conducted at Crawley Mill Farm, Woburn, 1886-7. 407 
the amount of water that those in the boxes did ; after that, 
the silage ones in the shed took about the same quantity of 
water as those in the boxes, but, to the close of the experiment, 
the bullocks in the shed eating hay took more water than those 
in the boxes. The reason of this was not clear, for the tempe- 
rature of the shed was exactly the same as that of the boxes, 
and the silage and hay for the two sets were taken each from 
one lot and simultaneously. After 5-i days the bullocks were 
weighed with the following results : — 
Weights of Bullocks on Feb. 8, 1887, aftee 54 Days' Feeding. 
Jtectiving Hay. Eeceiviivj Milage. 
Ix Boxes. 
Bollock. 
No. 1 
No. 2 
No. 3 
No. 4 
cwts. qrs. lbs. 
11 0 7 
10 1 21 
10 0 12 
12 1 5 
Bullock. 
No. 5 
No. 6 
No. 7 
No. 8 
No. 9 11 
No. 10 11 
Ix Shed. 
0 
Total of G bullocks on 
Feb. 8 
Total on Dec. 16 .. 
Total increase ot U 
locks in 54 day 
ofGbul-) 
days .. J 
Grain per head daily . . 
66 
3 24 
60 
1 11 
6 
2 13 
2 
•3 lbs. 
No. 12 
Total of 6 bullocks on) 
Feb. 8 J 
Total on Dec. 
16 
Total increase of 6 bul 
locKs in 54 days 
Gain per bead daily , 
cwts. qrs. 
lbs. 
12 
0 
0 
10 
1 
0 
11 
0 
0 
11 
0 
19 
11 
1 
7 
10 
3 
0 
66 
1 
26 
60 
1 
20 
6 
0 
6 
2-1 lbs. 
During this period, in addition to the daily allowance of 
3 lbs. decorticated cotton cake and 5 lbs. maize-meal, the 
average daily amount of food consumed per head had been : — 
Bullocks eeceiving HjlT. 
Bullocks eecktvisg Silage. 
Boxes. 
Shed. 
Boxes. 
Shed. 
Hay 
lbs. 
20 
61 
lbs. 
21-4 
82-4 
lbs. 
490 
38-7 
lbs. 
49-6 
44-3 
The experiment was continued for another 30 days, during 
which the silage bullocks took as much as 53 lbs. of silage per 
head daily, the other foods remaining much as in the first period. 
On March 10, 1887, the beasts were again weighed. 
