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BULLOCK FEEDING EXPERIMENTS IN NORFOLK, 



The Norfolk Chamber of Agriculture has carried out an ex- 

 tensive scheme of experimental work since 1886, and as early 

 as 1887 recognised the importance of turning its attention to 

 the subject of feeding. In that year, the Experiments Com- 

 mittee of the Chamber decided to investigate the question of 

 the value of oil in linseed cake for fattening sheep. Unfor- 

 seen circumstances however prevented the experiment being 

 at once satisfactorily carried out, and it was postponed until 

 1888, when the results were published in the Journal of the 

 Royal Agricultural Society 'XXV. 407). This experiment 

 was followed by a series of comparative trials of various 

 popular purchased foods and mixtures, the result of which 

 was to demonstrate the superior value of a mixture of equal 

 parts of decorticated cotton cake and crushed barley, in 

 quantities increasing from -Jib. of the mixture per head per 

 diem at first, to ilb. in the later stages of fattening. 



The sheep feeding experiments continued until 1894-95, 

 when the Experiments Committee of the Chamber decided to 

 commence a somewhat similar series of bullock feeding ex- 

 periments, which were accordingly started in the following 

 year, 1 895-96, and are still in progress. It is with these bullock 

 feeding experiments, that the present paper is concerned. 

 Throughout the whole series of feeding experiments, the 

 Chamber has been indebted for the means of carrying them 

 out to Mr. Garrett Taylor, who has provided suitable animals, 

 yards and all other necessaries. Mr. Henry Giles, the Super- 

 intendent of Experiments for the Chamber, has entirely 

 undertaken their practical management and since 1892 the 

 Chamber has entrusted me with the duties of drawing up the 



