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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 6, Issue 292, 27 July 1865, Page 3

Malt bob Feeding Cattle. —The “preliminary abstract report of experiments undertaken by order of the Board of Trade to determine the relative values of unmalted and malted barley as food for stock,” has been presented to Parliament. The report is signed by Mr J. B. Lawes, and is dated Rothamsted, Herts, February 23, 1865. “The general conclusion is,” he says, “ that a given weight of barley is more productive both of milk (of cows), and of increase in live-weight of fattening animals, than the amount of malt and malt dust' that would be produced from it. There is, besides, the cost of the malting process to be taken into account. There would appear, therefore, to be no advantage in malt over the barley which produces it as a staple food for healthy milking cows or fattening animals. The opinion is entertained by many, however, that a certain amount of malt is beneficial when given in admixture, and in change with other food, to young or weakly animals, or in ‘ finishing’ or ‘ making np’ for exhibition or side; that is, when the object is to produce a particular result, irrespective of the economy required in ordinary feeding.”—Mark i Lane Express.