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In addition to the above articles for fating and feeding 

 are the grains of breweries and distileries, and the refuse 

 or wash of starch-factories, which, as they are all in a state 

 of acidity, are considered by some to be the better on that 

 account for fating. Mr. Young' particularly recommends, 

 that all meal should be in a state of fermentation, before it 

 is fed out. The grains of breweries, &c. may be kept dur- 

 ing Summer in vats under ground, being first well trod 

 down, and then well covered with a sufficient depth of 

 earth. 



Oilcakes are also of great use for fating, and for feeding 

 to Cows before calving, for the purpose of increasing their 

 milk. It however makes the beef, which is fated solely 

 with it, of a loose flabby texture, which is not so agree- 

 able. 



Flaxseed broth, or jelly, is also much recommended for 

 fating. It is made by puling about a quart of flaxseed to 

 seven of water, and then let stand about forty-eight hours; 

 after which it is to be boiled gently for two hours, minding 

 to stir it frequently, lest it burn. After it is cooled, it is to 

 be mixed with meal, bran, or cut-straw, and fed out at the 

 rate of about two quarts a day to each beast, and it is said 

 to make a great saving in the article of food. 



It is stated, in The Complete Grazier^ that an intelli- 

 gent Farmer of this Country, but of what part is not men- 

 tioned, tried fating with turnips, from October until Februa- 

 ry, and that his cattle rather lost flesh ; but that on his 

 substituting hay, choped potatoes, and Indian meal mixed 

 together, they soon fatened. 



Probably a difference in climates may produce different 

 results, in regard to roots \vhich are used for fating. But 

 as the cattle in question were ted entirely on turnips, which 

 might have produced too great a degree of laxity or scour- 

 ing, it is probable, that had the turnips constituted only the 

 same proportion of food which the potatoes did, they might 

 have proved equally nourishing. 



In regard, however, to raising the different articles for 

 feeding and fating, those should be cultivated which are 

 found most profitable in the different soils and climates of 

 this Country ; and which, at the same time, are found most 

 efficacious for fating, or in producing the most, and the 

 richest and best-flavored, milk. 



On the experimental farm of the Marchioness of Salisbury 

 (Greatbritain) parsnips are prefered, as well for feeding as 

 tor fating ; and for the latter use are esteemed almost equal 

 to the oilcake. The milk of the Cows fed with them is 

 also very plentiful, rich, and well tasted, Next to the 

 parsnip, is, perhaps, the carrot. 



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