22 Influence on the Production of Mutton 



methods of treatment, we shall follow the order in which they 

 are taken up at the principal English stations. 



The Effects of Cake. 



The results of giving cake to the sheep on Plot i may 

 be looked at from two points of view, namely : first, the 

 direct effects on the animals in the seasons when they received 

 it, and, second, the indirect effects through the pasture that 

 the cake residues have manured. 



As regards direct effects, the results at every station show 

 that an immediate loss invariably attended the use of cake, 

 no matter whether it was Decorticated Cotton Cake, Rough 

 Cotton Cake, a mixture of both, or Linseed Cake. The figures 

 are brought together in Table VIII. It is just on poor 



Table VIII. — Direct Results of the Use of Cake. 





c 



0) 







4) g 



u 



V 



















Station. 



Number of Years wh 

 Cake was used. 





l of Cake. 





,s Weight of Ca 

 umed per Acre 

 these Years. 



il Cost of Cake p 

 e in these Years. 





)tal Live-weight 

 ed by the dire 

 use of Cake. 



cS 



V 



O ^ 



- 



:ct Loss from t 

 use of Cake. 





jss per Acre per 

 urn due to the us 



of Cake. 







c 



2 





Gro< 

 cons 







Hi 



M 



H 



- > 





Dire 





< 













lb. 



£ s. 



d. 



lb. 



£ s. 



d. 



£ s. 



f. 



£ s. 



d. 



Cockle Park 



4 



Dec. cot. 



2,388 



8 10 



0 



438 



5 9 



6 



3 0 



6 



0 15 



1 



Sevington 



,4 







I,68o 



6 0 



0 



286 



3 11 



6 



2 8 



6 



0 12 



1 



Cransley . 



2 



5 1 





746 



2 13 



3 



162 



2 0 



6 



0 12 



9 



0 6 



4 



Hatley 



2 



Linseed 



576 



2 6 



3 



93 



1 3 



3 



1 3 



0 



0 11 



6 



Yeldham . 



2 







1,036 



4 3 



3 



176 



2 40 



1 19 



3 



0 19 



7 



Sunderland Hall 



4 \ 



° a a 





1,240 



3 4 7 



171 



2 2 



9 



1 1 



10 



0 5 



5 



Boon 



4 





i2 5 o 





2,044 



6 2 



6 



322 



4 0 



6 



2 2 



0 



0 10 



7: 



Naemoor . 



4 





j ual pai 

 ec. & c 

 on Cot 





870 



2 6 



4 



105 



1 6 



3 



1 0 



1 



0 5 



O 



Holstane . 



5 





u 



I,26o 



2 18 



1 



ii5 



1 8 



9 



1 9 



4 



0 5 



IO 



Hillridge . 



5 







1,362 



3 13 



0 



86 



1 1 



6 



2 11 



6 



0 10 



4 



Boreland . 



5 J 









1,026 



2 15 



8 



113 



1 8 



3 



1 7 



5 





6 



pasture that cake has the best opportunity of showing its 

 effects, and yet these experiments prove conclusively that in 

 the conversion of store tegs into mutton by summer-grazing, 

 the use of cake all through the season must result in a direct 

 loss. One of the most striking features of the experiments 

 was the regular and consistent way in which the live-weight 

 gain fell off as the season advanced, being very low in the 

 fourth and fifth months. If cake is to be fed at all that is 

 the time to use it, and probably it may often pay when given 

 at that time, but only in very exceptional cases can its use 



