352 Report on the Field and Feeding Experiments at Woburn. 
Plots. 
AVTieu put on, 
May 7. 
When taken off, 
June 9. 
Ted-off by 10 slieep, each sheep] 
receiving ahout § lb. <lecorti-| 
cated cottou-cake per day ; 101 
(. sheep on the land 32 days . . J 
IFed-off by 10 sheep, each sheep] 
receiving about | lb. of maize- 1 
meal per day ; 10 sheep on | 
the land 32 days J 
i Fed- off by 10 sheep, without! 
other food; 10 sheep on the 
land 32 days ) 
iFed-off by 10 sheep, without j 
other food; 10 sheep on the 
land 32 days ) 
cwts. qrs. Ibj. 
11 1 2| 
cwts. qrs. lbs. 
14 0 19 
11 1 2J 13 3 27 
11 0 llf 
11 0 19f 
14 0 1 
14 2 OJ 
The sheep, it will be seen, did extremely well. They began 
on June 9th to feed off for the second time and finished on 
July 14:th, when the weights were :— 
Plots. 
When put on, 
May 7. 
When taken off, 
July 14. 
Increase in 
Live-weight. 
1 
[■Fed-off by 10 sheep, eating^ 
1 about J lb. of decorticated 1 
j cotton-cake per sheep per dsiy ; j 
cwts. qrs. lbs. 
11 1 23 
cwts. qrs. lbs. 
14 3 16 
lbs. 
405J 
2 
IFcd-off by 10 sheep, eating) 
1 about 1 lb. of maize-meal per) 
1 day ; on land 67 days ..) 
11 1 2J 
14 1 21| 
355J 
3 
JFed-off by 10 sheep, withouf* 
\ other food ; on land 67 days J 
11 0 Hi 
14 1 22i 
3741 
4 
JFed-off by 10 sheep, withoufl 
\ other food ; on land 07 days / 
11 0 193 
14 2 10 
382} 
This increase was not so good as that obtained on first 
going over the clover. A fresh lot of forty sheep was put on 
the clover on August 12th to go over it for the third time. The 
keep on plots 8 and -i began to get sour, and so the sheep were 
run over it quickly. They finished it on September 2nd, and 
were then weighed. Those on plots 1 and 2 had not yet 
finished their allowance of cake and corn, but on September 8th 
pen 1 was ready, and pen 2 on the following day, the total 
