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It may be asked, Why should not the compound for sheep be equally adapted to 

 bullocks ? I answer,&quot; (he adds,) &quot; that sheep are close, ruminating animals, and 

 pass nothing undigested, while with bullocks, it is far otherwise. On the com 

 pound being removed into tubs, it must be excluded from the air, to prevent its 

 becoming rancid.&quot; 



I have given the directions nearly in Mr. Warne s own words : 

 but I see. no reason why the barley may not, in both cases, be 

 at once reduced to meal, or why the linseed and the grain 

 (whether barley, rye, or maize) may not, in proper proportions, 

 be at first ground together, in which case they are likely to be 

 most intimately incorporated ; and the experienced manager will 

 himself soon be able to determine, from his own observation, the 

 quantity of water the meal will take up, and form a suitable and 

 nutritious compound, without difficulty. The points important 

 seem to me to be, that both seed and grain should be ground, 

 and both sufficiently cooked. Mr. Warne adds, in another place, 

 &quot; A bullock may be allowed, in general, to eat as much cake in 

 a day as he pleases ; but a nice regard must always be had to 

 the quantity of linseed placed before him, and especially to the 

 oil. Neither oil nor linseed should be used in a crude state, but 

 formed into mucilage, by being boiled in water. The seed must 

 first be reduced to fine meal ; one pound and a half of which, 

 stirred into twelve pounds of water, while it is boiling, with four 

 pounds and a half of barley, beans, or pea meal, and given to a 

 bullock of between forty and fifty stone, (fourteen pounds,) every 

 day, will, in addition to Swedish turnips, be quite sufficient, or, 

 perhaps, rather more than he would be inclined to eat. This 

 small quantity of linseed will act well on the stomach ; and the 

 bullocks will thrive, and fatten, in a degree that can scarcely be 

 credited, except by the person who tries the experiment. The 

 quantity of seed may be increased, after the animal has been accus 

 tomed to it for some time, but, I believe, to no great extent.&quot; 



I place the fullest confidence in these statements of Mr. Warne. 

 Prom my own experience and observation, I am convinced that no 

 more nutritious or fattening food can be given to animals, (swine 

 excepted, as it gives an unpleasant taste to the pork,) than 

 cooked linseed or flaxseed jelly, in certain proportions ; and it 

 may be mixed with cut hay, or with various other articles of 

 food, with equal success. 



* Warne on the Flax Crop, and Use of the Seed, p. 120. 

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