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з 4 y Crass XL—$ | |SHORT-HORNED HEIFERS (und | осна to the following experiments :—the first was 
Qus TY —Drvos 8 Devon Cows sr years m p: TH ars old). | 92 (u nder | 8 Hig a * — а T woeks, ош — eight 
EC or Mete one ge Po Е 47 " a n^ bong ane consumed per week 72 stones и 
| = BI. - BI. 8 к ГЕТ E E | = | shells of Oats, and a small eara une StrAW, 
| $| до. S 3 8 ie | Аө® |. 8 а 8 а бене. 2 E Š |Z nna Е Я 777... урра 4 
in 4 | © || асре: рр | кирка | - 7 | together 89 stones of dry fodder ; boing ik iis, 18. 
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| NT ft. Awe ч nin- 87 2% А Ae " in. stn ы 7з = yi kW y vu 0 les yew ra кте ft. in stn. | day, with which they drank of water, given separately 
iz s Я 74. зт |5 8|8 5| 8% 4 6 |41 HE vi му men, sentia 18 Tas. per Aun 
An 49 7 3|58| 7| 811 |5 4/9 0 128| |65. 311 [5 t 84 | The yi t from this food was found to 
5 4104 411|7 9 70 n d sor ES lel ulus "e Ne сус, i fodder and water, 724 le. sold and 
; Ее ae 78 35 |5 1|8 2| 8168| 2 5 10 | тт liquid together. portion of this w 
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— — H o d cara| 721 3 7 |5 418 8| 87 4 5 711 | 78| Professor Way for analysis, which it ie appeared 
Chass 5 eser ызыны ышар. p er Sty — 5 410 [5 à 74 | that the water supplied diminished one-fifth, or 100 Ibs. 
| ane — 7 animals averaging M^ 5 9 |5 OFT 9| % t 80 Ibs, ; whilst the dry f diminished one- 
| 3 3 [Е гы Е 2 4 5 38 83 | half, мк b. to 50 Ib. I give the analysis: _ _ 
g| дек. | 2 | а |e || Ace | 2) ЕЎ 14 98 [5 4/7 72 isture — . SX 
А 2 S фр к © = 75| 31 5 88 92 — matter, with ammoniacal salts, 
A Р 6 8 6 }5 4/8 0) ез sand, and silica . — 1851 
yrs.mo. | ft. in.| ft. r7 2 ^ rer ^ rav зай v | [Т8 3 5 518 5| 88 Alkaline хорро an ас, Е" a 
31 2n 5 0 7 8 8 n 1 17 10 0 | 16 animals averaging 83 Rabstances undetermined e... oen AR 
32| 211 |5 5710 CLAss XI.—SHORT-HORNED | SHORT-HORNED Cows (over 100.00 
8 0} 73 14 2 |4 8 7 9|er s 
%% TTT mamme e n 
—2 148 |. 3.10 ; Е d E | This yield of exerement is about ЧА tae sock эйр) 
G ene, STN DE те ist - 4.10 Р - ө 4 Ae. | 5 E 8 | AGE 5 E 3 per y j ear, the value in scent, б, of phosphate 
| 19| з 0 5 218 4|88 is ie 1183 |р of lime, 1а, per ton,or ahoat з. 6d. per week, leaving out 
* * i METRI ос ну с | i | er ingredients. The cattle — ee with the 
. 72 mals averaging Т8 mo. ft, in.] ft. in. stn. ч Pre um fe 
Ma P pm old). ны Tom M em res 81 в . 6 91 1H "du dri 0 8 0 TT | The: next eight cattle — — was tried 
ha А ier r 1 7 7129 | were bought in ee iyo weight being abont 
^ 23 3 5 а [ы | B 4 8 518 2|. 871501 5 0 7 8 2 во | 7} owt. each on verage, and were store con- 
$| Ace. | = & |e ie | дов. | 8 B I$ [ss 10 718 69751 7 11 5 8 з 88 | dition, When ted up ey vero spo wh mon 
