18 



ON STALL FEEDING. 



4 lbs. of oil-cake, at 0/. per ton 



4 ,, of bean-meal, 7d. 

 10 ,, of cut oat straw, 2s. Gf?. per cwt. 

 20 ,, of turnips or beet, at 20,v. per ton 



"Weekly cost each 



8,' 



These thirty Leasts being' weighed, were found to have 

 gained from — 



February 5 to February 17 — 12 days 2124 lbs. 



,, 17 to ,, 24 — 7 days 1531 ,, 



,, 24 to March 3— 7 days 103G ,, 



March 3 to „ 10— 7 days 811 ,, 



,, 10 to „ 17— 7 days G48 ,, 



17 to ,, 24— 7 days G03 ,, 



,, 24 to ,, 31 — 7 days 554 ,, 



,, 31 to April 7 — 7 days 539 ,, 



April 7 to ,, 14 — 7 days 527 ,, 



,, 14 to ,, 21 — 7 days 566 ,, 



Total 9111 



It forms, as Mv. Karkeek remarks,^ a curious and instruc- 

 tive subject for the feeder to ascertain the respective flesliing- 

 and fattening- properties contained in the produce of an 

 acre of the diflerent crops commonly used in the rearing- and 

 fattening- of stock. In the following- table the proportions 

 of g-luten, &c., ^vill indicate the Heshing- ])roperties, and the 

 starch, S:c., the fattening- properties — 



' Jcur, Eou. A(/. Soc, vol. iv. p. 263. 



