On increasing our Supplies of Animal Food. 



365 



This has paid well ; but though one of the oxen was ill for a 

 fortnight, and lost flesh by its illness, I have no hesitation in 

 saying that the result is far beyond the average truth in such 

 matters. 



Again, to add a case of older date, but well authenticated by 

 the names of living farmers. In 1835, Mr. Brodie and another 

 East- Lothian farmer communicated the results of a trial they had 

 made on this subject to the Agricultural Society of that county. 

 The whole report will be found in the 16th annual statement of 

 that Association. Its results are given in the following Tables : — 

 • 1. Mr. Brodie's experiment on four lots of seven Durham 

 oxen : — 



CONSUMPTION. 



96 tons turnips at lis. 6d. per ton 



58 tons turnips at lis. 

 potatoes at 35*. 1 Od. 



tonsl 



6c?., and 16 

 per ton . 



93 tons turnips at lis. 6rf., and 23 tons] 

 5 cwt. 56 lbs. cake at £11 13s— £3 i 

 over cost price ...... .j 



115 qrs. draff at 4s., 83 puncheons of] 

 dreg at 2s., cartage £9, 4 qrs. peas ^ 

 42s., 13 qrs. oats 28s. bruising, &c. . ' 



£. s. 

 55 10 



62 10 

 80 



52 



Here, so high a price was obtained for the turnips, and yet the 

 oil- cake was more than refunded by the value of meat obtained. 

 In the second case the potatoes did not repay their consumption. 

 In the fourth, the distillery refuse and peas seem to have just 

 paid their account. Draff is the spent malt and dreg the liquor 

 after the spirit has been distilled from it. 



2. The other experiment on four lots of five oxen : — 



No. 



Value Valuation 

 Nov. 10. Mar. 24. 



Increase. 



CONSUMPTION. 



£. 

 35 



35 

 35 

 35 



£. 

 61 



68 

 74 

 70 



£. 



26 



33 

 39 

 35 



3^ acres turnips at £7. 8*. 



£. 

 26 



if acre turnips at £7. 8s., 1| acre potatoes) „o 

 at £15 j 



If acre turnips at £7. 8s., 59 bushels) „(. 

 bran at 8s. 96?. — double the value . j 



Potatoes as No. 2, 59 bushels bran at 5s. Ic?. 35 



Here again the best result was obtained where the most 



