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Sheep-Feeding Experiment. 



disease, if dealt with before it has advanced too far, can be 

 subdued, or entirely eradicated. The efficacy of the formalin 

 treatment has, for instance, been exemplified in the Kilgarvan 

 district, where about twenty-six stocks, which were affected by 

 foul brood in the summer of 1900, were isolated and subjected 

 to continuous treatment. When examined in the early summer 

 of 1 90 1 foul brood was discovered in only five of the stocks, 

 the rest being apparently healthy. These healthy stocks were 

 taken back to the apiaries to which they belonged, and when 

 examined during the past summer they appeared to be still 

 perfectly healthy. 



In order to facilitate the adoption of measures for treating 

 cases of foul brood the floor boards of the " Congested Districts 

 Board " hives are now fitted with a large hole covered with 

 perforated zinc and a sliding shutter, so that a cloth or sponge 

 saturated with a 10 per cent, solution of formalin can be 

 retained in the hole. 



Sheep-Feeding Experiment. 



Among the experiments conducted during 1 901 -1902 at the 

 Cumberland and Westmorland Farm School, Newton Rigg, 

 was a sheep-feeding trial. For this purpose 48 cross-bred 

 Cheviot and Border Leicester hoggs were selected, and divided 

 into three equal lots. An acre of swedes, yielding 23 tons of 

 roots, of which the three lots received an equal share, was 

 selected as a basis for the experiment, which began on 

 December 3rd, 1901, when 32 of these sheep (Lots 1 and 2) 

 were hurdled on the swede land, while Lot 3 got their share 

 on a somewhat bare grass field. In addition to the roots, 

 which were sliced and given to the sheep twice daily, Lot 1 

 got \ lb. of decorticated cotton cake and J lb. of Indian corn 

 per head per day, Lot 2 had J lb. linseed cake and \ lb. of oats, 

 and Lot 3 \ lb. linseed cake and \ lb. Indian corn. The three 

 lots also received hay ad libitum. 



After 24 days the corn ration fed to each lot was doubled, 

 the amount of cake remaining as at the beginning of the trial. 



