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increase was made at a cost of 44s. 6d. per cwt. for Lot 1 and 

 5 is. per cwt. for Lot 2. The cattle were very good, and as the 

 ration fed to Lot 1 was a moderately good one, it is not easy to 

 see how the cost of producing beef in yearlings can be less than 

 40s. per cwt. in winter. If it does cost this sum, it is pointed 

 out that farmers who hope to make anything out of feeding 

 cattle must pay much less per cwt. for " stores " purchased in 

 autumn than they expect to make for fat cattle sold in spring. 



Experiments with Poultry Foods. 

 The experiments with poultry conducted during the past two 

 years in Cornwall, under the direction of the Technical Instruc- 

 tion Committee of the County Council, included a series of 

 interesting trials with various cereal foods, the results of which 

 are regarded as being reliable for seasons such as 1902, with 

 frequent showers and rather low temperature. The fowls with 

 which the experiments were conducted were hatched in the 

 County Council pens, and, being Silver Wyandottes of the same 

 age and strain, the conditions in these respects were equal ; the 

 conditions as to housing, runs, and shelter were also uniform 

 throughout. 



Thirty pullets were selected and divided into six pens of five 

 birds each. The nature of the food given to each pen of five 

 pullets and the number of eggs laid is shown in the statement 

 below : — ' 



c 



0 





Number of Eggs Laid in each 

 Quarter of 1902. 



m 

 b/) 



W £ 

















^3 § 





j Number of 



Food Consumed. 



January. 



February. 



March. 





July. 



August. 

 September. 



October. 



November. 



December. 



Total Number 

 Laid in 12 m 



Total Laid dui 

 nine mont 



5 

 1 

 6 



4 



3 

 2 



i Maize 1 

 k Oats j 



Wheat 



Maize 



1 Oats \ 

 % Maize J 



Oats 



Barley 



215 



290 

 219 



213 



217 



199 



251 



234 

 224 



^53 



213 

 I 5 8 



197 

 141 

 157 



« 



94 



55 



% 



58 

 48 



46 



21 



35 



732 



723 

 648 



633 



545 

 447 



517 



433 

 429 



420 



328 

 248 



