Ofi Potatoes. 55 



Mr. Young, in another paper on the subject, gives 

 a long detail of experiments on i^t^ing potatoes y to va- 

 rious species of stock. His enumeration of pecuni- 

 ary value per bushel, will shevi^ the advantages of this 

 food, compared with other esculents, for our domes- 

 tic animals and enable our farmers xk draw their own 

 conclusions. 

 Feeding horses with potatoes^ 



brings their value, for this sterling-. 



purpose, to X. 1 6 or 33i- cents. 

 Feeding cattle, 1 or 1^\ 

 Feeding hogSy 10 



Reckoning our dollar at 4^. 6d sterling. 



R. Peters. 



[Mr. Bordley has clearly shown the greater econo- 

 my of potatoes, over corn, in fatting hogs. See " Notes 

 on Husbandry," 1st edition, p. 230.] J. M. 



Copy of a letter from Arthur Young, Esq. on the sub- 

 ject of Potatoes, published in the Farmers Journal, 

 SOth March, 1812. 



To the editor of the Farmer's Journal.* 



Sir, 



Having been urged by several gentlemen, who heard 

 a lecture lately read to the Board of Agriculture, on 

 extending the culture of potatoes, to print that paper 



* Printed by Evans and Ruffy, at the oflTice of the Farmer's Jour- 

 nal, 29, Budge Row, London. 



