350 Report on the Field and Feeding Experiments at Woburn 
Table III. — Produce of Swedes, 1883 (Rotation No. 1), 
AFTER Wheat. 
Plots 
of One 
Acre. 
PSODDCE PER ACKE. 
Roots. 
Leaves. 
1 
[With dung, made from 1350 lbs. straw] 
1 as litter; 5000 lbs. mangolds; 1250 
1 lbs. wheat-straw chatf, and 1000 lbs. | 
tons. cwt. qrs. lbs. 
20 0 1 27 
tons. cwt. qrs. lbs. 
3 3 18 
2 1 
("With dung, made from 1350 lbs. straw] 
1 as litter ; 5000 lbs. mangolds ; 1250 
j lbs. wheat-straw chaff, and 1000 lbs. | 
20 
4 0 12 
2 19 3 14 
3 
With dung, made from 1350 lbs. straw' 
as litter; 5000 lbs. mangolds; 1250 
lbs. wheat-straw chaff; and artifi- 
cial manure, containing two-thirds 
as much nitrogen, and the other 
constituents, of the manure from 
1000 lbs. decorticated cotton-cake ; 
namely, 248 lbs. nitrate of soda, 
100 lbs. of bone-ash (made into 
superphosphate), 62^ lbs. sulphate of 
potash and 65 lbs. sulphate of mag- 
23 
6 3 24 
3 110 
4 
With dung, made from 1350 lbs. straw' 
as litter ; 5000 lbs. mangolds ; 1250 
lbs. wheat-straw chaff ; and artificial 
manure, containing as much nitro- 
gen, and other constituents, as the 
1 manure from 1000 lbs. maize-meal ; 
namely, 80 lbs. nitrate of soda, 16J 
lbs. bone-ash (made into superphos- 
phate), 7 lbs. sulphate of potash, and 
, 11 lbs. sulphate of magnesia .. 
20 
13 I 4 
2 16 2 8 
40 sheep, 10 on each plot of 1 acre, were put on for the first 
time on May 29th ; there was so much food to consume that 
the sheep ate it down but slowly. However, pen 1 finished on 
July 2nd, pen 2 on July 14th, and pens 3 and 4 on 
July 17th. They were put on a second time on July 17th, and 
finally a third time on September 15th. The 10 sheep forming 
pen 1 received as additional food J lb. decorticated cotton-cake 
per head per day, and the 10 in pen 2, \ lb. of maize-meal per 
head per day as additional food. 
The following statement shows the weights of the sheep when 
put on the clover on May 29th, and the increase in lbs. after 
going over it for the first time : — 
