404 Report on Bullock-feeding 'Experiments at Wdburn. 
Table IV. (cont.) — Food Consumed during ichole Period of 110 days. 
Dec. 30 to April 19. 
lot 1 (6 bullocks) 
Lot 2 (6 bullocks) 
Lot 3 (3 bullocks) 

Total amount 
Average 
1 Total amount 
Average 
Total amount 
Average 
consumed during 
per head 
consumed during 
per head 
consumed during 
per head 
110 days 
daily 
110 days 
daily 
110 days 
1 
daily 
tons cwt. qrs. lb. 
lb. 
tons cwt. qrs. lb. 
lb. 
tons cwt. qrs. lb. 
lb. • 
Roots .... 
11 16 3 4 
4018 
13 0 3 16 
44-27 
17 2 3 0 
48-44 
Hay 
4 0 3 20 
1373 
4 11 1 9 
1549 
2 10 0 22 
1703 
Linseed cake , 
and decortica- 1 
2 11 0 12 
867 
15 2 6 
4-33 
ted cotton cake 1 
Water .... 
17 11 1 0 
5966 
15 16 3 0 
53-75 
J 5 11 3 14 
37-96 
Table IV. shows the total increase in live weight of the bullocks 
during the whole experiment. From this it is seen that the six 
bullocks in lot 1, which received the double quantity of cake, have 
made an average increase of 3*1 2 lb. per head per day, those in the 
yard doing quite as well as those fed in the boxes. 
The bullocks in lot 2, which received only half the quantity of 
cake, show an average daily gain of 2 '5-1 lb., and no practical differ- 
ence is apparent in the increases of the box and yard-fed beasts. 
The bullocks in lot 3 receiving roots and hay alone give an average 
daily gain of only 1 '36 lb. During the last period these beasts appear 
to have remained practically stationary in weight. They were, how- 
ever, throughout the experiment in excellent health and to all appear- 
ance were doing very fairly well. On calculating the cost of the 
foods given to each lot, the advantage of the cake-feeding becomes 
still more strikingly apparent. Thus, taking the cakes at the then 
current prices, linseed cake 91. per ton, decorticated cotton cake 
6^. 15s. per ton, and estimating the roots at 10s. per ton and the hay at 
3'. per ton, the cost of the food of each lot is as follows. 
Lot 1. Lot 2. Lot 3. 
£ I. d. £ s. d. £ t. d. 
Hoots . . . . 5 18 4 6 10 6 3 11 4 
Hay 12 2 9 13 14 0 7 10 *8 
Linseed-cake . . . 11 10 0 5 15 0 — 
Decorticated cotton-cake .8126 463 — 
38 3 7 30 5 9 11 2 0 
(C bullocks) (6 bullocks) ( 3 bullocks) 
cwt. qrs. lb. cwt. qrs. lb. cwt. qrs. lb. 
Total increase in live\ 18 1 21 .. 15 0 1 .. 4 0 0 
weight / =2065 lb. =1681 lb. =448 lb. 
Cost per lb. of increase! ^ m .. nd 
of live weight . . . J 
In addition to the difference in the cost per lb. of increase in live 
weight in the hay-fed and the cake-fed bullocks, the increased value 
of the manure from the latter must also be taken into consideration. 
