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Bullock Feeding Experiments. 



half the cake, meal, and chaff first thing in the morning, the 

 other half last thing at night ; half the roots as soon as most 

 of the morning's dry food was eaten, and the other half in the 

 afternoon. 



The roots until January 13th, were swedes only ; after this 

 date a small and increasing proportion of mangolds was 

 substituted for part of the swedes, until finally the bullocks 

 were getting two-thirds mangolds, and one-third swedes, at 

 the end of the experiment. 



The bullocks were finally inspected when most of them were 

 considered fit to kill, viz., the whole of Lots III. and IV., and 

 all but one bullock in Lot II. Lot I. were not ready and had 

 to be kept on longer. It was decided that all the beasts 

 which were ready should be sold at once, and accordingly the 

 above mentioned 14 beasts were sent to London, where they 

 realised £21 10s. per head, or 34s. per cwt live-weight. 



All the beasts were fasted and weighed on the same day, 

 February 14th, and the experiment concluded. 



The complete details of the original, final, and inter- 

 mediate monthly weighings are given in Table I. 



The increase in weight per lot, per head, and per head per 

 diem were as follows : — 





Increases. 

 Nov. 28 to Dec. 16. 



Increases. 

 Dec. 16 to Jan. 13, '96. 



Increa 

 Jan. 13, '96 to 



ses. 

 Feb. 14. 



Total increases. 



Lot. 



■ 



per lot. 





per hea l 

 per diem. 



per lot. 



per head. 



per head 

 per diem. 



per lot. 



per head. 



per head 

 per diem. 



per lot. 



per head. 



per head 

 per diem. 





lbs. 



lbs. 



lbs. 



lbs. 



lbs. 



lbs. 



lbs. 



lbs. 



lbs. 



lbs. 



lbs. 



lbs. 



I. 



158 



32 



2 



208 



-2 



Vfi 



308 



62 



2 



674 



i35 



i-8 



II. 



i93 



■■' 



2.4 



244 



49 



i-8 



30S 



62 



2 



745 



149 



2"0 



III. 



203 



41 



2-6 



261 





2 



296 



59 



i*9 



760 



152 



2'0 



IV. 



254 



5i 



3-2 



300 



60 



2*2 



269 



54 



.7 



823 



165 



2"2 



The above explanations and tables contain all necessary 

 information as to the result of the experiment, but these 

 results will be made more obvious by considering each point 

 of interest in somewhat greater detail. 



