Agricultural Experiments

by William Somerville

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 edition. ...by 2 cwt. 0 qr. 10 lbs. This result is somewhat more favourable to the mixture of grain and cake than that got during summer, but it was only to be expected that a starchy food like barley would act best during cold weather. If we allow £2 10s. per head for the grass, 20s. (id. per head for the extra food (= 2570 lbs. at £6 5s. per ton), and 31s. per cwt. for the live weight increase, we have the following results irrespective of 1 increased in value by £3 17s. (id. per head and left an average profit of Ts. _ Lot 2 increased in value by £3 8s. 6d. per head and left an I average loss of 2s. 0 Lot 3 increased in value by £4 per head, and left a profit of 9s 6d. Experiment on Rearing Four Kinds of Cattle.--In the summer of 1896 certain. Polled Angus, Galloway, and West Highland virgin heifers-were put to a well-bred white Shorthorn bull, and their progeny are reported on in Table XXII. This table also includes figures referring to 11 Shorthorn calves which were reared by hand, most of these having been bought when a day or two old. The dates of birth of the Shorthorns are therefore not strictly accurate, though they are correct within three days or so, These animals were kept in fair store condition, all having received practically the same treatment; and almost all were weighed at the end of every month of four weeks. The table referred to gives the weight of each animal on the first and last days of 1898, with the gain for the year. It also shows the average. gains for the various breeds, and for both sexes. The latter figures have, for convenience, been extracted into the accompanying table, which also includes the average age and weight on December 31st of the representatives of each breed, and the...

42 pages, Paperback

Published September 13, 2013

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