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Hass(>lt, mixes with his manure five per cent, of day, rich in 
ahnnina, tojjcthcr with two per cent, of lime, considerin^j; that a 
similar result mav tlius be obtained on a sandy soil to that here 
recorded on a clay soil ; the manure being left light and permeable 
by the air. 
XXIV. — Report of tioo Experiments in Sheep Eeedim/, undeiiahen 
hy the Parlinrjton Tenants' Club, near Leeds. 
The object of these experiments was by feeding sheep of 
different breeds with an equal quantity of food, to ascertain which 
breed was most profitable and best adapted to the soil of that 
locality. Separate Reports are given of the summer grazing on 
a grass and clover layer (the first stage of the trial), and of the 
winter feeding on swede turnips with cake, after a month's 
intermission of the competition, when all the lots were fed alike 
on turnips and rape without stint, to establish perfect equality of 
condition and a fair start. 
The first experiment was made in a 16-acres field, divided 
into eight compartments of equal value, with 10 hogs in each 
allotment, except Nos. 2 and 7, the BanfFshires and the Leicesters, 
in which there were 12 each. They were turned in on the 23rd 
May, 3 lbs. of linseed cake per lot per day was commenced on 
the 17th June, and increased to 6 lbs. on the 1st of August. 
The compartment No. 6 consisted of seven odd sheep, viz., one 
from each breed, and these had not cake. The members are 
quite aware that this Report is open to criticism, and are also 
reminded b}- its imperfections that first trials are rarely satis- 
factory. In justice to the patrons of the several breeds of sheep, 
it is only right to say that sheep of everv variety Avere not to be 
procured in a proportionate condition ; that Nos. 1 and 2, the 
cross from the Teeswater and the Cheviot, came to fold in good 
grazing condition, having been wintered upon the estate, whilst 
Nos. 3 antl 4, the Lincolns, from Thomas Greetham, Esq., of 
Stainfield House, and the South Downs, from George Saville 
Foljambe, Esq., of Osberton, were fat, and had received every 
indulgence. No. 5, the Shropshire Downs, were in fair hold- 
ing condition, but from two flocks, Messrs. Crane and another, 
the former taking the lead. No 7, the Leicesters, from Henrv 
Hill, Esq., of Sledmere Field, (Sir Tatton Sykes), were in 
good market condition, having been brought out of his lot in 
the Leeds fat market ; and No. 8, the Cotswold, from Edmund 
Ruck, Esq., were lean. With respect to the state of the pasture 
on the 4th Oct., the BanfFshires, No. 2, had so eaten up their 
pasture on the 30th August, that it could not recover. Nos. 3 
and 
