in the Winter of 1887-8. 
481 
B. — Bulloclv-f ceding Experiments. 
In addition to the sheep-feeding experiments it was deter- 
mined to institute some on bullock-feeding, with the view of 
seeing how far home-grown food could be utilised, and how it 
would compai'e with cake. There was accommodation in the 
farm buildings for sixteen bullocks, viz. eight in the feeding- 
boxes, four in a covered shed, and four in an open yard. The 
bullocks were three-year-old Herefords purchased at North- 
ampton market. The plan was to have three comparative 
experiments as follows : — 
-r, , . . f 3 lbs. Linseed cake \ 
«• ^f°f^^^'^ f "=7^ 3 lbs. Decorticated cotton cake |. 
daily per head (and 31bs. Maize meal. m addition 
3 lbs. Bean meal, 3 lbs. Oats, . to Swedes 
3 lbs. Barley. and Hay. 
3 lbs. Wheat, 3 lbs. Oats, 
3 lbs. Barley, / 
The wheat was in this case given grittled and not whole, the 
oats and barley crushed. 
In the feeding-boxes were placed four bullocks receiving 
food as in (a), and four having food as in (6). In the covered 
shed were two more fed as in (/>), (making six in all to this set), 
and two fed as in (c), whilst the remaining four in the yard 
were also fed like the last-named. The amounts of swedes and 
of hay were altered according as the bullocks would take more 
or less, but the weights of these consumed v/ere recorded, as also 
of the water drunk. 
The analyses of the various foods were : — 
Analyses of Foods consumed by Bullocks. 
Decortd. 
Cotton 
Cake 
Linseed 
Cake 
Maize 
Meal 
Beans 
Grittled 
Wheat 
Barley 
and Oats 
Swedes 
Hay- 
chaff 
straw- 
chaff 
Moisture . . . 
Oil 
' Albuminous 
compounds 
Mucilage, starch, 
digestible fibre, 
&c. 
Woody fibre . . 
Mineral matter . 
9-28 
10-47 
39-81 
27-44 
4-97 
8-03 
11- 73 
12- 41 
25-62 
3112 
8-93 
7-19 
12-67 
4-07 
9-44 
70-50 
1-63 
1-69 
18-49 
1- 47 
21-94 
47-54 
7-87 
2- 69 
16-76 
1-84 
8-68 
68-86 
1- 77 
2- 09 
8ame as in sheep- 
feeding experiments, 
page 476. 
88-95 
1-27 
8-36 
-86 
•56 
20-19 
10-44 
|62-16 
7-21 
15-69 
4- 24 
74-52 
5- 55 
100-00 
10000 
10000 
10000 
10000 
100-00 
100-00 
100-00 
' Containing ni- 
trocf-n 
6-37 
410 
1-51 
3-51 
1-39 
-20 
1-67 
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