ON BOX-FEEDING CATTLE. J-J 



diiced to fine meal, and barley to tlie thickness of a wafer, 

 by the crushing- mill. Put 18 g-allons of water into the 

 cauldron, and as soon as it boils, not before, stir in i?l lb. 

 of linseed meal ; continue to stir it for about five minutes, 

 then let 63 lb. of crushed barley be sprinkled by the hand 

 of one person upon the boiling- mucilag-e, while another 

 rapidly stirs and crams it in. After the whole has been 

 carefully incorporated, which will not occupy more than five 

 or ten minutes, cover it down, and then throw open the fur- 

 nace door ; should there be much fire put it out. The mass 

 will continue to simmer, from the heat of the cauldron, till 

 the barley has absorbed the mucilag'e, when the kernels will 

 have resumed nearly their original shape, and may justly be 

 compared to little oil-cakes, which, when cold, will be de- 

 voured with g'reat avidity. I have no doubt some of you 

 will be apt to say, oh ! but there is a g-reat deal of labour 

 attending- all this. I will now show you the profit attend- 

 ing- the labour. A lot of twelve beasts were equally divided 

 by Mr. Postle, six were fed on oil-cake, and six on Mr. 

 Warnes's compound. The account of their food was kept 

 with scrupulous accuracy for nearly six months. The fol- 

 lowing- were the results : — 



£ s. d. 



Expense of oil cake 21 14 9 



Expense of compound . . . . 19 G IJ 



Balance in favour of compound . . [£2 8 7 J 



Dead weight. Loose fat. Hides. 



St. lb. St. lb. St. lb. 



Six cattle fed on compound . . . 432 7 55 9 39 6 



Six ditto oU cake 387 12 51 7 37 11 



Difference of weight in favour of compound 44 9 4 2 19 



£ s. d. 

 So that we have in favour of the cattle compound upon the 



six beasts — 44 st. 9 lb. at Gs. <jd. per stone . . . 14 10 2 



Difference of expense of compound . . . .28/2 



Total difference in favour of compound ,£16 18 9j 



By this system of feeding- Mr. Warnes says that he could 

 compete with the foreigner, as he could send cattle to market 

 at 4^^/. per lb., and pay himself an ample return. Since he 

 had followed the system of box-feeding-, he knows not of a 

 single instance where he has not realized 8/. for every head 

 of cattle he kept for six months. At the farm where he now 



