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It will be readily understood that the above was taken merely 
as a standard which should be aimed at, and which would have 
to be regulated by circumstances : 50 lbs. of swedes and 9 lbs. 
of hay-chaff per head daily were quantities which, with the daily 
allowance of cake and corn, would be considered by practical 
men as suitable for fattening bullocks such as those at Woburn ; 
and the intention was, by taking this result obtained by practice, 
to combine with it the chemical or scientific features of feeding, 
and in dealing with a fresh kind of food, aim at supplying to the 
animals receiving silage as nearly as possible the same amounts 
of dry matter, woody fibre, and nitrogen as were practically 
known to constitute good feeding in the case of swedes and 
hay-chaff. 
It should be mentioned, too, that the silage was not uniform 
in quality throughout, being wetter in some portions, especially 
as it got nearer to the floor of the silo ; and this involved a 
succession of analyses and readjustment of the quantities of 
silage according as wetter or drier portions were cut. 
The bullocks were accordingly fed with the quantities of food 
determined upon, viz. : 
( 3 lbs. 
) 3 
50 
9 
Bullocks 1, 2, 3, 4 per head 
daily 
Decorticated cotton-cake. 
Maize meal. 
Swedes. 
Hay-cha£f. 
Bullocks 5, 6, 7, 8 per head 
daily 
f 3 lbs. Decorticated cotton-cake. 
3 „ Maize meal. 
l35 ,, Silaoie. 
The bullocks all ate their food well, those receiving silage 
drinking a large quantity of water. The dung of the silage 
animals was of a dark brown colour, and much firmer than that 
of the others. 
On February 19, Silo No. 1 being all but finished, the 
bullocks were re-weighed. . 
Receiving Boots and Hay-chaff. 
Jan. 29. 
Feb. 19. 
Increase in 
3 weeks. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
Total .. 
cwts. qrs. lbs. 
9 2 0 
9 3 0 
10 0 21 
9 0 0 
cwts. qrs. lbs. 
10 0 14 
9 2 9 
11 0 0 
9 2 23 
cwt. qrs. lbs. 
0 2 14 
loss 19 
0 3 7 
0 2 23 
38 1 21 
40 1 18 
1 3 25 
