Mixture of Decor ticated-cake, ^-c, for fattening Bullocks. 657 
bullocks in the Ilnseed-cake lot, but the greater increase in 
live-weight was also obtained at less cost than the increase in 
the second lot. 
The linseed-cake was bought at a cost of 111. 5s. per ton, 
the maize at 71. 15s. per ton, and the decorticated cotton-cake 
at 81. 7s. Gd. per ton. 
Accordingl}" the cost for the cake and meal used in the two 
lots was as follows : — 
Lots. Cwts. £ s. d. £ s. d. 
{Decorticated cotton-cake used ) ,„ t a r, n i roim 
. • , > 13 at 8 ^ 6 per ton ..5 8 lOj 
in the experiment .... J 
Maize Meal 13 „ 7 15 0 „ ..5 0 9! 
10 9 8i 
2 Linseed-cake eaten by 3 Bullocks 26 „ 11 5 0 „ ..14 12 G 
Difference in the cost in favour of cotton-cake and maize ..£4 2 9t 
In the cotton-cake and maize-meal lot the increase, amounting 
to 491 lbs., was obtained at an expense of lOZ. 95. 8^6?. in 
purchased food, or at a cost in purchased food of 5\d. per lb. 
increase in live-weight ; whilst in the case of the 3 bullocks 
which received as additional food 26 cwts. of linseed-cake, the 
increase of 401 lbs. was obtained at a cost of 14Z. 2s. 9jf/. in 
purchased cake, or at the rate of 8f rf. per lb. 
Fattening Experiments made at Crawley Mill Farm, 
WOBUKN, IN 1880-81. 
Six bullocks, which had consumed a given quantity of 
mangolds, straw-chafF, decorticated cotton-cake, and maize- 
meal, and had produced the requisite quantity of dung for the 
experiments on the continuous growth of wheat and barley, 
were divided into 2 lots and put in the feeding-boxes on the 
26th of November, 1880, after having been weighed. 
The following was the weight of each bullock on the 26th of 
November, 1880 : — ■ 
Fed on Cotton-cake and Maize. 
Lot Cwts. qrs. lbs. 
f No. 1 12 2 20 
1 „ 2 12 2 14 
„ 3 12 0 10 
Total weio-lit of 3 Bullocks 37 1 16 
Lot 
2- 
Fed on Linseed-cake. 
Cwts. qrs. lbs. 
No. 4 11 1 IS 
„ 5 13 0 6 
„ 6 13 0 11 
Total weislit of 3 Bullocks 37 2 
The two lots of bullocks had the same allowance of sliced 
mangolds, hay, and hay-chafF. To each bullock, 40 lbs. of 
sliced mangolds and about 7^ lbs. of hay and hay-chafF was 
