GGO On the Comparative Value of Linseed-cahe, Sfc. 
after having been in the feeding-boxes for a period of 9 weeks, 
when they were ready for the butcher. 
The following table shows the weight of each bullock when 
put up for experiment on the 26th of November, 1880, and on the 
21st of January, 1881, when the experiment was concluded, as 
well as the increase in live-weight : — 
Bollocks. 
AVeight of 
Bullocks on the 
26th Nov., 
1880. 
Weight of 
Bullocks on the 
2l6t Jan., 
1881. 
Increase 
m Llve-weight 
in 9 weeks. 
Lot 1. 'j J 
Fed on decorticated f ^ 
cotton-cake and | g 
maizo-meal. J 
Total weight of 3 bullocks . . 
Lot 2. ) No. 4 .. .. 
Fed on Linseed- \ No. 5 
cake. I No. 6 ,. .. 
Total weight of 3 bullocks .. 
Cwts. qrs. lbs. 
12 2 20 
12 2 14 
12 0 10 
Cwts. qrs. lbs. 
14 0 18 
14 0 19 
13 2 0 
Cwts. qrs. lbs. 
1 1 26 
12 5 
1 1 18 
37 1 16 
41 3 9 
4 1 21 
11 1 18 
13 0 G 
13 0 11 
12 0 20 
14 0 25 
13 3 19 
0 3 2 
1 0 19 
0 3 8 
37 2 7 
40 1 8 
2 3 1 
The linseed-cake was bought at 101. IQs. per ton ; the decor- 
ticated cotton-cake at 8Z. 7s. 6c?. per ton ; the maize-meal at 
11. 15s. per ton. The purchased food used in fattening the 
bullocks in lot 1 accordingly cost for 
£ s. d. 
Cotton-cake 6 14 0 
Maize-meal 6 4 0 
Total £12 18 0 
The linseed-cake used in Lot 2 cost 15 4 0 
Thus it will be seen that the 3 bullocks which were fed on 
decorticated cotton-cake and maize-meal, in addition to the 
same allowance of mangolds, hay, and hay-chafF which was 
given to the second lot, produced 188 lb. more increase in live- 
weight, at 2/. 6s. less cost, than the 3 bullocks which received 
linseed-cake as additional food. 
In three successive years a mixture of equal parts of 
decorticated cotton-cake and maize-meal has produced a larger 
increase in live-weight and at less cost than linseed-cake. 
