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ber. In the first week of February, he calculated that many 

 of them would produce twelve hundred lbs. of beef each. The 

 mode of feeding is as described above. He considers a mixture 

 of provender as best adapted to their thrift ; but has made no 

 exact experiments. 



E. W. a farmer long accustomed to the feeding of cattle for 

 the market, prefers to buy his oxen intended for the stall, in 

 the spring. If early in the season, he feeds them with coarse 

 fodder and two quarts of meal each, until they are turned into 

 the pasture. If he uses them for work during this time, he al- 

 lows them four quarts of meal each per day. 



They are brought to the stall about the 20th of November, 

 and he then begins feeding them with half a bushel of potatoes 

 and four quarts of meal each per day. After a time he quits 

 feeding with potatoes ; and gives only hay and meal, from one 

 peck to nine quarts each ; and seldom exceeds this quantity. 

 His provender consists of one-third oats and two-thirds corn. 



A. R. has twenty head of cattle in the stall. They are of 

 good size and calculated to average over eleven hundred lbs. 

 each, when dressed in Brighton. 



He has tried a variety and a mixture of feed, such as oats, 

 broom-corn seed, &c., but he prefers Indian meal to every other 

 feed. He disapproves of excessive feeding ; and thinks it a 

 great error to give too much. He deems four quarts with hay 

 ordinarily enough ; and ten quarts a day sufficient for any ani- 

 mal. He feeds twice a day with great regularity. His present 

 cattle have never received over eight quarts per day each ; and 

 at first putting up a much less quantity. He deems it best to 

 reduce their feed of provender a few days before starting for 

 market. He buys his cattle for feeding in the fall ; and his 

 present stock averaged in the cost seventy-five dollars per pair. 



S. W. is of opinion that one bushel of corn one year old for 

 feeding any kind of stock, is equal to one bushel and one peck 

 of new corn, or corn before it becomes perfectly sound and 

 dry. 



T. C. has in stall, 27th February, five pairs of oxen, which 



