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the barley to sprout. A word or two as to the use of oil-cake. His 

 practice was for one boy to attend to four horses. Each boy was 

 supplied with 8 lbs. of cake per day, dissolved in five or six buckets 

 of water, and every feed of chaff given to the horse w^as satu- 

 rated with the mixture. The result was that the animal ate his 

 straw with a keener relish, and colic, as it was termed — which in 

 reality meant obstruction of the bowels — was thereby effectually pre- 

 vented. In winter a few turnips were very good. As to the question 

 of sheep versus cattle, he might state that last year he wintered over 

 3000 sheep as against 300 cattle, and his experience was that for 

 every 21. he got from the cattle he realised 5/. by the sheep. The 

 fact was that sheej) were always retm-ning money, no matter what the 

 time of year. 



END OF VOL. II. — SECOND SERIES. 



