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Increase iu 
Live- Weight. 
Tlots, lbs. 
g (Fed off by 10 sheep, without other food; ou the land) 9gga 
\ 12 weeks \ ~ * 
^ j Fed-off by 10 sheep, without other food; on the land) 295^ 
( 12 weeks f * 
It may be mentioned, that the sheep on plot 1, receiving de- 
corticated cotton-cake as an additional food, gained more live- 
weight during the month of May and first week of June than 
the sheep on plot 2, which had maize-meal in addition to clover- 
seed. Towards the end of June and in the early part of July 
the weather got very hot, and then the sheep on plot 1 gained 
but little in weight, whilst those on maize made satisfactory 
progress. I have frequently noticed that a highly nitrogenous 
food like decorticated cotton-cake does not agree with stock 
when the weather gets very warm, and that maize during the 
warm summer months appears to be a more suitable food for 
fattening sheep and cattle. 
The second lot of sheep was put upon clover-seeds on the 10th 
of September, and kept on the land until the 14th of October, in 
which period of five weeks they made the following increase in 
live-weight : 
Increase in 
Live- Weight. 
PtOTS. lbs. 
(Clover-seeds fed-off by 10 sheep, with 224 lbs. of de-) 
\ corticated cotton-cake ; kept on the land 5 weeeks ) 
2 (Clover-seeds fed-off by 10 sheep, with 280 lbs. of) 
( maize-meal ; kept on the land 5 weeks f * 
g (Clover-seeds fed-off by 10 sheep, without other food;) gg 
( on the land 5 weeks ) 
^ j Clover-seeds fed-off by 10 sheep, without other food ;) gyi 
\ on the land 5 weeks j * 
The third lot of sheep, kept on the land for one week and two 
days, gained as under : 
Increase in 
Live- Weight. 
Plots. lbs. 
1. Fed off by 5 sheep, kept on the land for 1 week and 2 days 18 
2 11 
3. „ „ „ 19 
4' » !) » 2 
The following Table shows the number of sheep fed on each 
acre, the quantity of purchased food consumed (if any), the? 
number of weeks the animals were kept on the land, and the 
total increase in live-weight yielded : — 
