Report on the Field and Feeding Experiments at Wohurn. 311 
The Experiments in Rotation. 
Rotation No. 1. — 1877, seeds ; 1878, wheat ; 1879, mangolds ; 
1880, barley. 
Seeds, 1881. — The 4 acres in Rotation No. 1, having grown a 
good crop of broad clover and rje-grass in 1877, it was con- 
sidered desirable not to run the risk of failure by growing broad 
or red clover after the short interval of three years. Accord- 
ingly, white Dutch clover was sown between the barley-crop of 
1880, and a capital plant was obtained, which stood the winter 
well and grew luxuriantly in spring. 
The clover was fed-off by sheep in the course of the growing 
season. On one acre, 672 lbs. of decorticated cotton-cake were 
consumed ; on the second acre, 728 lbs. of Indian-cornmeal ; 
and the third and fourth acres were separately eaten off without 
any purchased food. 
On each of the four acres ten sheep were put on the 23rd of 
May, 1881. The clover was in good condition for stocking, and 
white with flowers. 
The sheep were weighed on the 23rd of May, before they were 
put on the clover, and again on the 16th of June, when they 
were clipped. They were supplied with fresh water in the 
fields. The following results were obtained : — 
' Increase In Live- 
weight without Wool. 
Plots. lbs. 
(Fed-off by 10 sheep, each sheep receiving about] 
i lb. decorticated cotton-cake per day ; 10 sheep > 99f 
on the land 2-i days J 
I Fed-off by 10 sheep, each sheep consuming abonfj 
3 lb. maize - meal ; 10 sheep on the land 24 > 99 J 
days J 
^ j Fed-off by 10 sheep, without other food ; 10 sheep) iocs 
\ on the land 24 days j 
. j Fed-off by 10 sheep, withoiit other food ; 10 sheepi -,r>/., 
\ on the land 24 daj^s j ^^^^ 
It will be seen that the sheep fed upon the cotton-cake 
increased to the same extent as those fed upon maize-meal as 
additional food, and that both lots did not do so well as the sheep 
which had no additional food. It is curious that the two lots 
fed upon clover only increased at the same rate, and the two lots 
fed upon cotton-cake and maize made almost exactly the same 
progress. The clover towards the 8th of June was abundant 
on all four acres, very sweet and the seed having been 
just begun to be well-set by that time. The sheep evidently 
relished the fine Dutch clover more than the dry additional 
food, and did better upon the well-ripened Dutch clover, which 
