Ilome-fjroini Produce as Food for Cattle. 
72o 
allowance of water was then removed, and no more food was 
given them ; at 9 A.M. next day they were weighed, and not fed 
again until the weighing was over. In this way the possible 
discrepancies arising from the animals having taken a feed, or 
having drunk a let of water only shortly before weighing them, 
were guarded against. 
The final weighings were taken on March 14, at 9 a.m., after 
a fast since 5 r.M. on the previous evening, and the fasted liv'e- 
weights were taken at 5 r.M. on the 1 4th, after which the 
bullocks were sent by rail to Nottingham, where they were 
killed on the loth inst. in presence of Mr. Elliott, the manager 
of the Farm. The carcass weights were taken the next day, 
also in Mr. Elliott’s presence. The price realised was 7d. per lb., 
or 4s. 8d. per stone of 8 lb. dead-weight. The following tables 
give the live-weights at commencement and end of each period, 
the fasted live-weights and carcass weights, as well as the price 
obtained for each lot, and the respective gains per head in 
either case. 
I . — Six Hereford Bidlocks fed on Home-groivn Produce {Beans, 
Oa's, and Barley in equal proportio7is) with other Foods. 
No, 
W eights at 
coramenccmeiit, 
Nov. 28, 1891 
Weights on Jan. 
19, 1892 
Weights on 
I'eb. 19 
Weip:hts on 
March 14 
Gain in live- 
weight in 107 
days 
cwt. 
qr. 
n>. 
cwt. 
qr. 
Ih. 
cwt. 
qr. 
lb. 
cwt. 
qv. 
lb. 
cwt. 
qr. 
lb. 
1 
10 
0 
8 
10 
3 
0 
11 
0 
26 
11 
3 
0 
1 
2 
20 
2 
10 
3 
3 
11 
2 
9 
12 
0 
3 
12 
3 
23 
2 
0 
20 
3 
11 
0 
0 
12 
0 
10 
12 
2 
3 
13 
0 
6 
2 
0 
5 
4 
10 
0 
19 
11 
0 
12 
n 
2 
7 
12 
1 
0 
2 
0 
9 
9 
10 
1 
20 
10 
2 
17 
n 
0 
19 
11 
1 
21 
1 
0 
1 
10 
10 
2 
11 
11 
3 
2 
12 
1 
21 
13 
0 
13 
2 
2 
2 
— 
63 
0 
5 
67 
3 
22 
70 
3 
23 
74 
2 
6 
11 
2 
1 
Gain per head daily ) 
during each period ) 
1 76 lb. 
1-81 lb. 
2-80 lb. 2 01 lb. 
II . — Six lIerefo7’d Bidlocks fed on Foreign Produce {Linseed-cake') 
with other Foods. 
.5 
10 
2 
3 
11 
1 
16 
11 
O 
o 
22 
12 
2 
19 
2 
0 
16 
6 
10 
2 
27 
11 
2 
9 
11 
2 
26 
12 
1 
18 
1 
2 
19 
7 
10 
2 
25 
n 
1 
16 
11 
3 
27 
12 
O 
.5 
2 
0 
8 
8 
10 
0 
7 
10 
3 
4 
11 
2 
5 
12 
1 
17 
2 
1 
10 
11 
11 
1 
5 
11 
2 
22 
12 
1 
3 
12 
3 
27 
1 
2 
22. 
12 
9 
2 
20 
10 
0 
10 
10 
o 
27 
11 
1 
13 
1 
»> 
21 
— 
63 
0 
3 
66 
3 
21 
70 
0 
26 
74 
2 
15 
11 
2 
12 
Gain per head daily ) 
d uring each period f 
110 lb. 
198 lb. 
3-42 lb. 
2 03 lb. 
