conducted at Wohuni during 1877. 
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were put on that part. The periods during^ which the sheep 
were kept upon the land were from May 10 until nearly the 
end of July, and from the latter end of August until the middle 
of October. 
The following table shows the number of sheep fed on each 
acre, the quantity of purchased food consumed (if any), the 
number of weeks the animals were kept on the land, and the 
total increase in live-weight yielded. 
Seeds, 1877. 
Plots. 
Increase 
Eive- 
J i Fed-oif by 10 Sheep, with 72S lbs. Cottou-cake ; on the laud i 
\ 15 -weeks J 
2 f Fe<l-off by 10 Sheep, with 728 lbs. Maize- in eal ; ou the landi 
\ 15 weeks / 
„ (■ Fed-off by 10 Sheep, without other food ; on the land lljl 
\ weeks / 
^ ] Fed-oflF by 10 Sheep, without other food ; on the laud 13J 1 
\ weeks '. ) 
lbs. 
303 
275 
214 
209i 
Deducting the amount of increase in live-weight obtained 
without purchased food from that obtained with it, the amount 
of increase so reckoned as due to the cotton-cake is 91|^ lbs., and 
that to the maize-meal 63^ lbs. Both with the oxen in the 
boxes and here with the sheep in the field a given weight of 
cotton-cake has yielded more increase than an equal weight of 
maize-meal. Owing, however, to the small number of oxen and 
somewhat small number of sheep under experiment, the results 
must not be taken as conclusive on the point. It is proposed 
to carry out experiments with a much larger number of animals 
next year. 
Rotation No. 2 ; four acres as under. 
1877 Roots. 
1878 Barley. 
1879 Seeds. : 
1880 Wheat. 
Mangolds were sown on these four acres, which were respec- 
tively manured as under : — one acre with dung made from a 
given quantity of straw as litter, and of mangolds and wheat 
straw-chafF as food, with 1000 lbs. cotton-cake consumed in 
addition ; the second acre with dung from the same amount of 
litter, and of mangolds and wheat-straw chaff as food, with 
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