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before the field-beans, and having been left standing till the same 

 time, had lost almost all their leaves. Their appearance, how- 

 ever, denoted a less weight of straw even if cut sooner than the 

 field-bean. The price of bean straw, 21. per ton, is low in pro- 

 portion to its value in the analysis given in Vol. XVII., p. 263, 

 of this Journal. 



A sample of long-pod beans gave the following composition 

 on analysis by Professor Way : — 



Moisture 12-50 



Woody fibre 4-35 



Albuminous matter .. .. 23'25 



Oil and fatty matter . . . . 4-05 



Starch, gum, sugar .. .. 46-95 



Ash 3-90 



100-00 



On referring to the various analyses to which I have access, I 

 find the comparison favourable to the long-pod, which has less 

 of woody fibre in proportion of 4-35 to 10-20, with more of starch 

 in proportion of 46-95 to 42, and more of oil in proportion of 

 4'05 to 2 per cent, than the common or field-bean. The cultiva- 

 tion of the long-pod is precisely similar to that of the common 

 kinds. The seed is strewed in drills or otherwise dibbled in 

 rows 2 feet apart. The horsehoe is applied several times be- 

 tween the rows, and every weed pulled up. 



With the view of comparison I give the proceeds of my wheat 

 crop of 1856. This is the third in my rotation, after which I 

 again cultivate turnips or other green crops : — • 



Average, 5 qrs. (63 lbs. per bushel) of wheat of good quality, at 62s. £15 10 

 Inferior wheat 12 6 



£16 2 6 

 Straw, 38 cwt. per acre, 35s. per ton 1 13 9 



£17 16 3 



I state the price I pay for straw for fodder ; every cwt. contains 

 about 40 lbs. of starchy matter available for respiration, which 

 I obtain, together with a small percentage of albumen, for Is. dd. 

 per cwt. or 35^. per ton. 



Treatment of Milk-Fever. — Those of my milk cows which 

 I retain for some time on hand are invariably in high condi- 

 tion, and on this account more liable to milk-fever. I think 

 it pertinent to explain the method I use to prevent this malady. 

 It is now six or seven years since I lost a cow from milk- 

 fever. On conversing on the subject with a gentleman who 

 had been on a visit to Mr. Fenton, who kept a considerable 

 number of dairy cows near Rochdale, he described to me the 



