42 Feeding Value of Cotton Cake and Meal. 



The animals in Lot i received, in addition to the common 

 ration, 4 lb. cotton seed meal each, while those in Lot 2 

 received 4 lb. decorticated cotton cake, and from January 

 1 8th. until the cattle were slaughtered, a further addition of 

 2 lb. of crushed oats was made to the daily ration of each beast . 

 The animals consumed on the average 10 lb. of chaff and 

 70 lb. of roots per head per day. 



The cattle were weighed before the commencement of the 

 •experiment, again on January 25th, and once more immedi- 

 ately before they were slaughtered. They were sold by live 

 weight at 31s. 6d. per cwt. (unfasted), and were slaughtered in 

 two successive weeks, two beasts being taken from each lot 

 -on both occasions. 



The aggregate live weights of the animals at the beginning 

 of the experiment, and immediately before slaughter, were as 

 follows : — / 



Number of 



Animals 

 Slaughtered 



Cattle Slaughtered 

 in week ending Feb. 25th. 



Cattle Slaughtered 

 in week ending March 4th. 



Live 

 Weight, 

 Dec. 1st. 



Live 

 Weight, 

 Feb. 23rd. 



Carcase 

 Weight, 

 Feb. 25th. 



Live 

 Weight, 

 Dec. 1st. 



Live 

 Weight, 

 March 2nd. 



Carcase 

 Weight, 

 March 4th. 



2 of Lot 1 

 2 of Lot 2 



C. q. lb. 

 20 1 18 



19 0 4 



C. q. lb. 



23 O 5 



21 1 26 



C. q. lb. 

 12 1 7 



12 0 11 



C. q. lb. 



18 2 14 



19 2 10 



C. q. lb. 

 21 0 22 



23 2 14 



C. q. lb.' 

 11 29 



1224 



The total increase in live weight was 5 cwt o qr. 23 lb. in 

 Lot 1, and 6 cwt. 1 qr. 26 lb. in Lot 2, the average increase 

 per head in each lot being 1 cwt. 1 qr. 5 lb. and 

 1 cwt. 2 qr. 13 lb. respectively. The average daily gain 

 per head in live weight of the animals in Lot 1 was 1*65 lb» 

 and their average proportion of carcase to live weight, 

 unfasted, amounted to 54 per cent. In Lot 2 the average 

 daily gain in live weight per head was 2-06 lb., and the 

 proportion of carcase to live weight, unfasted, was 54*6 per 

 cent. 



Exclusive of the value of the hay, straw, and roots, the 

 quantities and cost of the additional foods consumed by each 

 lot amounted to £S 17s. 3d. in the case of Lot 1, which 



