DETAILS OF AN EXPERIMENT IN CATTLE FEEDING 
AT HOWICK 
1 
CA'TTLE-LODGE, 
15 BY CAPTAIN THE HON. FRED W. GREx, R. N. 5 n 4 | 
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30 July 20 917 0 Aug. 19 72 13, 112 6 .. |11 9 685.281 8 0 153 0 12 11 . 1214 0 [12 6] 5 7 5 88 943 99 103 105 106 A ni. 16 10 11 15 13 PIIR 61711 0 14 1 
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FA Jfa 34 7 0 nag | 559 | prt 5. 18 31 0-0 ; ay 2 4 oleis 7 4 % 1 0 518 8 
7 71 8 0 395 15 0 54 15 6 31 0 0 99 7 8 24 2 209 4 9 ees 604 19 9 576 1 6 72 0 ù 
From the Table it appears that 36 steers cost when purchased 324. 7s., that they were kept on the pastures on an average Upon examining the table it will be found that in May and June the steers then remaining did not continue to gain in 
pp p ; y p p g Upon examining le it an i pr gauni 
2 16 weeks at a cost of 71. 8s., and fed on Turnips, cake, and Bean-meal 26 weeks and 5 days at a cost of 2097, ds. od; making |. weight as much as they had previously done; and as were sold on the 16th of April, it will be more sa 8 
a total cost, when sold, of 604“. 19s. 9d. ; and that the money received for them was 576d. 1s. 6d. The manure made by them | the result of feeding up to the 8th of April. Of the 34 beasts, six were put up on the 30th of July and sold in! the 
45—1852. | 
with the exception of the first six put up in July, were put 
The average time on the pastures was 13 weeks, and in the cattle lodge 26 weeks and 4 days. The result was— 
remaining 28 were 
‘© up in the end of October and 
ing of November, and of these, four were sold in 
the 
If from the cost of feeding the 
value ofthe mauure is deducted, 
the cost per stone will be 2s, 
In the same manner the cost 
per stone will be 2s, IId. 
into the cattle lodge in the end of October and beginning of November. 
weighed, and were kept on the p 
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money and value together to 646“. 7s. 6d., giving a balance of 43/, 7s. 9d. for interest of capital and profit. February and March, and 24 were weighed on the 8th of April. Result :— 
In estimating the cost of feeding, it will be observed that 3s. per week is charged for the pasturage of six steers, and 28. 6d. NN 
for the remainder. The reason of this is, that the first six were on the paea only while the Grass was at its best, while the No. of epi iy No. of | Cost per] Gain, | Do. per | Cost per |i peraga Gain Taam 
remainder were kept on till late in the year, The oilcake is charged at the price paid for it, and the Bean-meal (being the Paaris: | OEE: | We) Mae Week, | Stone. per Week. m 
produce of the farm) at market price. The Turnip crop, charging it with all expenses, rent, &t., and one-third of the value of the "Ja 7 n ib 
manure used for it, cost 7}, per acre, The crop averaged 30 tons, and allowing two tons for waste, the cost per ton would be 5s., Paki is 6 acre 414 $ Ea i, EL yS 1 He 
at which rate they are charged, In order to arrive at any general results as to the amount of weight gained, cost, &c., it will be Fode. 6 82 19 4 5 27 5-sths H 23 3 0 25 19, 
necessary to exclude the two steers, Nos. 33 and 87, which were not weighed in the month of November, being then in a fold, Pastured .“ 21 685 144 2 6 14 13 12 2 61 21 9 
The remaining 34 were weighed for the first time at three different periods, viz., June 14, August 19, an August 27 ; and 2 te 2 1 aS a ds ARA E 
At the time the six steers were put into the cattle lodge (on the 30th July), six others pure 
res till the end of October, having Turnips given to them d 
The results in each case were: - i ; 
hased at the same time were 
uring the latter part of the 
time. 
No. of | Average Weight at Cost Greatest Gain 
Beants, | commencement No. of Weeks. Wee Gain, -| Per Week, | Cost per Bine, Week, Least do, 
stones, | Ibs. oz. 6. d, Ibs. Ibs. 
3t . 18, | 38, and 28. 6d. 11 12 6 2 ul 214 4 ‘ 
ll 4 1. 264 4s. 4d 2 13 13 4 25 9 
If the value of the manure made is deducted from the cost of feeding, the cost per week will be 28.1 04 d., p 10jd. | Do. 
Average of ate clade put UP , 4 
0. 
on pastures 
Oot 8. feet S eaka 
July 80, Aug. 2. Ge four! sept. 24. pe. 
stones, sto stones. | "a stanes, 
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