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Then for tlie winter twenty-six weeks, 



A. R. P. 



Land to grow corn for meal 1 1 



, , linseed for steaming 1 1 



,, turnips 3 



Total for winter 3 1 



Total for summer 2 3 



Total for the year G 



Deduct for the flax ] 



Quantity of land required 5 



Therefore, g-entlemen, tliis shows that five acres of arable 

 land, of medium quality, under proper cultivation, are sufh- 

 cient to feed four full-sized boasts for tv.'elve months : 

 whereas, on a form half arable and half grass, eig"ht acres at 

 least woidd be required to do this ; therefore, this, I think, 

 shows ])retty clearly that a considerable cpiantity more stock 

 may be kept on a farm in which the land is chiefly under 

 the ploug'h. Now, I would not have you to understand that 

 I would confine the system to feeding beasts only, certainly 

 not ; for, if it answer well for fat stock, I do not see why it 

 should not answer well for milch cows and other heavy cattle. 

 A farmer's milch cow, upon ordinary land, g-enerally consumes 

 from an acre and a half to two acres for her summer's keep, 

 and about as much more for winter ; but I have no doubt, if 

 the same cow were fed in the house upon cut-food with a 

 feed ])er day of the compound, that one-half the quantity of 

 land would be ample for the same purpose. Then, if this be 

 so, there can be no doubt but similar results would accrue in 

 nil cases of heavy stock being- fed in the stall instead of in 

 the pasture. From inquiries which I have made, I find that 

 in winter, feeding- with the steam compound, the following- 

 quantity is sufficient for a gTown beast per day : — 



Linseed < 2 lb. 



Ground corn 5 



Cut straw 10 



Turnips 30 



This quantity is given in two feeds of the compound, and 

 two feeds of turnij)s; and a little straw is also given at nig'ht. 

 Milch cows and other cattle might have one feed ])er day of 

 this compountl, along' witli their ordinary food. The g-reat 

 advantag-e derived from the use of the compound which I 

 have now partially described, seems to arise in difterent ways. 



