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day to five litres. They were then turned into pasture, and sbDn 

 resumed their former weight, and gave the former quantity of milk. 

 They were next fed exclusively on potatoes, when they fell off 

 still more in flesh than they had done with beet-root, and the milk 

 was reduced to two litres each per day. On being placed on a 

 mixed food of hay, chopped straw, beet-root and potatoes, they 

 again recovered their flesh, and gave the former quantity of milk. 

 The conclusions of this gentleman are, that beet-root and potatoes 

 do not perform the part usually imputed to them, of fattening cat- 

 tle, or increasing the quantity of the milk of cows. His experi- 

 ments show that this is the case, when this food is given to the 

 exclusion of all others. — -London AthencBum. - 



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SALE OF AMERICAN HAY. 1 



On Wednesday last, a sale of American hay, per the Liverpool, 

 from New-York, took place on the north quay of the Waterloo 

 Dock. The attendance was not numerous, though the bidding 

 was, on the whole, tolerably spirited. The hay was considered of 

 rather inferior quality. The quantity offered was 210 bales, divid- 

 ed, for the convenience of purchasers, into 21 lots, of 10 bales 

 each. The first lot went off at 7 id. per stone ; the next seventeen 

 were knocked down at 7d., and the three remaining lots at 7 id. 

 Tare was allowed at the rate of 25 lbs. per bale ; and parties were 

 to remove their purchases on the day of sale. It was stated that 

 there had been a loss by the sale of from 30 to 40 per cent. It 

 will be seen, by reference to our London market reports, that ano- 

 ther sale of American hay took place on Friday last in the metro- 

 polis. There, as here, the hay w^as not permitted to enter a bond- 

 ed warehouse, owing to its being a combustible matter, which, in 

 case of fire, occurring from spontaneous ignition or otherwise^ 

 would vitiate the insurance policy. 



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