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Increases in lbs. per head per diem [continued). 



Lot 

 No. 



Purchased Food. 



First 

 Period. 



Second 

 (Period. 



Third 

 Period. 



Fourt'n 

 Period. 



Fifth 

 Period. 



Sixth 

 Period. 



Whole 

 experi- 

 ment. 



Average 

 of the 

 three 

 years. 







fDecort. cotton cake 

 and maize meal, 

 1896-97. 



279 



1 "3i 



4' 03 



•38 



•64 





1-70 



s 



1 



III. 





Decort. cotton cake 

 and dried grains, 

 1897-98. 



1 '94 



1 -17 



2-23 



■23 







1 '34 



)-i-6i 

 1 









Decort. cotton cake 

 and dried grains, 

 ^ 1898-99. 



3'27 



2*23 



2' 10 



'95 



2"l6* 



1*92 



1*69 



1 



) 







fLinseed cake, com- 

 mon cotton cake, 

 dried grains, and 

 maize meal, 1896-97. 



2-83 



2*60 



2-14 



1*0 



'75 





1-91 





IV. 





Linseed cake, com- 

 mon cotton cake and 

 maize meal, 1897-98. 



1-83 



I 61 



2" 34 



■50 







i'S3 









Linseed cake and 

 common cotton cake 

 ^ at start, 1898-99. 



i-88 



i'86 



2*67 



"20 



•20* 



1 -49 



1-41 





* Decreases. 



Relation between Dry Matter of Food and Increase Produced. 



By adding together all the food eaten during the three 

 experiments, calculating the weight of dry matter contained 

 in the food of each lot, and comparing these numbers with 

 the increased weights in each case, the following figures 

 are obtained : — 



Lot. 



Purchased Food. 



Total 

 Dry matter 



Consumed. 



Total 

 Increase. 



Increase 

 per 100 lbs. dry 

 matter consumed. 







cwt. 



cwt. qr. lbs. 







Linseed cake .... 



465 " 



32 2 22 



7'°4 





Linseed cake and common Cotton 



466 



28 18 



6-o8 



in. 



Decorticated Cotton cake with 

 Maize meal in '95-7, dried 

 grains in '97-8 and '98-9 - 



467 



27 0 7 



5-80 



Comparing these three lots, linseed cake comes out with 

 a great advantage, the beasts getting linseed cake having 

 made the greatest increase per head per diem — on the 

 average, 1*94 lbs. against 1.68 and i*6i for Lots II. and III. 

 respectively. Besides giving the largest daily increase, 



