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quire, for their daily food, from two to three per cent, 

 of their weight in hay, or its equivalent. According 

 to Prof. Johnston : 



An ox at rest requires 2 per cent, of its live weight. 

 " " at work " 2 " " " " " " 

 A cow in milk " 3 " " " " " " 



Ifj then, we take the average weight of cows at 

 seven hundred pounds, it will appear that the above 

 product of one acre of corn would be more than suffi- 

 cient to winter six of them, assuming the average 

 winter for the United States to be one hundred and 

 fifty days. Or, taking cattle of the various classes, at 

 an average consumption of food equal to two and one- 

 half per cent, of their weight, then the above product 

 of one acre of corn would support seven during the 

 winter, and leave a balance of the crop on hand. 



YALUE OF CORN FOE SWINE. In feeding hogs, the 

 stover of corn is not, to any considerable extent, avail- 

 able, and the grain is usually given in larger proportion, 

 and more exclusively than to cattle. But here, as in 

 other cases, the principle of variety is not to be 

 neglected. In diversifying the feed of this animal, 

 there need be no difficulty. His omnivorous pro- 

 pensities are so strongly developed as to embrace 

 nearly every kind of food that comes within his reach. 

 Whatever is eaten by other domestic animals is seldom 

 rejected by the hog, while many substances refused 

 by them are eagerly appropriated by his indiscriminate 

 voracity. 



He is, therefore, easily kept, and with prudent 



