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Bullock Feeding Experiments. 



report on Lots III. and IV., and the first instalment of 

 Lot II., which he took first, was that they were prime Norfolk 

 beef ; while he reported that Lot I., and the single beast out of 

 Lot II., which went up later, did not kill nearly so well in 

 spite of the longer period of feeding, and that he could not 

 believe they were real Norfolk-fed beasts. 



The results of the experiment, therefore, whether looked at 

 from the point of view of getting most beef from least dry 

 matter in the food, or from the £ s. d. standpoint, or from 

 the practical verdict of the butcher, point clearly to the 

 economy of the Norfolk practice of giving to fattening 

 bullocks all the roots they will eat. 



(2). — Comparative Trials of Various Popular Purchased Foods. 



The investigation as to the greatest amount of roots which 

 can profitably be fed to bullocks having been satisfactorily 

 carried out during the winter of 1 895-6, and the results 

 having, from every point of view, confirmed the usual 

 ■Norfolk practice of giving the beasts all the roots they will 

 eat, the Experiments Committee of the Chamber decided to 

 turn their attention to the carrying out of a series of 

 comparative trials of various commonly-used purchased 

 foods. This series of experiments was accordingly com- 

 menced in the winter of 1896-7, and has been continued each 

 succeeding year up to the present; and, as the results have 

 been satisfactorily uniform, I have been requested to draw 

 up the final report on the series of three years' experiments, 

 and to take steps for the commencement next year of a new 

 series, dealing with the feeding-value of roots grown with 

 dung, as compared with those grown with various artificial 

 manures. As before, the experiments described in the pre- 

 sent report have been carried out under the direct super- 

 vision of Mr. Henry Giles, and the beasts, yards, and other 

 requisites have been provided by Mr. Garrett Taylor. 



In the description of the 1895-6 experiment, details were 

 given of the method of ensuring a level lot of bullocks ; and 

 as practically the same procedure has been followed in each 

 succeeding year, it will suffice here to state that in 1896-7. 



