592 The Gomparative Feeding Vabues of 
The prices of the additional foods were : — 
Delivered at 
nearest statiou 
Cost of cartage, 
grinding, &c. 
Total cost 
ton-cake . . ) 
Undecorticated ) 
cotton-cake . f 
Linseed-cake 
Barley 
£ s. a. 
6 18 6 per ton 
5 5 0 
8 12 6 
18 0 per quarter 
of 448 lb. 
ll. 
6 6 per ton 
5 0 
5 0 
2 0 per quarter 
£, s. d. 
7 5 0 per ton 
5 10 0 „ 
8 17 6 „ 
7 10 0 „ 
From these prices it will be observed that, owing to market 
changes, the decorticated cotton-cake cost lis. per ton more than in 
1889-9, and the undecorticated cake 17s. 4c?. per ton less, there 
being now a difference of 35s. per ton between the prices of the two 
kinds of cake. 
Samples of the foods were taken weekly and analysed monthly 
as before. 
The following tabl^ givfes the average composition of the cotton- 
cake used: — 
Decorticated 
Undccorticatol 
cotton-cake 
cottou-cake 
Moisture , , , . 
. 904 
14-44 
Oil 
. 12-41 
5-18 
Albuminous compounds 
. 45-83 
22-35 
Digestible fibre, &c. 
. 21-54 
31-38 
Woody fibre 
. 5-05 
21-51 
Mineral matter (ash) . 
. G-13 
514 
100-00 
100-00 
' Containing nitrogen . 
. 7-33 
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The eighteen (subsequently only seventeen) bullocks were weighed 
on Dec. 11, 1890, and divided into two lots of equal aggregate weight ; 
they were weighed subsequently on Jan. 21, 1891, March 4, and 
April 11 and 18. It being found impossible to dispose of so many 
as seventeen or eighteen bullocks at one time, and have their carcasses 
all kept separate, it was arranged to kill one half the number one week 
and the remainder the next. Accordingly, eight bullocks were weighed 
on the farm on April 11, then fasted for twenty-four hours and their 
fasted live- weights recorded. They were given a. feed and sent 
off by train to Oxford, being killed there on April 14 ; the several 
quarters, after "dressing," were carefully labelled ami weighed 
the next morning. Mr. Elliott, the manager of the experimental 
farm, was present all the time and saw to the whole work being 
accurately carried out. The same procedure was followed with the 
remaining nine bullocks on Api'il 18 and succeeding days. 
In the following table are given the live- weights at the com- 
mencement and end qf each period of feeding, Vith( the respective 
gains ! — . . \ . 
