406 Report on Bullock-feeding Experiments at Woburn. 
The remaining seven beasls were fed with their regular allow- 
ances of food until April 26, when their weights were taken previous 
to fasting. The two bullocks, Nos. 13 and 15, which had hitherto 
been fed in the yard, went c Dmpletely off their feed, no doubt on 
account of the loss of their companions. It was impossible to put 
them in the same pen, as they were receiving different quantities of 
cake ; they were accordingly removed to the feeding boxes, but they 
went noticeably back in condition and lost weight. None of these 
beasts indeed seemed to have recovered from the disturbing effect of 
weighing. 
This is a constant difficulty in the feeding experiments both of 
bullocks and sheep, and it is proposed to try the plan of purchasing 
younger bullocks, and, before commencing the feeding experiment, 
to get them thoroughly accustomed to being handled and weighed. 
Live axd Dead Weights of Bullocks. 
Lot 1. 
Number 
T/nfasted weights 
Fasted live weights 
Carcass weight 
Stones of 8 lb. 
April 19, 1890 
April 26, 1890 
Stones 
of 14 lb. 
i 
2 
3 
4 
15 
16 
cwt. qrs. lb. 
12 2 20 
14 0 2 
12 0 18 
14 0 2 
12 1 11 
13 1 14 
cwt. qrs. lb. 
12 3 6 
14 0 2 
11 1 11 
cwt. qrs. lb. 
12- 1 7 
13 1 17 
11 1 22 
13 1 0 
11 1 4 
12 1 8 
st. lb. 
98 7 
107 3 
91 8 
106 0 
90 4 
98 8 
st. lb. 
94 7 
113 0 
97 4 
108 6 
95 2 
101 0 
5 
6 
7 
8 
13 
14 
78 2 11 
13 1 11 
113 4 
13 0 7 
12 2 24 
12 2 0 
11 3 7 
13 0 13 
12 3 4 
11 2 8 
74 0 2 
Lot 2. 
12 1 15 
11 0 10 
12 2 17 
11 3 20 
10 3 14 
11 1 6 
592 2 
99 1 
88 10 
101 3 
95 6 
87 0 
90 6 
610 3 = 58 90 p.c. 
101 5 
91 4 
100 0 
94 4 
92 6 
86 6 
9 
10 
11 
75 0 25 
11 1 18 
12 0 0 
10 1 8 
112 2 
70 0 26 
Lot 3. 
10 2 23 
11 1 10 
9 2 23 
561 12 
85 9 
90 10 
77 9 
567 1 = 57-68 p.c. 
84 2 
92 4 
82 6 
,33 2 26 
31 3 0 
254 0 
259 4 = 58 44 p.c. 
It may be mentioned that the bullocks realised 4s. ~d. per stone, 
dead weight : no practical difference was observable in the appear- 
ances of the carcasses of the two cake-fed lots. In the carcasses of lot 
