DEC.] LITTERING FARM-YARD. 551 



with 2O waggon loads of stubble, raised 2OO loads 

 each three tons, of rotten clung, worth 7s. (id. a load. 



Every load of hay and litter given to beasts fatting 

 on oil-cake, yield seven loads of dung, each 1^ ton, 

 exclusive of the weight of the cake. 



On a comparison between the oil-cake dung and 

 common farm-yard dung, 12 loads an acre of the 

 former much exceeded 24 of the latter. 



Mr. Arbuthnot. One hundred and thirty-four 

 sheep and thirty lambs, penned six weeks in a stand- 

 ing fold, and littered with five loads and 40 truss 

 of straw, made 28 large loads of dung. Fed morn- 

 ing and evening in the fold with turnips. Ate two 

 acres of turnips. 



Value, dung, - 1O O O 



Straw, at 20s. - - - - 5 15 O 



Profit, - .450 



Per acre for turnips, 2 2 6 



And per score per week, - . O 1 9 



William White. Thirty-six cows and four horses 

 tied up, ate 5O tons of hay, and had 2O acres of 

 straw for litter : they made 2OO loads of dung, in 

 rotten order for the land. 



The experiments of Mr. Moody and Mr. Arbuth- 

 not prove how well it answers to buy litter with a 

 view to the dung : in feeding oxen with oil-cake, one 

 load of straw makes seven of dung, each J -\ ton; 

 and with feeding sheep with turnips, one trussed load 

 made more than four and a half large loads, worth 

 7s. 6d. each. With Mr. White, 20 acres of straw, 



suppose 



