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maintain a cow. While Mr. Dickenson obtains 6 tons of haj from 

 one acre of his Italian rje-grass ; and a small field of 3 acres of the 

 same grass, on Mr. Stansfield's estate in the West Eiding, yields 

 the entire summer food of G work -horses and 5 bulls, besides sup- 

 plying a fresh bite for the cows twice a day when they are brought 

 in to be milked ; on other farms it is hardl}' a satisfactory crop. 



No general mle can therefore be given to the young farmer on 

 this head ; a fair average proportion may be stated for a farm 

 where the plain pasture, withoiit aid of artificial grasses, is looked 

 to for summer keep, and for winter hay with roots, and this I esti- 

 mate as follows for the Summer : — 



1 acre of very good land -will maintain 

 Ditto ditto 



Ditto ditto 



Ditto ditto 



1 acre of good average land will maintain 

 Ditto ditto 



Ditto ditto 



1 acre of poor land will maintain 

 Ditto ditto 



Ditto ditto 



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During the Winter each of my cows ujion an average consumes 

 daily IG lbs. hay and 40 lbs. roots. Upon their roots they have a 

 sprinkling of bran, bean, barley, or oatmeal : sometimes in lieu 

 thereof \ lb. daily of oilcake. 



Upon this keep they average, now Febniary 26, to 7 lbs. of butter 

 each per Aveek, having calved in December, Januaiy, and Februaiy, 

 although several are far more aged than it is advisable to keep them, 

 being 11 to 12 years of age, one yielding 9 lbs. herself. They ai'e 

 besides in prime condition, being half ready for the butcher. They 

 are turned out for some hours daily on a veiy bare pasture, and 

 have water before them in their stalls. 



My horses work hard, and are in excellent condition, upon an 

 allowance for the 24 hours of IH lbs. oats, 2 lbs. bran, chaff f wheat 

 straw to J- hay (28 lbs.). In addition they have 3 or 4 ttirnip-bulbs 

 daily. The horses are of a powerfid stamp, standing nearly 16 hands 

 'high ; two being of the Suffolk bleed. 



For the winter a sheep reqxxires about 1 cwt. hay, 1 ton roots, 

 upon the field which it has grazed the summer through. 



A calculation founded upon the above estimate of siimmer and 

 winter keep required for a single animal, will enable the young 

 fiirmer to combine his stock according to his fancy, some prefen-ing 

 sheep, some cows, and others pigs. 



Pigs. — Of this latter class of animal, the number to be kept de- 

 pends entirely upon the quantity of garden refuse, the extent of 



