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case of Lot II.), and 338 lb. of linseed cake fed to each lot 
was 25s. 6d. in the case of Lot I. and 24s. 3d. in the case of 
Eot if. 
It will be seen that there was practically no difference 
between the increase in the two lots in live weight, but as 
the concentrated food supplied to Lot I. cost ts. 3d. per 
head more than that supplied to Lot II., the advantage, 
though very slight, lies with the maize meal. But when the 
carcase weights are considered the result is much more in 
favour of Lot II. The cattle were all sold at 64d. per Ib. 
dead weight. The four bullocks in Lot I. weighed 2,455 Ib., 
and those in Lot II. 2,525 lb., or 70 lb. more than the cattle 
in Lot I., which at 64d. per lb. amounts to £1 16s. 3d, so 
that the cattle fed on the maize meal “killed” better than 
those fed on the barley meal. 

EXPERIMENTS IN THE MANURING OF SWEDES. 
IXxperiments in the manuring of swedes were carried out 
during the past year at five centres in Yorkshire under the 
direction of the Agricultural Department of the Yorkshire 
Sollese, Leeds. In a report upon the results obtained, 
Professor Campbell states that though the crops at the 
several experimental centres were small, they were suffi- 
ciently regular to warrant a comparison being made of the 
effects of the different manurings. The scheme provided for 
a test of the following artificial manures applied with dung 
and without dung, viz., superphosphate alone, superphos- 
phate in combination with sulphate of ammonia, and super- 
phosphate in combination with sulphate of ammonia and 
sulphate of potash. 
The manures employed were not necessarily the best for 
the root crop, nor was the scheme intended to determine the 
question either of the kinds or quantities of the manures that 
should be applied. All that was attempted in the experi- 
ments was to determine whether the use of the three artificial 
