Report on the Field and Feeding Experiments at Woburn. 353 
quantities of 672 lbs. decorticated cotton-cake and 728 lbs. maize- 
jneal having been respectively consumed. The weights were 
as follows : — 
iTtOTS. 
■When put on, 
When taken off. 
Increase In 
Live- weight. 
1 
riO sheep, eating decorticated'! 
\ cotton-cake ; on land 27 days/ 
cwts. qrs. lbs. 
11 1 20 
cwts. qrs. lbs. 
12 1 19J 
lbs. 
2 
JIO sheep, eating maize-meal 
11 1 18J 
11 3 23f 
61i 
3 
flO sheep, -without additional'! 
\ food; on land 21 days .. 
11 1 18^ 
11 3 11 
48J 
4 
QO sheep, without additional'! 
\ food ; on land 21 days . . . . j 
11 1 18J 
11 3 13J 
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The following table gives the summary of the whole experi- 
Eient . Increase in Live- 
weight. 
Plots. lbs. 
J jFed-off by 10 sheep, with 672 lbs. decorticated) g,- 
\ cotton-cake ; on land 94 days J ' 
JFed-off by 10 sheep, with 728 lbs. of maize-meal ;) 
^' \ on land 95 days \ ^^^'^ 
„ jFed-off by 10 sheep, without other food ; on land) .^ox 
\ 88 days f 
. jFed-ofif by 10 sheep, without other food; on) iooi. 
\ land 88 days f 
The sheep receiving decorticated cotton-cake as additional 
food increased, it will be seen, very much in weight, gaining 
10 lbs. per head more than those fed on maize-meal. There 
was but little difference between the three sets^ on plots 2, 3, 
and 4. 
Experiments on S-wedes in Waeren Field (Strong Land). 
The following course had been followed: — 1880, swedes ; 
1881, barley; 1882, seeds ; 1883, oats. Manure in various phos- 
phatic forms had been applied only to the swede crop in 1880. 
Upon now commencing a new rotation, it was considered 
desirable to apply to the swedes similar manures to those used 
in 1880, and to further divide each \ acre plot, using the same 
kind of fertiliser on the two halves, but in variable quantities. 
As before, each experiment was in duplicate, the plots being 
now I acre each, divided into two sections. 
The system of manuring adopted is given in Table VI., 
pp. 354 and 355. 
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