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were divided into two lots, and received 8J lb. meadow hay 

 and 1 J- lb. cake and meal, while Lot I. got 21 lb. swedes 

 in addition, and Lot II. 2 lb. maize and 1 lb. meadow hay 

 in place of the swedes. In this case Lot I. did somewhat 

 better than Lot II., and the experiments confirm the pre- 

 vious conclusion that while half of the roots of the ration 

 can be replaced by concentrated foods, it is not advisable 

 to replace the roots in the ration altogether, if a small quan- 

 tity of roots is available. At the same time they showed 

 that young cattle can be quite successfully brought through 

 their first winter without the aid of roots. 



Comparative Feeding Values of Different Cakes. — Feed- 

 ing experiments with cattle, carried out in the winters of 

 1905-6 and 1906-7, dealt with the comparative feeding values 

 of Indian cotton cake, decorticated cotton cake, and linseed 

 cake. Professor Gilchrist considers that these have resulted 

 in showing that the following quantities represent practically 

 equivalent feeding values : — (1) 3 lb. decorticated cotton cake; 

 (2) 3 J- lb. Indian cotton cake and 1 lb. decorticated cotton 

 cake; (3) 3J lb. Indian cotton cake and 1 lb. linseed cake; (4) 

 32V lb. linseed cake. Five lb. Indian cotton cake are also con- 

 sidered as practically equal in feeding value to a mixture of 



2 lb. decorticated cotton cake and 1 lb. linseed cake, but the 

 experiments suggest a balance in favour of the Indian cake. 

 This cake can, when of good quality, be fed advantageously 

 to young cattle just over six months old, in a ration for their 

 first winter's store feeding. 



This report also gives the results of experiments with sheep 

 in the winter of 1904-5, which confirm previous experiments 

 in showing that a good" average sample of Egyptian cotton 

 cake has given practically the same feeding results as a good 

 average sample of Indian cotton cake. They also indicate 

 that 5 lb. of undecorticated cotton cake are practically equal 

 in feeding value to either 3 lb. of decorticated cotton cake or 



3 lb. of linseed cake. 



Feeding experiments with cattle were also carried out in 

 the winter of 1904-5, dealing with the relative feeding values 

 of decorticated cotton cake, earth nut cake, sesame cake, and 

 niger cake. The best result was given by decorticated cotton 

 cake, while earth nut cake and sesame cake gave poorer 



