30 ADVANTAGE OF RAPE IN COW-FEEDING. 



kept in tlie one way, as I liave already shown, for one kept 

 in the other, it is as clear as three times three make nine, 

 that the result of the calculation Avill he just as I have 

 stated, namely, that the farmer will ohtain hy the chang-e of 

 S3'stem nine times as much manure in the one case as he 

 would have in the other. 



Now, if, after all that has heen said (which seems to me, 

 at least, quite convincing-), any of you should he so asto- 

 nished by the quantity of manure thus proved to he g'ained, 

 us still to have some misgiving's on the subject, and be 

 inclined to think that matters would not turn out so favoui-- 

 able in practice as I have shown in theory, I would wish any 

 such person to consider one very material point, which I 

 have not yet touched upon ; for, in the foregoing-, the argu- 

 ment is founded entirely on the time the animals are kept 

 within, viz., it is stated that one cow kept within for twenty- 

 four hours will give as much manure as three cows which 

 are only kept in for eight hours, the food being assumed to 

 be the same in both cases ; but it is quite evident that if the 

 cow kept within should be fed Avith turnips, and bedded 

 with straw, which the others are fed upon, leaving them 

 little or no bedding whatever, that the calculation must tui-n 

 decidedly in favour of the animal Avhich is well fed and 

 bedded, both as regards the quantity and quality of the 

 manure; so that it appears the estimate I have made is 

 decidedly under the mark. 



Agricultural Gazette, December 12, 1816. 



Art. VIII.— advantage OF RAPE IN COW-FEEDING. 



By BIr. Blacker. 



The case of James O'NeU, of Garcar/h. — This man was 

 a complete pauper when Lord Gosford bought the Graham 

 estate; but, by the assistance and instructions afforded to 

 him, had got his small portion of land into a good state, and 

 last summer I lent him a cow, seeing that he would be able, 

 by proper attention, to have kept her in the house all the 

 year. He had not been possessed of one for years, perhaps 

 never in his life ; but his conduct did not afterwards show him 

 to be deservin"' of what had been done for him. He would 



