408 Report on the Experiments on Ensilage 
Weights of Bullocks on March 10, 1887. 
Beceiving Hay. Beceiving Silage. 
In Boxes. 
Bullock. cwts. qrs. lbs. 
No. 1 11 0 9 
No. 2 11 1 14 
No. 3 10 2 13 
No. 4 12 2 22 
BuUock. cwts. qrs. lbs. 
No. 5 12 1 7 
No. 6 10 2 8 
No. 7 11 1 19 
No. 8 11 1 21 
In Shed. 
No. 9 11 3 15 
No. 10 11 2 3 
Total of 6 bullocks on 
March 10 
^1 69 0 20 
Total on Feb. 8 ,.' 66 3 24 
Total increase of 6 bul- 
locks in 30 days . . 
Gain per head daily . . 
2 0 24 
1-4 lbs 
Total of 6 bullocks on) 
March 10 .. 
Total on Feb. 8 
Total increase of 6 bul-) 
locks in 30 days . . ) 
Gain per head daily . . 
12 
1 
12 
11 
1 
0 
69 
1 
11 
66 
1 
26 
2 
3 
13 
1-8 lbs. 
The following Table represents the increase of weight 
during the whole time of experiment, viz., 84 days : — 
Inokease of Weight during entire period of Expeeiment, from 
December 16, 1886, to March 10, 1887 (84 days). 
ReceiviDg Hay. 
Recoiviug Silage. 
Total weight of 6 bullocks, March 10, 1887 
„ „ „ Dec. 16, 1886 .. .. 
cwts. qrs. lbs. 
69 0 20 
60 1 11 
cwts. qrs. lbs. 
69 1 11 
60 1 20 
8 3 9 
8 3 19 
989 lbs. 
1-96 lbs. 
999 lbs. 
1-98 lbs. 
In the above the bullocks, whether in the boxes or in the 
shed, have been taken as forming two sets only. If the bullocks 
in the boxes and those in the shed are considered separately, 
the average gain per head daily will be : — 
Receiving Hay. Receiving Silage. 
jJullocks in Boxes 2-j-l lbs lbs. 
„ „ Shed U lbs Ig lbs. - 
During the experiment the total quantities of hay and silage 
consumed were: — 
