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TABLES I., II., III., and IV. contain summarised particu- Summary Results with Fattening Cattle.-Tables I. and Cocoanut Palm kernel Palm kernel .. 892 12.71 9:25 II.22 11.72 7:42 11:56 It These average gains are very close to each other. was anticipated that palm kernel meal might not be readily 25 Summary Results with young Store Cattle.-Better average gains were given by those wintered inside than than those wintered outside, but at the end of March practical valuers attached 30s. a head more value to those wintered outside, as they had better coats of hair and were more promising grazing cattle. Palm kernel meal gave better results than palm kernel cake with these young cattle, although the meal contained less than 2 per cent of The gains per week were quite satisfactory for such store cattle in winter, and (See Table III.). oil and the cake nearly 6 per cent. each lot came through the winter well. Summary Results with Fattening Hoggs.-The sheep used were three-parts bred hoggs, and had been bred near Rothbury in 1915. All the lots made satisfactory gains, which indicated that palm kernel cake and palm kernel Again palm meal are suitable foods for fattening sheep. kernel meal gave a better result than palm kernel cake. (See Table IV.). · The fattening bullocks made average net gains of from £3 to £6 a head; their live weight value increased from fattening heifers made average net gains of 50s. to 64s. a 473. to 62s. a cwt. during the fattening period. The The net gains per head for the stirks varied from stores increased from ros. to 23s., and their value as head. 42s. 6d. a cwt. at the beginning of the winter to 48s. at the end. The fattening hoggs made net gains per head of from 39. to 5s., and improved in live weight value from 51. to 6 d. a lb. during the fattening period. The Chairman of the Colonial Office Committee on Edible and Oil Producing Nuts and Seeds (Mr. A. D. Steel Maitland, M.P., Under Secretary of State for the Colonies) wrote on August 14, 1915, that his Committee would be very glad if the experiments now completed at Cockle Park, as well as other trials at Offerton Hall and COMPOSITION OF THE FOODS USED IN THE TRIALS. By S. H. COLLINS, M.Sc., F.I.C., Lecturer and Adviser in Agricultural Chemistry, Armstrong College. Seeds hay was valued at £4 and swedes at 12s., both per ton. at Newton Rigg, could be proceeded with, and also if the taken by the cattle and sheep in the dry state, but this was not so. The results are of a satisfactory character, and Sir Owen Philipps, K.C.M.G., M.P., a member of the show that each of the new foods are valuable additions to Oil Producing Nuts Committee, has taken great interest in our feeding stuffs. Care was taken that if any animal left any of the cake or meal this was removed. This is an The the progress of these trials and presented to the Cockle important precaution in introducing any new foods. African Oil Mills Co., Ltd., Liverpool) and 2 tons palm cakes and meal were kept in the granary, and were in quite Park Committee 4 tons of palm kernel cake (from the good condition after being stored for some months. kernel meal (from the Premier Oil Extracting Co., Ltd., Stoneferry, Hull) for these trials. In some previous trials palm kernel cake gave the cattle more glossy coats and more "bloom," but in these trials no such effect was produced on the fattening cattle or on the young stirks. Bulletin No. 25, County Agricultural Experiment Station, Cockle Park. Issued by the County of Northumberland Education Committee. In 1913 over 234.000 tons of palm kernels were exported from British West Africa, of which over 181,000 tons went to Germany and about 40,000 tons to this country; and in 1912 over 50,000 tons of the same were exported from French West Africa, o which about 43,000 toos went to TABLE 1.-Feeding Experiments with Cattle Eighteen to Twenty-four Months Old, 1915-16. lb. soya cake and 610 оно 18 18 I 31 O O (a) For 1 lb. of each of these foods lb. maize meal was substituted in the third and fourth months as the cattle were not taking quite well to the new foods. TABLE II.-Feeding Experiments with Cattle Eighteen to Twenty-four Months Old, 1915-16. (a) For 1 lb. each of these food-stuffs, lb. soya cake and lb. maize meal was substituted in the third month, as the cattle were not taking quite well to the new foods. |