Report  on  the  Field  and  Feeding  Experiments  at  Woburn.  229 
worst.  Forty  sheep  were  again  put  on  the  clover  on  the  2nd  of 
July,  after  having  been  weighed.  They  were  taken  off  from 
plots  1 and  2 on  the  31st  of  July,  and  from  plots  3 and  4 on 
the  29th  of  July.  When  weighed,  they  gave  the  following 
results  : — 
Increase  or  decrease 
in  Live-weight. 
Plots.  lbs. 
2 (Fed-off  by  10  sheep,  eating  about  4 lb.  of  decor- 
' < ticated  cotton-cake  per  sheep  per  day ; on  land 
( 29  days  
„ j Fed-off  by  10  sheep,  eating  about  £ lb.  of  maize- 
( meal  per  day ; on  land  29  days  
o j Fed-off  by  10  sheep,  without  other  food ; on  land 
' ) 27  days  
. j Fed-off  by  10  sheep,  without  other  food ; on  land 
' | 27  days  
J + 53 
^ + 77| 
} + m 
J - 191 
When  the  sheep  went  over  the  clover  the  second  time  the 
clover  was  rather  hard  and  bitter,  and  the  sheep  trod  down  a 
good  deal  of  it,  and  those  which  received  neither  cake  nor  corn 
did  not  do  well.  The  sheep  on  plot  4,  it  will  be  seen,  lost 
weight. 
In  the  interval  between  the  31st  of  July  and  the  14th  of 
September  the  clover  had  grown  sufficiently  to  be  fed-off,  and 
had  formed  fairly  well-ripened  seed  ; and  as  the  fixed  allowance 
of  decorticated  cotton-cake  and  maize  had  not  been  consumed, 
fifteen  sheep  were  put  on  plot  1,  sixteen  on  plot  2,  and  six  on 
plot  3,  and  the  same  number  on  plot  4.  All  the  sheep  were 
put  on  the  clover  on  the  14th  of  September,  and  taken  off  from 
plots  1 and  2 on  the  6th  of  October,  and  from  plots  3 and  4 on 
the  7th  of  October,  and  weighed,  when  the  following  results 
were  obtained  : — 
Plots. 
2 (Fed-off  by  15  sheep,  receiving  decorti-) 
I cated  cotton-cake ; on  land  22  days  ( 
2 (Fed-off  by  16  sheep,  consuming  maize-) 
( meal ; on  land  22  days  J 
2 (Fed-off  by  6 sheep,  without  additional) 
( food  ; on  land  23  days  J 
4 (Fed-off  by  6 sheep,  without  additional) 
( food ; on  land  23  days  j 
Increase  in  Live 
weight. 
lbs.  lbs.  ozs. 
1394  or  9f  0 per  head* 
203f  or  12  11 
47  or 
52  or  8f  0 
The  following  tabular  statement  gives  a summary  of  the 
results,  and  shows  the  number  of  sheep  fed  on  each  acre,  the 
quantity  of  purchased  food  consumed  (if  any),  the  number  of 
