C5G On the Comparative Value of Linseed-cake, and a 
The 3 bullocks in lot 2 consumed from the 14th of January 
to 17th of March (9 weeks) :— 
Cwts. qrs. lbs. 
Hay-chaff 90 0 
WhcalrchaCf 4 2 14 
Mangolds 33 3 0 
Linseed-cake 26 0 0 
On an average, each bullock in lot 2 consumed about 15 lbs. 
of linseed-cake per day, in addition to sliced mangolds, hay, 
and straw-chaff ; whilst the bullocks in lot 1, fed upon the 
same allowance of mangolds and hay and straw-chaff, consumed 
about 7^ lbs. of Indian corn and 7 J lbs. of decorticated cotton- 
cake per head per day. 
The following table shows the weight of each of the 6 bullocks 
on the 14th of January, when put up, and on the 17th of March, 
1880, when ready for the butcher: — 
Lots. 
Bullocks. 
Weight of 
Bullocks on the 
14th January, 
18S0. 
Weight of 
Bullocks on the 
17th IVIarch, 
1880. 
Increase in 
Live-Weight . 
■1 
) No. 1 
Fed on decorticated cotton- 1 „ 
cake and Maize Meal .. | " 
J ,. 3 
Total weight of 3 Bullocks . . 
] No. 4 
Fed on Linseed-cake . . J „ 5 
J „ 6 
Total weight of 3 Bullocks . . 
cwts. qrs. lbs. 
9 2 2 
9 3 15 
9 3 2 
cwts. qrs. lbs. 
11 0 1 
11 1 17 
11 0 16 
cwts. qrs. lbs. 
1 1 27 
12 2 
1 1 14 
29 0 19 
33 2 6 
4 1 15 
9 0 IG 
9 3 25 
9 0 12 
10 1 18 
11 1 3 
10 0 13 
112 
116 
10 1 
28 0 25 
31 3 G 
3 2 9 
The 3 bullocks which received as additional food decorticated 
cotton-cake and maize-meal in equal proportions, it will be 
seen, increased in 9 weeks as much as 3 qrs. 6 lbs. more in live- 
weight than the 3 bullocks during the same period fed upon the 
same quantities of mangolds, hay, and straw-chaff, with the 
addition of linseed-cake. 
On an average each bullock in the cotton-cake and maize- 
meal lot increased 2 60 lbs. per day ; and in the linseed-cake 
lot, each bullock increased 2'12 lbs. per day. 
The bullocks which received decorticated cotton-cake and 
maize-meal as additional food, not only made more meat than 
