On the Feeding of Stock. 243 
The debtor and creditor account for the first month may be 
thus stated : — 
Rape Cake. 
-' Cost of Food for One Month. 
First Lot. £. s. d. 
Rape-cake, If cwt., at Cs. 6(/ 0 11 5 
Turnips, 2 tons, at 6s 0 12 0 
£13 5 
Per contra : — 
Gain in live weight 61 lbs. ; in meat, 36 lbs. ;* 
at 4 or 4i stone, at 5s. .. 12 6 
Loss .. .. £0 0 11 
Linseed Cake. 
Second Lot. Cost of Food. 
Linseed, If cwt., at 9s. 0 15 9 
Turnips, 2 tons, at 6s 0 12 0 
£17 9 
Per contra 
Gain ia live weight, 85 lbs. ; in meat, 50 lbs. ;* 
or 6 stone 2 lbs., at 5s 1 11 3 
Profit .. .. £0 3 6 
The following tables will show the increase of the sheep, and 
give the financial result of the whole time of feeding in the shed. 
The individual sheep were as far as possible identified ; but 
in some cases the marks on them became obliterated, and nothing 
was left to guide us but the attendant's power of distinguishing 
them. 
1853. — 10 Hoggets on Eape Cake till March 22nd, and on Linseed 
. ^ Cake to April 26th. 
No.cf 
Weight 
Weight. 
In- 
Weight 
In- 
Weight 
In- 
Weight 
In- 
Tot.al 
Sheep. 
Feb. 15. 
.Mar. 15. 
crease. 
Mar. 22. 
crease. 
!April 12. 
crease. 
April 26. 
crease. 
Increase. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
1 
120 
130 
. 10 
133 
3 
140 
7 
136 
-4 
16 
2 
114 
118 
4 
117 
-1 
127 
10 
135 
8 
21 
3 
111 
117 
6 
116 
-1 
127 
11 
133 
6 
22 
4 
101 
111 
10 
109 
_ 2 
118 
9 
124 
6 
23 
5 
99 
108 
9 
108 
0 
114 
6 
127 
13 
28 
6 
99 
102 
3 
104 
2 
114 
10 
127 
13 
28 
7 
97 
102 
5 
104 
2 
113 
9 
120 
7 
23 
8 
97 
102 
5 
103 
1 
113 
10 
118 
5 
21 
9 
96 
100 
4 
102 
2 
112 
10 
115 
3 
19 
10 
94 
99 
5 
98 
- 1 
106 
8 
112 
6 
18 
Totals 
10-28 
1089 
61 
1094 
5 
1184 
90 
1247 
63 
219 
Eather more than of the live weight. 
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