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tical with those used in 1897-8. The maize meal and dried 

 grains used in 1897-8 and 1898-9 may also be taken as practi- 

 cally identical with those used in 1896-7. 



The prices per ton of the several descriptions of food were 

 as under : — 



Prices per Ton. 



Description of Food. 



1896-7 



1897-8 



1898-9 





£■ s. 



d. 



£. 





d. 



£■ s. 



d. 



Linseed cake - - 



6 2 



6 



6 



17 



6 



8 0 



0 



Common cotton cake - 



4 10 



0 



4 



17 



6 



5 5 



0 



Decorticated cotton cake - - 



5 17 



6 



6 



10 



0 



6 10 



0 



Maize meal - 



4 13 



4 



4 



13 



4 







Dried grains - - - - - 



4 2 



6 



4 



2 



6 



4 8 



0 



Hay and straw chaff - - 



2 10 



0 



2 



IQ 



0 



2 10 



0 







0 





7 



0 



7 



0 



The steady rise in price of all the purchased foods is very 

 noticeable ; linseed cake, however, has gone up much more 

 than any of the other foods. In calculating the cost of the 

 foods per lot and per head in the tables given below, 5 s. per 

 ton is added to the price of the cakes, and 2s. 6d. per ton to 

 thatol the dried grains to allow for cost of cartage, grinding, 

 etc. The prices given for the chaff and roots, on the 

 other hand, are estimated to be their values when cue and 

 ready to be given to the beasts. 



Below are given the complete tables of weighings for each of 

 the three years. The first and final weighings are in every 

 case "fasted live weights," and this is also the case for 

 every weighing in the first two years, while in 1898-9 the 

 weighings during the progress of the experiment are not 

 " fasted live weights," but are, nevertheless, strictly compar- 

 able with each other, having been all taken at the same 

 time of day and the same interval after a meal. These 

 intermediate weighings serve only to indicate the relative 

 progress of the various lots, and it was thought that the 

 method adopted would give all the necessary information, 

 and disturb the progress of the beasts less, than would the 

 taking of their "fasted" weights. 



