82 Comparative Value of different Kinds of Fodder. 



are one-half the value of hay; and if hay is Jc/. per lb., raw pota- 

 toes are worth \d. per lb., \s. ''2d. the half cwt., and conse- 

 quently more than when boiled. 



Every kind of cattle eat turnips except horses. Turnips will 

 feed store pigs, but they will not fatten on them. Carrots and 

 parsneps are excellent for horses, and, when boiled, will fatten 

 hogs. Ruta-baga is liked by horses : it makes their coats fine, 

 but must not be given in too great quantity, or it will gripe them. 



In France, the flour of buckwheat, seasoned with salt and 

 mixed with water, is used to fatten oxen, sheep, and swine. 



Hogs fattened with chestnuts have fine-flavoured flesh. 



If the horse-chestnuts are boiled, the bitter part is boiled out, 

 and cattle will eat them readily : mixed v.itli other food, they 

 soon become accustomed to them. 



Oil-cake varies in nutriment, as in price : if linseed- cake is 

 17*50, rape-cake will be 16*60, cameline and hemp-seed cake 9, 

 poppy-cake 8. 



Bran is good for horses mixed with oats, and for milch cows 

 excellent. If it can be had good at \d. per lb., it is worth as 

 much as the best hay. 



The value of dried leaves is taken chiefly from their analysis 

 by Sprengel ', but they must be gathered when green, and dried 

 like hay. 



On the Feeding of AnimaU. 



A certain quantity of food is required to keep an animal alive 

 and in health : this is called his necessary ration of food : if he has 

 more, he will gain flesh, or give milk or wool. 



An ox requires 2 per cent, of his live weight in hay per day; if 

 he works, he requires 2^ per cent. : a milch cow, 3 per cent. : a 

 fatting ox, 5 per cent, at first; 4 J per cent, when half fat ; and only 

 4 per cent, when fat ; or 41 on the average. Sheep grown up 

 take 3^ per cent, of their weight in hay per day, to keep in store 

 condition. 



Growing animals require more food, and should never be 

 stinted. 



Winkfeld, March, 1842. 



