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Experiments with Gluten Feed. 



in September, which were : — Oats, 17s. per 304 lb. ; barley, 24s. 

 per 400 lb. ; wheat, 28s. per 480 lb., and round maize, 24s. gd 

 per 480 lb. 



It is held that if the results of these experiments are adverse 

 to the adoption of any theory as to the proper ratios of nitro- 

 genous to non-nitrogenous substance, they throw some light on 

 the question as to the value of the different grains. This is 

 especially true of barley, with its disappointing results, and if 

 the figures of Pen 3 are compared with those of Pens 4 and 5, 

 it would appear to be true of oats when used alone. 



Pen 4, with one-third maize substituted for the oats, laid eighty- 

 eight eggs more in the twelve months than Pen 3, fed on oats 

 only, and when the percentage of maize was still further raised 

 to one-half, the difference in the number of eggs laid in the 

 twelve months was no less than 187, or 34 per cent, in excess 

 of the number laid in the pen fed on oats alone. 



Oats, therefore, proved an admirable poultry food when mixed 

 with an equal weight of maize, but the value of this mixture 

 was reduced when the proportion of oats to maize exceeded one- 

 half. The superiority of this mixture over all other foods in 

 these experiments is emphasised by taking the figures for the 

 year ending 31st of March last. In this period, Pen 1, wheat 

 alone, yielded 561 eggs ; Pen 6, maize alone, yielded 546 eggs ; 

 and from Pen 5, mixture of half maize and half oats, 701 eggs 

 were obtained. 



Experiments with Buffalo Gluten Feed. 



In the month of January, 1902, a supply of Buffalo Gluten 

 Feed was placed at the disposal of the Board of Agriculture, in 

 order that its value might be tested as a fattening food for live 

 stock. In order to subject the material to a comprehensive 

 trial, the Board distributed the feed, in one and two-ton lots, to 

 the various agricultural colleges, and also to a large number of 

 landowners and farmers, who were invited to utilise the feed in 

 feeding stock on their farms, and to furnish the Board with a 



