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Experiments in Fattening Cattle. 



methods was most advantageous to the feeder. The stall-fed 

 cattle required about 12 lbs. of straw per day for litter, being only 

 one-third of the quantity necessary for each of the other two lots, 

 and during wet weather No. 3 required considerably more. 



The accommodation for the stall-fed cattle cost 6O5. per head ; 

 for the box-fed 85^. ; and for the open-shed and court 655. per 

 head : the buildings being all well finished and substantial. 



The expense of attendance was found to be the same in the stall 

 and box-fed cattle, and about one-quarter less in the experiment 

 in open sheds and court, the amount on the two former being Is. 

 per head per month, and the latter 9fZ. 



The weather was very wet in the early part of winter, and, 

 though the open sheds and yard were in a sheltered situation, the 

 moistness of this climate may be more unfavourable to that mode 

 of feeding than the drier climate of the east coast. 



The cattle were all Galloway bullocks, 2i years old, when put 

 up to feed, of about equal size and quality, and were all put into 

 their separate places and fed in the same way for 14 days before 

 being weighed. 



Table II. — Experiment in Feeding Twelve Cattle in Killumpha, Wigton- 

 shire, N.B., in three lots of four each, on same varieties of Food, from 

 22nd December, 1851, to 14th April, 1852. 





No. 



of 

 Lots. 



Live weight 

 of four Cattle, 

 22nd Dec. 

 1851. 



Live weight 

 of four Cattle, 

 14th April, 

 1852. 



Weight per head, sinking 

 offal, when put up to feed, at 

 4s. id. per stone. 



No. of 

 Stone. 



Rate. 



Amount. 



Loose houses or boxes 



Stalls 



Sheds or hammels . 



1 



2 



3 



cwt, qrs. lbs. 

 36 0 7 



35 0 17 



35 3 15 



cwt. qrs. lbs. 

 41 3 22 



40 2 13 



40 2 14 



39i 

 38i 

 39i 



s. d. 



4 4 



4 4 

 4 4 



£. s. d. 



8 11 2 



8 6 10 

 8 11 2 





Weight per head, sinking 

 oflfal, at conclusion of experi- 

 ment, at 5s. per stone. 



Value of 

 Increase per 

 head, sink- 

 ing offal. 



Total Cost of Food 



per head, in- 

 cluding the price 

 of Artificial Food, 

 and allowing 

 Qs. per ton 

 for swede turnips. 



Comparative 

 Gain or Loss, 

 exclusive of 

 manure. 



No. of 

 Stone. 



Rate. 



Amount. 



Gain. 



Lossi. 



Loose houses or boxes 



Stalls 



Sheds or hammels , 



46 

 44^ 



d. 



5 0 

 5 0 

 5 0 



£. s. d. 



11 10 0 



11 2 6 

 11 2 6 



£. s. d. 

 2 18 10 



2 15 8 



2 11 4 



£. s. d. 



2 11 31 



2 11 3i 

 2 11 3i 



s. d.. 



7 61 



4 4$ 

 0 0^ 



S. (f. 



The difference in the result per head in the table is not so 

 striking as whea the calculation is carried out to the result per 



