290 Egyptian and Indian Cotton-seed-Cake. [aug., 



Bombay cake had any injurious effects on the animals to which 

 it was fed, but this can only be satisfactorily ascertained by a 

 trial covering a considerably longer period. The results, whilst 

 satisfactory as to the Bombay cake, must therefore be considered 

 as of a tentative character. 



The following tables give the results of feeding each of the 

 cakes to cattle and to sheep for two successive periods of one 

 month (four weeks) each : — 





Increase in Live Weight of each Animal 

 per Week. 



Egyptian Cake. 



Bombay Cake. 



First Month. 



lb. 



lb. 



August 14th — September nth, 1902. 







5 cattle 



3"40 



3-60. 



9 half-bred wethers (Leicester and 





Cheviot cross) 



1 -94 



177 



14 half-bred lambs 



2*07 



1-89 



13 Cheviot ewes 



1-06 



79 



Second Month. 







September nth — October 9th, 1902. 







5 cattle 



18*40 



25-40 



7 half-bred wethers 



i-88 



2-58 



II half-bred lambs 



175 



2- 08 



12 Cheviot ewes... 



•625 



I'3I 



The cattle were Irish heifers which were bought in the autumn 

 of 1 90 1 ; were wintered as "outliers " at Cockle Park, and were 

 fed off for the butcher on pasture during the summer. They 

 had received no concentrated food till the trial was commenced, 

 and were sold as fat animals at the close of the trials. Thev 

 received from 3 to 5 lb. of cake per head daily during the first 

 month, and during the second month this was increased to 7 lb. 

 per head daily. The cattle lingered near the feeding boxes 

 during the first month, and did not graze so regularly as they 

 did before receiving any cake, and this probably accounts for 

 the small increase in the live weight during this period. The 

 average weight of the cattle at the close of the trials was about 

 10 cwt. live weight. 



The sheep and lambs were all grazed in two lots, one of which 

 xeceived Egyptian and the other Bombay cake. They also had 

 received an allowance of % lb. cake, increasing to J lb. daily 



