Report on the Field and Feeding Experiments at Wohiirn. 351 
Plots. 
AVhen put on, 
May 29. 
■\Vhen taken off. 
Increase in 
Live-weight. 
1 
Fed-off by 10 sheep, each slieepj 
receiving about \ lb. decorti- 
cated cottou-cake per day ; 10 
sheep on the land 34 days . . ; 
cwts, 
11 
qrs. 
0 
lbs. 
6 
cwts. qrs. lbs. 
July 2. 
12 2 15| 
lbs. 
177i 
2 
[■Ped-off by 10 sheep, each sheepl 
receiving about | lb. of maize- 1 
j meal per day; 10 sheep onj 
11 
0 
5 
July 14. 
12 2 14 
177 
3 
(Fed-off by 10 sheep, without! 
< other food; 10 sheep on the> 
11 
0 
63 
July 17. 
12 1 7? 
141 
4 
j Fed-off by 10 sheep, without 1 
1 other food; 10 sheep on the> 
11 
0 
Of 
July lY. 
12 2 26f 
188 
These variations in the weights were due in great measure to 
the difference in the luxuriance of the clover crops. Plot 1 
was very weak, being partly killed by the heavy crop of barley 
in 1882. Plot 2 had suffered less ; on both the clover was in 
bloom and running to seed when the sheep were put on it. 
The food was so rich, that the sheep did not want any additional 
food. On plots 3 and 4 the keep got a little old and stale at 
the finish, and the sheep would not eat it down enough. The 
crop of plot 4 was better than that of plot 3 ; the nitrate had 
forced the barley on plot 3, and this had thinned the clover. On 
taking the sheep off the clover for the second time on August 27th 
and weighing them, the following results were obtained : — 
Plots. 
When put on, 
July 17. 
When taken off, 
Aug. 27. 
Increase in 
Live-weight 
1 
^^Fed-off by 10 sheep, eating^ 
1 about J lb. of decorticated 1 
j cotton-cake per sheep per day ; | 
cwts. qrs. lbs. 
12 1 19 
cwts. qrs. lbs. 
12 2 4i 
lbs. 
13i 
2 
(Fed-off by 10 sheep, eating] 
< about \ lb. of maize-meal per> 
1 day; on land 41 days .. ..) 
12 2 
91 
12 1 53 
- 32 
' 3 
(Fed-off by 10 sheep, withoufl 
\ other food ; on land 41 days / 
12 1 
7? 
12 0 \^ 
- 17J 
4 
(Fed-off by 10 sheep, without"! 
\ other food ; on land 41 days / 
12 2 
26f 
12 2 4 
- 22f 
