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1881, and in twenty-four days had finished the clover, havings 
gone over the field twice by the 26th of July, when they were 
weighed, and the following results obtained : — 
Increase in Live-weight 
since July 2, 1881. 
Plots. lbs. 
2 (Fed-off by 10 sheep, eating about J lb. of decor-) \Q2i 
\ ticated cotton-cake per day ; on land 24 days | * 
t) j Fed-off by 10 sheep, eating about i lb. of maize-) j^^g 
. I meal per head per day ; on land 24 days .. J 
q J Fed-olf by 10 sheep, without additional food ; on) (,„ 
) land 24 days j 
^ (Fed-off by 10 sheep, without additional food; on) gg 
\ land 24 days .. .. J 
The sheep fed upon decorticated cotton-cake, it will be seen, 
did remarkably well. The pen fed upon maize-meal did not 
make so large an increase, but they made more flesh than the 
sheep on plots 3 and 4, which received neither cake nor corn. 
Towards the end of July the clover got very short, and I was 
surprised to find the sheep getting on as well as they did on a 
somewhat scanty supply of green food. 
By the middle of September there was again a good bite of 
clover on the four rotation clover-fields. On the 14th of Sep- 
tember, ten sheep were again put on each acre, after having 
been carefully weighed. The clover was not so sweet as earlier 
in the season, and the sheep did not eat it down so closely as 
they did in going over the clover for the first and second times. 
The sheep on plots 1 and 2 finished the clover on the 5th of 
October, and those on plots 3 and 4 on the 1st of October. 
When put on the field on the 14th of September, 1881 — • 
CTvts. qrs. lbs. 
The 10 sheep on plot 1 weighed 12 0 19 
2 „ 12 3 4 
„ 3 „ 12 0 24i 
„ 4 „ 12 0 5i 
The sheep on plots 3 and 4 were weighed on the 1st of 
October, and those on plots 1 and 2 on the 5th of October, and 
weighed with the following results : — 
Increase + or decrease — 
Plots. lbs. 
1 1 10 sheep, eating decorticated cotton-cake : on) 
^- \ land 21 days ' •• j 
2. 10 sheep, eating maize-meal ; on land 21 days -t-48J 
g jlO sheep, without additional food; on land 17) ..^ 
\ days ^ - 44i 
J (10 sheep, without additional food ; on land 17) , 
t days ( - 
The following Table gives a summary of the results, and 
