338 Report on the Field and Feeding Experiments at Wohurn. 
On October 11th, four bullocks were put into the feeding-boxes, 
to make the farmyard-manure for the permanent wheat-plots to be 
manured with dung. The bullocks finished making the dung on 
November 4th, having in this period of three weeks and three 
days consumed 2 cwt. 2 qrs. of decorticated cotton-cake, 4 cwt. 
of maize-meal, 30 cwt. of sliced white turnips, and 5 cwt. of 
wheat-straw chalf as food ; using also 12 cwt. of wheat-straw as 
litter. 
The following Table gives the weight of the bullocks when 
put in on October 11, and on their removal on November 4th. 
■ftTien put up, 
on Oct. 11, 
1882. 
When removed, 
on Nov. 4, 
1882. 
Gain from 
Oct. 11 to 
Nov. 4, 
three weeks and 
three days. 
„ No. 2 „ 
„ No. 3 „ 
„ No. 4 , 
Total weight of 4 Bullocks . . 
cwts. qrs. lbs. 
10 0 7 
10 3 22 
9 0 5 
11 0 12 
cwts. qrs. lbs. 
10 1 17 
11 1 6 
9 2 17 
11 0 9 
cwts. qrs. lbs. 
0 1 10 
0 1 12 
0 2 12 
loss 0 0 3 
41 0 18 
42 1 21 
113 
The bullocks began feeding with 30 lbs. of roots per day, 
and other food in proportion, finishing off at 40 lbs. of roots per 
day. Bullock No. 4 was ill for three days, and refused to eat, 
in consequence of which it lost 3 lbs. The others did well, 
especially No. 3. 
The following Table shows the composition of the decorticated 
cotton-cake and maize-meal given to the bullocks in these 
experiments : — 
Decorticated 
Cotton- 
cake. 
Maize-meal. 
Oil 
Mucilage, sugar, digestible fibre, &c. 
10-25 
16-86 
40-50 
21-88 
4-41 
6-10 
14-29 
4-46 
10-75 
66 24 
1- 51 
2- 75 
100-00 
100 00 
* Containing nitrogen 
C-48 
1-72 
The decoiticated cotton-cake was of very high quality, and 
contained nearly G per cent, more oil than that used in the 
