Sugar Beet for Sheep. 



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The result was that the maize was eaten, but the additional oats 

 were left by Lot 2, which were thenceforward fed as at the start. 

 The table below gives the most important features of the trial, 

 which extended over a period of 54 days. 



In considering" the results obtained, the low price of mutton 

 at the time of sale and the manurial value of the foods 

 consumed should be kept in view. 



One noticeable point was the better killing weight furnished 

 by the oat-fed sheep as compared with those receiving maize. 

 The difference in the feeding value of the cotton and linseed 

 cake was, however, apparently immaterial, while no advantage 

 appears to have been gained by doubling the maize ration 

 during the later stage of the trial. 



Looking to the fact that during the latter half of the trial the 

 weather was very wet and stormy, it would appear that the 

 sheep folded on grass had some advantage over those on the 

 turnip brake, both as regards mud and a certain amount of 

 shelter derived from a wall breaking the west wind. These 

 factors may have contributed towards the better results given 

 by the sheep fed on grass. In addition, there was also a saving 

 in food to the extent of about one ton of roots in their case. 





Lot I. 



Lor II. 



Lot III. 





Cotton Cake, 



Linseed Cake, 



Linseed Cake, 

 Maize, Hay 

 and Swedes 

 on Grass. 





Maize, Hay 

 and Swedes. 



Oats, Hay and 

 Swedes. 





Weight at commencement of 









trial 



1,568 lb. 



1,531 lb. 



1,552 lb. 



Total gain per head in 54 days 



I9'4 » 



I7-3 >> 



21 'I ,, 



Total live weight 



1,878 „ 



1,808 ,, 



1,890 ,, 



Percentage of dressed to live 





weight, exclusive of fat 



5oi 



52 





Selling price net 



33s. io|d. 



34s. 8|d. 



34s. iod. 



Gross profit-" 



10s. 10^-d. 



us. 8|d. 



iis. iod. 



Value of food 



5 s. 6d. 



5s. 2d. 



5s. id. 



Net profit per head 



5s. 4 ^d- 



6s. 6-J-d. 



6s. 9d. 



Sugar Beet as Food eor Sheep. 



In 1900 experiments were carried out at the South-Eastern 

 Agricultural College, Wye, to compare the food value of sugar 

 beets, and mangolds ' respectively for sheep. Two lots of 



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