8 S be Ы S be 58 6 8 618 7| 980/52 5 7 7 35 92 | Grass, і 4 lbs. of Rape-cake and 2 lbs. 
H ЕЁ я 87 7 117 9| 78| 5 8 4/710} 78 4 During the month of October 
- — ARA 88| 8 8 618 1| 8 48 5 0} 710 Bean-me рег day. D 
yrs. mo. | ft. in. ft. in. stn yrs. mo. ft. in. ft. in. stn. 89] 4 10 1|8 4| 91156-5 8 6|9 1 |114 | the Grass was by degrees changed for chopped straw, 
531 |5 зів 5 8 1 3 6 4 7 8 2 72 90 4 8 5 8 6| 9 4 6 | 5 6/8 10/103 a little hay, and Swedish Turnips, of which they ate 
| 811 |5 61810 |107 191 8 т | 4 8/8 74 91 5 9 {5-2 1711 | 78158) 810 [5 0/8 5 iion cl He. each day. This food, with the same 
3 113 5 38 11 100 3 4 9 410 8 74 92 7 5 Ө |8 087 6 6 5 618 1] 86 per чау, and 2 Ibs. of Bean-meal, 
38} 310 5 10 8 6 101 4* 311 4 10 8 82 93 12 0 8/8 2 84 wance of 4 lbs, of Rape-cake an e 
39 4 9 5 5 9 и 5 & 0 = - 3 — 94 7 5 418 4 89 12 animals averaging 88 was continued till the 20th of qq ag tag me 
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TEE THHEHEIHSET ЕИ ишы» Bape cake wa gre in aon, ming of Rape 
Bj 243 |5 тів 6 от |, OM 10 16 318 cake and 21bs.of Bean-meal per day for each. T 
413 4 |5 518. 5492 » E PROFITABLENESS see — — weighings were made once every four weeks ; in one 
213 50 5 518 * d animals averaging 88 | prying en Pere tatements in | they had made but lite progress, the change of fad 
ndi your columns, and in ade publication, = the feeding | being attended with a state of relaxation, With this 
12 ani of cattle and its 8 I draw the conclusion | exception their gain was i At the close of the 
Crass V — — |Hemkrogmp Herrers (under that the oh e the publie are not altogether satis- experiment, 19 weeks, they averaged 91 cwt. being 
(not 4 years old). — factory. е are considerations affecting this subject | 226 Ibs, for each, allowing three weeks for babituating 
sie . | 8 | whieh Ih t. not yet seen rly noticed ; oneof these | them to change of abode and diet ; they gained during 
4T os 5 E48 E B | 3 is advantage derived from locality. Your 22 ет remaining sixteen weeks, on the average, 14 lbs. рег 
Ж EN 8 Я & 8 E 4 S. „ at page 731, says, “ the - perience of e in in a tabular form the amount and 
dd E ч E Mr. Mechi included, is that lean stock cost as much, or description ee supp plied to the eight heifers during 
gs Sti ee ToT D un ft. In. ft. In. sta, more, per stone, than when fattened.” In the district in 21 days ip 
2% 2 7 | 410|7 3| 6t 5 2|8 18r whieh I am situated it is certainly otherwise ; be [ Water. | Organis: ГАЗЕ: 
4*5 8 8 {4 9|7 8! 70 497 7 66 n an i e sell our fatten = 
" — 27 41 f 4 | 63 | cattle, chiefly direct to the butchers ; we are also near 94 
umme $5518 1128 a breeding district, which sells off its stock to be fod Вареина on 82 
5 0 7 5 66 elsewhere. On comparing the price of my lean pur- shells of Qais., ilias Mui KT 
4 77 1169 | chased cattle with the top price of fat on the same day, | Swede Turnips . . . . . .. 
| ists теге ше Ti. I usually find them lower in price by 8d. to 1з. per stone ; Meada hay, си 
7 animals а 2 that this —— appertain to other localities "лет, of oats — 
Cuass VIIL—Hsznzronp Cows|| HEREFORD 9 (over 4 years jg clear, not only hat “ S.” says, but also from what t — 
(over 4 years old). old). comes under my own observation. My com petitors for | = 
е x d g E " " . lean n the nei hbouring mark uen | aesti iade adesset { | N 
8 AGE. z 2 E S Aam: | E E E dealers, w mi t ei " & distance 0 200 ene e . 
E б = fi E © miles to urnip districts of the north ; whilst | ies cipal i eiin 
. the э districts great ple of Rape-cake 1 
E b sale to the towns in my neighbourh 
wes 115 3 f. 678 0 s e |s o|v 9 | 72" | The costo d from, with the dealer’s com- 3 
21] 6 0 [5 27 10 76 | missi pro buying and selling, will, ly, Hay : 
23 $ : $4 : З ә pote for the difference in * S." 116 
24 810 {в 57 1 6 with my own, making lean stock as dear per ual to 139 ammonia. m 
ş : ты as fat; to my "strict, this 3 Е" Ре The 9600 Ibs. of excrement are found by analysis т 
30s. to 40s. per head, or 1s ing” Thane | oe Моге 338 Ibs. of beef, 
Oxen (under no arta item in a ra aah t reckoning. Thes Gain im weight of eight — ers 
Si years old). is likewise a great discrepancy in the data on another | fat and offal, which may be estimated to contain m 
+ Е i |Е | phian item of cattle abe quantity, quality, | 
© 5 Ae. 8 and value of the excrement or manure. Sprengel, | On com 
а a * & Е hose treatise is published in the Journal o є 
AR Society, gives the yield of ammonia in the urine of a 
cow during 12 months, at about 200 Ibs., cres ia o 
51 2 9 5 3 д 0 |81 42 210 8. sor E compu i of .; whilst Professor Johnson, in 
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56 2 k- 5181 [85 — t requires but md acquaintance with the subject of 
ш 1 Ц i 5 3 s 5 animals averaging 78 cattle feeding, to e val the excrement 
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Х.—8 — TW | SHORT-HORNED. STEERS (over 
STEERS (over 3 yrs. old.) | 3} years old). 
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" rs, mo. | ft. kt. in.|stn. | . | ft. in. ft. in, 
erm s y's Toe БУ УРТЫ 
944 5 99 1 | 1141341 3 4 ТБ 8 7 
8 9 15 58 5| 92 88 зт | 5 84 
9539 |5 5 8 10 101 30 311 [5 8 7 
24 8 5 9 8 9 105 87 3 9 5 8 3 
“iso 5 68 7 97 38 87 |5 618 5 
8165 8 6 1911 14/90 3 7 410 8 4 
% 39 |5 48 7 94 0 4 6 5 88 1 
8 an diii зв 8 6/8 2 
өз 8 H H 8 í 80 9 animals averaging 92 erroni dud А e | ure, 
19310.15 тів 4| 99 ба E. their nitrogen a ът of guano, + 
5 5 5 5 10 9 5 124 does not apply ! a diets oil wh will be y i were tied up in 
48 [6 01811 1 | With the view of "bid myself, and for the The next к cattle for zer Gxperiment we 
straw, 
better st н of my own practice, I have had | February ; their b bulky food consieted of chopped 
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