464 
On Weighing Live-Stoch. 
TabI/E F. — Mr. 3fcJannet's Experiments to test Farmers^ Valuation of 
Cattle, February 7, 1889, against Mr. McJannet's oion Valuation 
based on Live-weight. 
Bullock 
No. 1 
No. 2 
£ 
d. 
£ 
£ 
d. 
£ 
1st Farmer's estimate 
19 
0 
6 
17 
0 
6 
17 
0 
() 
17 
0 
6 
70 
10 
6 
2nd „ 
18 
0 
0 
17 
0 
0 
17 
6 
0 
16 
0 
0 
70 
10 
0 
3rd „ 
18 
10 
0 
17 
1.5 
0 
17 
0 
0 
17 
10 
0 
70 
15 
0 
•tth „ „ 
18 
0 
0 
19 
0 
0 
17 
10 
0 
17 
10 
0 
72 
0 
0 
6th „ „ 
19 
0 
0 
18 
10 
0 
18 
0 
0 
18 
0 
0 
73 
0 
0 
6th „ „ 
19 
10 
0 
19 
10 
0 
19 
0 
0 
19 
0 
0 
76 
10 
0 
7th „ „ 
21 
10 
0 
19 
10 
0 
18 
10 
0 
18 
10 
0 
77 
0 
0 
8th „ „ 
21 
10 
0 
19 
0 
0 
18 
0 
0 
18 
0 
0 
77 
0 
0 
9th 
21 
0 
0 
20 
0 
0 
19 
10 
0 
19 
10 
0 
79 
0 
0 
Highest . . . 
21 
10 
0 
20 
0 
0 
19 
10 
0 
19 
10 
0 
79 
0 
0 
Lowest . . . 
18 
0 
0 
17 
0 
0 
17 
0 
0 
16 
0 
0 
70 
10 
0 
DifEerence .... 
3 
10 
0 
3 
0 
0 
2 
10 
0 
3 
10 
0 
8 
10 
0 
No. 3 
No. 4 
Total 
estimated 
yalue of 4 
bullocks 
Price the four beasts realised at auction . . 
Mr. MoJannet's valuation, based on live-weight 
81 7 6 
81 6 9 
DifEerence 
0 0 9 
Mr. McJannet's own separate Valuation. 
Bullock 
No. 1 
No. 2 
No. 3 
No. 4 
Total 
£ i. d. 
21 5 3 
£ s. d. 
21 0 9 
£ s. d. 
20 2 9 
£ s. d. 
18 18 0 
£ s. d. 
81 6 9 
Or 9d. less tlmn price realised. 
A second test of the same kind was made on March 2, 
1889, when eleven farmers undertook to estimate the value of 
four more fat oxen in the same manner, Mr. McJannet after 
weighing putting down his own estimate on a slip of paper as 
before. The result is shown in Table G, page 465. 
A neighbour in the Midlands, who is a breeder of quite 
first-class Herefords, has for some time made use of a machine 
he put down at the farm premises. He says the use of it has 
been most instructive in ascertaining, without any shadow of 
doubt, the progress his animals make in feeding, and in en- 
abling him to fix a reserve which he can stand by when they 
are put up to auction. For instance : three cows from grass in 
good condition, about three parts fat, were put up in the yards 
on December 17 to "finish off"," with the following results. 
No. 1 went in weighing 12 cwt. 1 qr. 14 lbs. ; on January 9, 
