154 On the culture of Mangel Wurtzel 



the day she was put in, to the day she left me, to have 

 any disorder whatever. 



" 1814. I purchased four heifers, on the 17th of Au- 

 gust, in very bad condition ; put them on the second 

 run of after grass ; took them off the 10th of November 

 following, and put them in stake on the tops of the Man- 

 gel Wurtzel, and about seven pounds of hay per day, 

 during which time they improved very much. The first 

 cost of the above heifers was twenty-four pounds ; they 

 were sold about the 12th of January, 1815, at forty-five 

 pounds ten shillings, during which time, they never show- 

 ed any symptoms of weakness, or disorder of any kind. 



" I never knew the slightest appearance of any disor- 

 der, in any of the cattle, fed with either root or leaf, for 



beef or milk. 



" I have at present eight bullocks and two cows, feed- 

 ing with Mangel Wurtzel and turnips, with eight pounds 

 ofhay to each ; on an average, they consume about five 

 stone of Mangel Wurtzel, and six stone of turnips, each, 

 per day, and are improving very much. 



" I also got four pigs on the 2d of October, 1814, very 

 thin ; put them up, and fed them with Mangel Wurtzel 

 root ; and, for experiment, one day tried them with some 

 raw potatoes, of which they would not taste, while the 

 above root lasted. I killed one of them on the 29th of 

 December, 1814, for pork, of which I would not wish 



for better, and well flavoured. 



"John Lloyd. 

 " Steward to the Bishop of Deny. 



" Dated this 20th January, 1815." 



