 to 6 a head. Their live weight value increased from 

 47s. to 62s. a cwt. during the fattening period. The 

 fattening heifers made average net gains of 50s. to 64a. 

 a head. The net gains per head for the stirks varied from 

 10s. to 23s., and their value as stores increased from 

 42s. 6d. a cwt. at the beginning of the winter to 48s. 

 at the end. The fattening hogs made net gains per head 



