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cumstances they were given ; and with what other feed ac- 

 companied. 



The same farmer is of opinion, that oil-meal for fattening 

 cattle is of great value. He is quite content to pay twenty to 

 twenty-three dollars per ton, the current price for it in his 

 town. A farmer in Conway concurs in this opinion ; and 

 believes that for a beneficial change a farmer can well afford to 

 buy oil-meal with corn at bushel for bushel. The price here 

 rises sometimes to thirty dollars per ton. The weight of oil- 

 meal is about forty-five lbs. to the bushel. 



I shall give somewhat in detail the practice of different 

 farmers in respect to feeding their stock. 



C. D. with fifteen oxen in the stall. 



Five of them receive one peck of Indian meal per day. Six, 

 six quarts each. Four, which are kept in the stable day and 

 night excepting when turned out for watering, have six quarts of 

 meal each per day, with as much hay as they will eat. They are 

 foddered four times morning and evening. They are tied up 

 about seven o'clock in the morning ; their meal is first given 

 to them, and then they are fed liberally with hay until about 

 nine o'clock, when, with the exceptions above referred to, they 

 are turned into the yard and remain until half-past two, when 

 they are again put into the stall, and the same process of feed- 

 ing gone through with. Their feeding being completed, they 

 are again turned into the yard, which is well littered, where 

 they remain until morning whatever may be the state of the 

 weather. It is the general belief, that the cattle which are 

 kept constantly in the stall, thrive faster than those which 

 thus have the liberty of the yard. 



S. W. has twenty-six head of cattle in the stall. Most of 

 them have one peck of meal each per day ; some of them 

 twelve quarts. The provender given them consists of two- 

 thirds of Indian meal, and one-third of pease and oats, ground 

 and mixed. 



S. S. has fourteen oxen in the stall. The average cost of 

 them was forty-seven dollars each, about the middle of Novem- 



