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he could feed at least twice tlie number of beasts with the 

 same quantity of turni[)s that he formerly did, and that 

 in a much less time than was required when the steamed 

 food was not used along- with the turnips. He was also 

 convinced that it was with ef|ual, if not greater, profit to 

 himself. 



Now, in order to give you a clear view of my own ideas 

 on this matter, it will be requisite to g"o a little into detail, 

 to show what may be done by gTowing- such produce upon a 

 farm as is requisite for cattle-feeding-, viz., corn, linseed, and 

 turni{)s; also rape, tares, clover, and rye-grass. Now, an 

 acre and a quarter of land will g-row 208 stones of corn ; 

 another acre and a quarter will produce 90 stones of linseed ; 

 and upon three-quarters of an acre you may grow 14 tons of 

 turnips. Now these quantities, the corn being- ground into 

 meal, the linseed steamed, and both mixed as required with 

 a sufficient quantity of cut straw, will, with the addition of 

 the 14 tons of turnips, be ample for feeding- four beasts during- 

 the whole of the twenty-sis weeks of the wdnter half-year. 

 This would be at the rate of two feeds of the compound, and 

 two feeds of turnips, in each day. Then, for the summer 

 half-year, I am pretty certain that it would be a considerable 

 advantage to give one feed of compound per day, along- with 

 mown clover, tares, or rape ; and by this me-ans five-eighths 

 of an acre of corn, five-eig-hths of an acre of linseed, with 

 one and a half acres of rajie, tares, and clover, would be suf- 

 ficient to feed four beasts throug-h the twenty-six weeks of the 

 summer half-year : thus the quantity of laud required to feed 

 four full-g-rown beasts for a year, is six acres. But I must 

 now^ tell you, that the whole of the j)roduce of the six acres 

 •would not be required ; for you will recollect that in this 

 calcination I named above an acre and three-quarters of lin- 

 seed. Now, if the fibre on this acre and three-qiiarters and 

 twenty perches of flax be rough-dressed for the market, it 

 will yield a profit of about 127. 10.'^., independent of the lin- 

 seed used for the cattle-feeding-; and therefore, this being- the 

 case, if we reckon five acres we shall be much nearer the 

 truth. Now, g-entlemen, if it be found by experience that 

 flax is a more remunerative and profitable crop than most 

 others, I do not see why it should not be grown under proper 

 manag-ement, when it is also seen that the seed is so valuable 

 in the feeding- of cattle ; besides which, it is now well 

 known that the manure produced by linseed-feeding- is much 

 more valuable than that produced by ordinary stall feed; but 



