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corn, and the latter has been proved by trial to be 

 more fattening than any other grain. It appears, 

 from the experiment of Mr. Chase, that less than 

 three pounds of barley gave one pound of beef. This, 

 however, is probably better than an average result. 



In the Journal of the Bath and West of England 

 Agricultural Society a table is given, in which six 

 pounds of barley are- stated to be equal to the produc- 

 tion of one pound of beef. 



In some experiments on pig-feeding, by Mr. Lawes, 

 of England, the comparative fattening effects of barley 

 and corn were found to be very nearly in the ratio of 

 six to five ; making five pounds of corn equal to six 

 pounds of barley. Therefore, according to the table 

 above referred to, five pounds of corn would be equal 

 in feeding effect to one pound of beef. 



In the Rural Annual for 1865, the editor, com- 

 menting on some experiments of Lawes and Gilbert, 

 comes to the conclusion that " a bullock weighing 

 eight hundred pounds would consume forty-three 

 pounds of corn and ninety pounds of hay per week, 

 and increase eight pounds." 



It is evident that this rate of feeding is entirely 

 too low for the weight of the animal. It shows a fair 

 result for the corn, but too small a gain of flesh to 

 give the highest profit. It would take all of the 

 above hay, and about half of the corn, to keep the ox 

 stationary through the week, and the balance of the 

 corn, say twenty-four pounds, would produce the in- 

 creased weight. 



But the writer afterwards varies this statement, 



