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AGRICULTURE 



appreciated on the Continent, though little 

 used over here. Bean meal is a highly 

 nitrogenous food, and an excellent addition 

 to a ration mixed with chaff and pulped 

 roots. 



Pea-meal has much the same property as 

 bean-meal. The two following winter rations 

 have been found to give excellent results :- 



45 Ibs. swedes 

 1 6 Ibs. oat straw 

 6 Ibs. hay 

 4 Ibs. crushed oats 

 4^ Ibs. D. C. cake 



45 Ibs. swedes 



9 Ibs. hay 



10 Ibs. oat straw 

 4 Ibs. maize meal 

 4j Ibs. D. C. cake 



The hay should be given long, a mixture of 

 chaff, pulped roots, and meal together, and 

 the cake as a separate meal. The cooking 

 of food for cattle, no doubt, increases the 

 quantity of milk given, but the food is not 

 rendered any more digestible, and the cows 

 seem to be more delicate. 



The chaff may be sprinkled with hot water, 

 or slightly steamed. 



