USE OF LINSEED. 109 



It cannot be denied that the results obtained by cattle- 

 feeding with linseed, as recorded by unquestionable 

 authority, are very striking, and deserve the attention of 

 every agriculturist in the United Kingdom. For in- 

 stance, Mr. Warnes states, " I sold in November, 1843, 

 three small bullocks, bred in the early part of the sum- 

 mer of 1842, one of which was purchased for 4, on the 

 llth of March, 1843 ; another for 3. 3s., on the 13th 

 of April ; the third was bred on the farm, and valued at 

 4. 10^., on the llth of March. Two of them were Dur*- 

 ham heifers, the other Norfolk bred; their ages eighteen 

 months each when killed. The first weighed 46 stone 

 7 Ibs. ; the second 41 stone 2 Ibs. ; the third, 35 stone 

 (of fourteen pounds to the stone), making 122 stone 9 Ibs. 

 which at sixpence per pound, the current price of beef 

 in this neighbourhood at the time of writing, amounts to 

 44. 18s. Qd. ; and, had I sold them by weight, would have 

 afforded a balance of 31. 5s. 6d., and a profit unexampled 

 in the agricultural history of this country unexampled 

 on account of the shortness of time, the size of the 

 animals, irhe smallness of the outlay, and the food being 

 entirely the produce of the farm. Should it be asked, 

 what was their condition when purchased ? I refer to the 

 cost price, which the practical inquirer will perceive ad- 

 mitted only of what the chemical farmer would term ' a 

 very minute development of flesh.' These bullocks, with 

 about twenty others were, in 1843, fattened on my farm, 

 consisting of seventy-six acres only. They were all kept 

 in boxes during the summer as well as in the winter 

 months, were treated in every respect alike, and made 

 similar returns ; some were disposed of within four, 

 others eight months, averaging about six months each, 

 and speaking volumes in favour of the cultivation of lin- 

 seed, the fattening cattle upon native produce, box-feed- 

 ing, and summer-grazing." 



We quote from the report of the National Max Asso- 

 ciation (read December 6, 1844, at Ipswich), another 

 experiment in proof of the value of flax-seed : 



The North Walsh am Farmer's Club offered, by a 



