424 Sheep- Feeding Experiments at Crawley Mill Farm, Sfc, 
Hence the relative cost per lb. of increase in live weight 
was : — 
d. 
Pen I. — Linseed-cake l-S-t 
Pen II.— Wheat 1-50 
Pen III. — Decorticated Cotton-cake 1*33 
Fen IV. — Linseed-cake and Barley 1'96 
Pen V. — Decorticated Cotton-cake and Barley .. .. 2 'Si 
From these figures it will appear that the decorticated 
cotton-cake produced not only the largest increase, but also 
this at the lowest cost. The wheat as a feeding material 
stood next in point of cheapness, and then linseed-cake, the 
difference between them being very much the same as noted 
last year, the advantage lying rather more in favour of linseed- 
cake. 
Taking next the assumed manure-values according to Lawes 
and Gilbert's tables, we have the following : — 
Manure Value. 
Per Ton. Per 522 lbs. consumed, 
£ s. d. £, s. d. 
Linseed-cake 3 18 6 .. 0 18 3i 
Wheat 1 8 7 .. 0 6 8 
Dccorticatod Cotton-cake .. .. 5 13 0 .. 164 
As the result of considering the foods in regard to their 
value, both for feeding and manurial purposes, we have the 
followinff : — 
Cost of additional food for each) 
lb. of live weight i 
Less, manurial value 
for each lb. of live weight . . ] 
The value of the feeding result as regards the use of decorti- 
cated cotton-cake is further enhanced largely by its high 
manurial properties ; and it stands out in this respect as 
decidedly the best food. Between the linseed and the wheat 
there is a difference in favour of linseed-cake, though not a 
large one, and the former experiment is in great measure con- 
firmed as to the possible profitable use of wheat for feeding 
purposes. The fact that all the sheep fed on wheat went 
through the experiment without any illness whatever, confirms 
the observation before made that it can be quite safely used for 
Linseed, 
d. 
Wlieat. 
d. 
Decorticated 
Cotton-cake, 
d. 
1-84 . 
. 1-50 
.. 1-33 
•82 , 
•32 
.. 1-Oi 
• 1-02 . 
. 1^18 
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