in the Winter 0/ 1886-7. 
419 
ear to have answered best. The barley was not ground into 
leal, but was given roughly crushed, or " grittled " as it is 
!rmed. The foods were analysed from time to time : their 
verage compositions are given in the following table : — 
Linsccii- 
Cake. 
Decorticated 
Cottou-Cake. 
Wheat. 
Barley. 
Moisture 
:)U 
Vlbuminous compounds .. 
■itarcli, muciLige, digestible! 
fibre, &c / 
^Voody fibre 
Mineral matter 
• Coutainino- nitrogen 
13-55 
11-83 
25-56 
32-09 
9-70 
7-27 
9-84 
10-70 
44-44 
22-47 
4-83 
7-72 
17-22 
1-48 
8-70 
09-72 
100-00 
100-00 
100-00 
4-09 
7-11 
1-40 
17-51 
2-22 
8-53 
65-17 
4-12 
2-45 
100-00 
1-3G 
Hay-Chaff. 
Swedes. 
*Albuminous compounds .. 
Sugar, digeytible fibre, &c. 
15-92 
9-14 
4G-69 
21-55 
6-70 
89-25 
•97 
8-11 
•97 
-70 
100-00 
100-00 
* Containing nitrogen 
1-47 
-15 
The prices of the different foods as used for the experiment 
vere : — 
Linseed-cake (including cost delivered^ 
8Z. 10s. per ton, cartage Is. %d. perl 
ton, and cost of breaking 3s. Ad. perl 
ton) per 112 Ibs.j 
Decorticated Cotton-cake (including^ 
cost Ql. 10s. per ton, carriage 7s. Ga.,1 
cartage Is. Q>d., cost of breaking .^s. j 
per ton) per 112 Ibs.j 
Wheat, white (home grown, chaff) 
blown out but no offal removed — [ 
1 quarter = 504 lbs.) per 112 Ibs.j 
Barley (home grown — no offal removed^ 
— cost of grittling, including cartage I 
to and fro, 2s. per quarter — 1 quarter 1 
= 418 lbs.) .. .. per 112 Ibs.j 
VOL. XXIII.— S. S. 
fl. d. £ 8. d. 
8 0 or 8 14 10 per ton. 
7 2^ or 7 4 0 per ton. 
G 8 or 1 10 0 per quarter. 
5 G r 1 2 0 per quarter. 
2 F 
