of certain Foods for Fattening Bullocks. 
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Their weifjhts on the 9th of November, 1878, when put up, 
and on the 17th ol .January, when ready for the butcher, were 
the foUowing: : — 
Weight of 
liuUijcks on the 
9th November, 
1878. 
Weight of 
nullocks on the 
17th January, 
1879. 
Increase in 
Live-Weight. ' 
Cwts. qr.s. lbs. 
9 1 23 
9 2 3 
10 3 0 
9 3 2 
Cwts. qrs. lbs. 
10 3 17 
11 2 16 
11 3 5 
10 3 14 
Cwts. qrs. lbs. 
1 1 22 
2 0 13 
1 0 5 
1 0 12 
39 2 0 
45 0 24 
10 0 19 
10 0 17 
9 2 15 
lU 2 19 
11 3 9 
11 2 18 
10 2 18 
12 0 14 
1 2 18 
12 1 
10 3 
1 1 23 
40 2 14 
4G 1 o 
5 2 17 
IJutLOCKS 
Fetl on Decor- j 
ticated I 
Ciitton-cake j 
ami Maize-meal.' 
No. 1 
Total weight of 4 
Bullocks 
Fed on 
Linseed-coke. 
Total w-eiglit of 4" 
Bullocks . . 
There is only a difference of 7 lbs. in the increase of live- 
weight of the two sets of bullocks, and it may therefore be stated 
that in this experiment the mixed maize-meal and decorticated 
cotton-cake produced as much increase in the weight of the 
bullocks as linseed-cake. Both sets of bullocks were sup- 
plied with the same amount of roots and straw-chaff as food. 
If we inquire into the extra expense for purchased food in 
helping to produce the increase in live-weight, it will be found 
from the subjoined particulars that in the case of the bullocks 
which had decorticated cotton-cake and maize-meal, the lb. of 
live-weight cost on an average 5Jf/. in cake and corn, whilst 
the increase cost 6jC?. per lb. in the case of the four bullocks fed 
on linseed-cake. 
Fattening Experiments v/pon 8 BuUocIlS, hegim Nov. 9tJi, 1878, 
finished Jan. llth, 1879. 
Ton. cwts. qrs. lbs. £ s. d. £ s. d. 
I Decorticated Cotton-cake) a i o o o i - i c a r- ta 
usedintheE.xperimentJ ^ ^ 24 at < 15 0 per ton = 7 0 10 
Maize-meal 0 19 1 20 „ 6 12 6 „ = G 8 8 
Linseed-cake eaten liv 4] 
Bullocks .. .. '..I 
1 14 1 
9 10 0 
£13 15 6 
£16 5 10 
The cost of the purchased food thus was 21. 10s. M. less in 
