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raised on a rich dry soil will be more nourishing than on a poor 

 wet one. The standard of comparison is the best upland meadow- 

 , hay, cut as the flower expands^ and properly made and stacked, 

 without much heating- ; in short, hay of the best quality. With 

 respect to hay, such is the difference in value, that if 100 lbs. of 

 the best is used, it will require 120 lbs. of a second quality to 

 keep the same stock as well, 140 lbs. of the tHrd, and so on, till 

 very coarse and hard hay, not well made, will only be of half the 

 value, and not so fit for cows or store catde, even when given in 

 double the quantity. While good hay alone will fatten cattle, in- 

 ferior hay will not do so without other food. 



I shall give the table as it stands, and add the notes which 

 accompany it : — 



lbs. 

 Good hay . . . . - , . . 100 is equal in nourishment to 



Lattermath hay 102 



Clover, hay-made ..... 90 when the blossom is com- 

 pletely developed. 



Ditto 88 before the blossom expands. 



Clover, second crop .... 98 



Lucerne hay 98 



Sainfoin hay 89 



Tare hay 91 



Spergula arvensis, dried ... 90 ' 

 Clover hay, after the seed . . . 146 



Green clover 410 



Vetches or tares, green . . . 457 



Green Indian corn 275 



Green spergula 425 



Stems and leaves of Jerusalem arti- 

 choke 325 



Cow-cabbage leaves . . , . 541 



Beet-root leaves 600 



Potatoe halm 300 



Shelter wheat-straw .... 374 



Rye straw 442 



Oat straw 195 



Peas halm . 1 53 



Vetch halm 159 



Bean halm 140 



Buckwheat straw 195 



Dried stalks of Jerusalem as ticliohes 170 

 Dried stalks of Indian corn , . 400 



Millet straw 250 



Raw potatoes 201 



Boiled ditto 175 



White Silesian beet .... 220 



Mangold- wurzel 339 



Turnips 504 



