142 ON THE USE OF LINSEED. 



the worse. But no such inconveniences adhere to the use of 

 compound, for the 



Degrees of Fattening 



may be regulated in strict accordance with the convenience and 

 intention of the farmer, by mixing up a small quantity of linseed 

 at first, and increasing it at pleasure. Upon this principle the 

 condition of cattle may be advanced or retarded as circum- 

 stances require ; and the grazier who has a store of linseed at 

 command will be protected from loss under any emergency, 

 either from the want of grass, through the heat and drought 

 of summer, or turnips, through the frosts of winter. Also, in 

 every case where milk is required, linseed will be found a 

 powerful auxiliary, whether for calves, for lambs, or for pigs.* 

 Adequately to portray its value to the fold, the dairy, and the 

 stable, would require an additional volume, so diversified are 

 its properties, and so easy their application ; as the subjoined 

 letter, published in December last, will in some degree 

 elucidate. 



ON THE USE OF LINSEED. 



To the Editor of . 



SIR, 



The season has arrived when any suggestions on 

 economical methods of feeding cattle must be received with 

 interest. 



Hitherto I have afforded information with reference more to 

 fat than to lean stock, and am daily gratified by accounts of the 

 advantages derived. But were my correspondents to offer 

 the result of their experience through the public papers, they 

 would aid my labours, confer inestimable benefits upon the 

 agricultural community, and promote the cause of philanthropy. 



* Observe, linseed compounds are not adapted to the fattening of pigs. A 

 correspondent informed me that he tried the experiment, and that the pork 

 was unsaleable. 



