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Experiments in Fattening Cattle. 



Table III. — Experiment in Feeding Eight Cattle in Myroch, Wigtonshire, 

 N.B., in two lots of four each, 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. 



Wei" 

 offal, 

 at 



No. of 

 Stone. 



ht per h 

 when pu 

 4s. id. p 



Rate. 



?ad, sinking 

 t up to feed, 

 er stone. 



Turnips taken froml 

 the fields when re-> 

 quired , . . .j 



Turnips stored in No- \ 

 vember from differ- f 

 ent parts of the same ( 



1 



2 



cwt. qrs. lbs. 



33 2 7 

 32 3 7 



cwt. qrs. lbs. 



38 2 7 

 38 0 7 



36^ 

 36 



s. d. 



4 4 



4 4 



£. s. d. 

 7 18 2 



7 16 0 





Weight per head, sinking 

 offal, at conclusion of experi- 

 ment, at 5s. per stone. 



Value of 

 Increase per 

 h(;ad, sink- 

 ing oifal. 



Total Cost of Food 



per head, in- 

 cluding the price 

 of Artificial Food, 

 and allowing 

 6s. per ton 

 for swedes. 



Comparative 

 Gain or Loss, 

 exclusive of 

 manure- 



No. of 

 Stone. 



Rate. 



Amount. 



Gain. 



Loss. 



Turnips taken fromj 

 the fields when re-> 

 quired . . . . ) 



Turnips stored in No-' 

 vember from differ- j 

 ent parts of the same | 



42 



s. d. 



5 0 



5 0 



£. s. d. 

 10 12 6 



10 10 0 



£. s, d. 

 2 14 4 



2 14 0 



£. s. d. 

 2 11 7 



2 11 7 



s. d. 



2 9 



2 5 



s. d. 



The result is so nearly the same in point of feeding quality that 

 the convenience of the farmer seems the only matter that should 

 give a preference to either plan. It is much, however, to know 

 that the stored, swedes are as nutritious as those brought fresh 

 from the field ; for the most favourable time may be taken for 

 carting the crop from the field, getting the roots stored dry, near 

 to the feeding-houses, where they are ready in all weather when 

 wanted, clean and comfortable for both the feeder and the cattle 

 — not one day covered with mud and another frozen as hard as 

 a cannon-ball. There can be no doubt as to the great advantage 

 to the soil and the farm horses of carting off this bulky crop during 

 a period of dry or frosty weather. 



On this soil, and with our humid and mild autumnal climate, 

 we can calculate on an average crop of 30 tons of Swedish turnips 

 an acre. The foregoing experiments show that between 65. and 

 75. a ton is realised by feeding this crop on the farm over and 

 above the value of the manure. But it must not be overlooked 



