3 o8 



Influence of Manures ox Mutton. 



that the sheep of Plot I got cake during two of the seasons 

 the results of that plot do not lend themselves to a com- 

 parison of the relationship of hay to mutton. The other 

 plots, however, provide some instructive figures. The slag 

 of Plot 3 increased the aggregate hay crop of the three 

 seasons by 97 per cent., but it increased the yield of mutton 

 by no less than 233 per cent. The smaller dressing of slag 

 on Plot 4 had also relatively more effect on the sheep than 

 on the hay, though in this respect it is far behind Plot 3.. 



Table IV. 



RELATIONSHIP OF HAY TO MUTTON, AND OF DEAD WEIGHT 

 TO LIVE WEIGHT. 



Plots. 



Treatment. 



Relationship of Hay to 



Mutton on the 

 average of three years. 



Relationship of Carcase 

 to Live Weight 

 in 1899. 



Per cent, in 

 excess of 

 Plot 6. 



lbs. of Hay 

 to 1 lb. 

 of Live 

 Weight 

 increase. 



Average 



Live 

 Weight. 



Average 



Dead 

 Weight. 



1 



Per cent. 



of 

 Mutton. 







Hay. 



Mutton. 



lbs. 



lbs. 



lbs. 



% 



I 



Cake 



46 



139 



21 *4 





53'5 



46-3 





Lime 





4 



38-8 









3 



% Ton Slag 



97 



233 



20 -8 



127*0 



57*5 



45'3 



4 



i Ton Slag 



6S 



96 



30-1 



"7'5 



53'5 



45*5 



5 



7,Cwt. Super - 



47 



91 



27*0 



114-0 



53 -o 



46-5 : 



6 



Nothing - - - : 







35-i 









7 



Super + Potash - 



28 



117 



20 -6 



I20'5 



53*5 



44 '4 



8 



Super + Lime 



48 



119 



23-6 



122-5 



54 "5 



44*5 ! 



9 



Super + Ammonia - 



54 



104 



267 



126-0 



57-o 



45'2 



10 



Dis. Bones 



54 



104 



267 



122-5 



57 -o 



46-5 



Superphosphate combined with potash has increased the hay 

 by only 28 per cent., whereas it has increased the mutton by 

 1 1 7 per cent. The one material that has had less effect on 

 the mutton than on the hay is common lime, so that from no 

 point of view — as tested by definitely ascertained results — 

 has this substance, when used alone, had any beneficial effect. 



This subject may be looked at from another standpoint. 

 If we admit that the hay obtained from the sub-plots fairly 

 represents the relative, if not the absolute, amount of 

 herbage produced and consumed as pasture, we may divide 



