418 Sheep -Feeding Experiments at Crawley Mill Farm, 
pared with cake, when used as additional food for feeding off 
turnips on the land by sheep. 
The results which were then obtained * were, somew^hat unex- 
pectedly, about equally favourable to both linseed-cake and 
wheat. The experiment, conducted under very severe condi- 
tions of weather, it was considered desirable to repeat another 
year, and this was accordingly done. Briefly to summarise the 
former experiment, it may be mentioned that the sheep were a 
cross of the Hampshire and Oxfordshire Downs, about ten months 
old ; forty sheep being divided into five pens of eight sheep 
each. Sliced Swedish turnips were supplied to them ad libitum, 
as also hay-chaff. The experiment lasted for 106 days, the 
amounts of additional foods given being ^Ib. per head daily for 
33 days, and f lb. per head daily for 73 days. 
The relative costs per pound of increase in live weight were : — 
Additional Food. d. 
Pen I.— LiDseed-cake 1-39 
Pen II. — Linseed-cake and undec. cotton-cake mixed 1"38 
Pen III.— Wheat 1-00 
Pen IV. — Oats and barley mixed ; 1 • 39 
Pen V. — Oats and split beans mixed 1"66 
Accordingly, if considered as food only, wheat gave the best 
monetary return, and then linseed-cake. When, however, the 
manurial values were taken into account also, the final result 
was to place wheat and linseed-cake on about an equality, and 
decidedly in advance of the mixed foods. The winter was one 
of a very trying nature, and unfortunately five sheep died during 
the experiment. There was, however, no clear evidence that 
the wheat had been (as it was supposed it would prove) injurious 
per se. On repeating the experiment last winter, a few altera- 
tions in the plan were made. Thus, while linseed-cake and 
wheat were retained, decorticated cotton-cake was introduced, 
and both it and linseed-cake were tried alone, and also in 
combination with barley. The following was the plan adopted 
as regards additional foods : — 
Pen T. received. Linseed-cake. * 
Pen n. „ Wheat. 
Pen III. „ Decorticated cotton-cake. 
Pen IV. „ Linseed-cake and barley, in equal proportions. 
Pen V. „ Decorticated cotton-cake and barley, in equal 
proportions. 
The cakes were given broken up into small pieces, especial care 
being taken with the decorticated cotton-cake. The wheat 
was given whole, this form having been found in the previous 
* ' Journal,' vol. xxii. 2nd Scries, p. 514. 
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