58 THE CATTLE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



encouraging an appetite that has become a little delicate. The 

 following mixture has been used with success : Fenugreek seed, 

 321b. at l^d. ; mustard, 81b. at 2d, ; linseed, 8ib. at Ud. ; 

 carraways, 41b. at 4(7. ; fennel, 41b. at SjcZ., making a total cost 

 of 8s. lid. for the half-hundredweight, or in round numbers 

 2d. a pound. From 2oz. to 4oz. a day would be sufficient for 

 each animal. The expense is trifling, and the effects very 

 satisfactory. 



We <iome now to the question of profit or loss — and here 

 much will depend upon our skill in buying well, selecting such 

 animals as have aptitude to feed, and not paying more than 

 they are worth. The cost of feeding may be variously estimated, 

 according as we place a higher or lower value on the materials 

 we use. Taking the roots at 10s. a ton, and straw at 11. a ton, 

 and artificials at 81. a ton, the cost per week will be as follows : 

 — 5cwt. of roots at 6d. a cwt., 1401b. of straw, at Is. a cwt., 421b. 

 of artificial at 81. a ton — total, 8s. 2d. We have to estimate on 

 the other side the progress and the value of the manure. We 

 think it may be fairly assumed that a beast on such food as 

 above should gain 121b. of dead weight weekly : — 121b. of meat 

 at S^d.j value of manure, say at 2s. a week — total, 8s. 6d. 



Nothing but experiments carefully carried out can give us 

 data on these points. We believe that under judicious manage- 

 ment fatting may be made, not perhaps to pay in one sense, but 

 to be the means of providing a large supply of valuable manure 

 which it would cost a good deal of money to replace in artificial 

 manures. 



