654 On the Comparative Value of Linseed-cake, and a 
for articles of daily consumption, of which it should shame 
us to be beaten in the production. 
In conclusion I must express my indebtedness to Mr. Allender 
and Mr. Arthur Carey, the former of whom so successfully 
managed, and the latter of whom explained to the visitors the 
Dairy operations, for much information most kindly given, 
and without whose co-operation I should scarcely have under- 
taken this report. 
XXXV. — Further Experiments on the Comparative Value of Lin- 
seed-cake, and a Mixture of Decorticated Cotton-cake and Maize- 
meal, for fattening Bullocks. By Dr. Augustus Voei,cker, 
F.R.S., Consulting Chemist to the Royal Agricultural 
Society. 
In the months of November-December, 1878, and January 
1879, I made some experiments on the comparative value of 
linseed-cake, and of a mixture of decorticated cotton-cake and 
maize-meal for fattening bullocks, the results of which were 
published in vol. xvi. part i. of this ' Journal.' 
In these experiments, at a saving of 21. \Qs. Ad. in the cost of 
the purchased food, the mixture of maize-meal and decorticated 
cotton-cake produced as much increase in the weight of the 
bullocks as linseed-cake. 
Agricultural experiments, more especially when relating to 
the feeding or fattening of stock, or the production of milk, in 
order to be of value, should be repeated in a more or less modi- 
fied way for a number of years. It appeared to me, therefore, 
desirable to take advantage of the bullocks which made the 
dung for the experimental permanent corn and mangold crops 
in 1880 and 1881, to experiment further on the value of linseed- 
cake, as compared with a mixture of maize-meal and decorti- 
cated cotton-cake, for fattening bullocks. 
Fattening Experiments in 1880 at Crawley Mill 
Farm, Woburn. 
Eight bullocks, which had previously produced the requisite 
quantity of dung for the experimental mangold crop, were divided 
into two lots ; but as one of them, a Hereford, was so wild and 
unmanageable that he could only be weighed with the greatest 
difficulty, he was excluded from the fattening experiment, and 
instead of 4 bullocks In each lot, only 3 were put up in the 
feeding-boxes. 
