142 Report on the Field and Feeding Experiments at Wohiirn. 
plot 3, on which the barley was top-dressed in the preceding^ 
year with nitrate of soda. The second lot of sheep was put 
upon clover-seeds on the 8th of August, and kept on the land 
until the 17th of September, in Avhich period of five weeks and 
three days they made the following increase in live- weight :— 
Increase in Live- 
weiglit. 
PlOTs. lbs. 
J jFed-off by 10 sheep, with decorticated cotton-) xo-^i 
\ cake; kept on the land 5 weeks and 5 days ..) * 
„ jFed-off by 10 sheep, with maize-meal ; kept onl tkcx 
\ the land 5 weeks and 5 days J * 
2 jFed-off by 10 sheep, without other food ; kept on) 1131 
( the land 5 weeks and 5 days j * 
, ^ (Fed-off by 10 sheep, without other food; kept on) 
\ the land 5 weeks and 5 daj's \ 
The third lot of sheep was put on the clover-seeds on 
the 7th of October. The sheep on plots 3 and 4, which re- 
ceived neither cake nor corn, finished the clover on the 23rd of 
October ; the sheep on plot 1 finished the clover and remainder 
of the allotted quantity of decorticated cotton-cake on the 
29th of October ; and the sheep on plot 2 consumed the re- 
quired quantity of maize-meal on the clover-seeds on the 5th of 
November. 
The sheep which were kept on the clover without any addi- 
tional food, during a period of sixteen days lost slightly in 
weight ; whilst the sheep eating cotton-cake and maize were 
kept on the clover twenty-two and twenty-nine days re- 
spectively, and gained in weight, as will be seen by the follow- 
ing tabulated results : — 
Clover fed-off h]j Sheep the third time. 
Increase in Live-weight. 
Plots. Qrs. lbs. 
(Fed-off by 10 sheep, with decorticated cotton-) -, p, 
^' I cake ; on the land 22 days ( 
r, (Fed-off by 10 sheep, with maize-meal ; kept on) o 1 91 
\ the land 29 days j ^ ^^'^ 
Loss in Live-weight, 
o (Fed-off by 10 sheep, without other food ; on) ^ 
^- ) the land 16 days ^ u zo^ 
, (Fed-off by 10 sheep, without other food; on) „ 
\ the land 16 days f " ^* 
The following table shows the number of sheep fed on each 
acre, the quantity of purchased food consumed (if any), the 
number of days the animals were kept on the land, and the total 
increase of live-weight yielded : — 
