Anomalies of the Grazing Season of 1 894. 
671 
but remained on my own land, and with the exception of not 
having cake were treated similarly to those that were caked. 
The four least beasts I sent away to a field of keeping, but had 
them back on June 28 to be weighed. The following table 
shows the comparison of the weight they put on at the different 
stages : — 
Twelve Shorthorns. 
— 
April 21 to 
May 30 : 
All treated 
alike 
st. 
Four afterwards caked . . 
Four not caked remaining 
[> 32* 
on own land .... 
, 
Four not caked sent to 
keeping 
1 
• 28* 
May 30 to June 28 
May 30 to June 15 to 28 : 
June 14 : 3 lb. J 3 lb. linseed- 
cotton-cake, | cake, 2 lb. 
1 lb. linseed- cake cotton-cake 
Total 
from 
May 30 
to June 28 
st. 
st. 
st. 
]G 
9 
25 
— 
— 
26 
— 
— 
25 
The foregoing table shows how the four beasts did in com- 
parison with their fellow-beasts. The next table shows how all 
my beasts were doing on cake from May 30 to June 28 : — 
May 30 to June 14, having 
3 lb. cotton-cake and 
1 lb. linseed-cake 
at. 6t. 
Seven Runts put on 29'5 = 4‘214 each 
Four Shorthorns put on 16'0 = 4000 each 
June 14 to June 28, having 
3 lb. linseed-cake and 
2 lb. cotton-cake 
14 : 5 = 2-071 each 
9 0 = 2'250 each 
The cakes were analysed, and found to be of fair average 
quality, and not in any way injurious. 
There appears from the foregoing figures to be sufficient con- 
firmation of the suggestion that there must be something to 
account for these extraordinary results, and that they were not 
merely a matter of chance. During the period of caking the 
white clover was enormously predominant over other pasture 
plants, and the question arises whether, in such circumstances, 
and in these alone, it is that an expenditure upon cake is more 
than thrown away. 
I am indebted to Dr. Yoelcker for a visit he paid during the 
summer. To him I told my experience in this matter, and ha 
was inclined to believe that, from the fact that white clover 
contains a larger proportion of nitrogen than any of the pasture 
grasses, and from the fact that the beasts did worse on linseed- 
cake — that is, on the cake containing most nitrogen — than when 
the larger proportion was cotton cake, the excess of nitrogen 
may have been the cause of the failure of the cake to produce 
beneficial results. 
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