in the Winte-r of 1887-8. 
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on the food c (wheat, oats, and barley), while in the open yard 
were four also taking the food c. The four in the boxes 
did very well, but not so those in the open yard, for among 
them ringworm broke out, one beast suffering in particular. 
This made them rather low, and they did not all feed well. 
While in this condition two of them, Xos. 14 and IG, were at- 
tacked on February 12 by an illness, the nature of which could 
not be found out. They lingered for a considerable time, re- 
fused their food, and appeared to be in great pain. On Feb- 
ruary 20 the first one (Xo. 16) died, and the local veterinary 
surgeon not being able to state the cause of death, parts of the 
animal were sent to the Royal Veterinary College for examina- 
tion by Prof. Wortley Axe. Some long time had, however, 
elapsed before they could be examined, and they were then too 
stale. Prof. Axe himself visited the farm on February 22, and 
ordered the second bullock to be carefully watched, and should 
it die parts of it to be at once sent to him. The poor beast 
suffered greatly, so much so indeed that the humane feelings of 
the attendant induced him on February 29 to give it relief 
from its pain by a friendly blow, and the necessary parts were 
forwarded for investigation as before. It may be mentioned 
that it was feared that anthrax had broken out, but whether 
this was the case could not be ascertained, for it transpired that 
the humane blow struck had prevented the appearance of the 
very organisms which would have been recognisable in the case 
of anthrax had the animal been allowed to die naturally. Thus 
the outbreak, whatever it was, was not traced to its cause. 
Whether the food was unsuited to the animals or not is also 
uncertain ; under ordinary circumstances the best thing to do 
would probably have been to change the food, but this was not 
possible in an experiment. The remaining bullocks fed on to 
the end, were weighed on April 9, and again on April 16, when, 
like the sheep, they were found to have lost weight. Accord- 
ingly calculations are based on the weights taken on April 9, 
when, we may say, all three experiments closed. These re- 
maining bullocks were treated just like the first lot, viz., weighed 
on the farm on April 16, fasted, weighed again in Xottingham 
market on the morning of the 17th, then slaughtered, and the 
carcases weighed on the following day. 
It may be here observed that while the cake-fed bullocks 
ate up their cake and meal quickly and then lay down, the two 
other lots took their supply less quickly, but made two feeds of 
it, lying down between times. The general plan of feeding was 
20 lbs. of roots, 4^ lbs. of cake or meal, and 2 lbs. of straw, the 
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