TEEDINO.] 



CATTLE, AND TIIEIR VA11IETIE3. 



[KEEDraO. 



" TIio linscod, with the pon-straw nml tiirnip- 

 tops, NYcro fonued into coinponml, tlio turnips 

 given raw, atid tlio b;»rh'v-ii»o:»l as circiiin- 

 Btaiices roiiuiriHl. Under tlio old system, the 

 turnip-tops would have been mainly destroyed, 

 and the pea-straw used for litter. But these 

 liavinsr bien employed as above described, will 

 account for the small consumption of turnip-^, 

 and show the immcnso importance of sueh 

 auxiliaries." The expense of this copper, with 



bushel, tho cost for each animal, per week, 

 will stand thus: — 



12 Ib-i. Ooz. of liiisci'd ptT week » 

 32 lbs. of corn, ut Hi-/, per stono 

 I.iihour divided per lu-ud 



Coals 



Interest of cost of apparutus 



4 2^ 

 •i 



Another p;enlleinan who carried out tho 



the whole working apparatus for ei^^hty or a ' scheme very fully, gave the following experi- 



hundred head of stock, was not more than ' meiit with tho linseed compound, as compand 



£4. Every farmer will, we think, see, from 

 this small outlay, the great advantage which 



with oil-cake. In this tho turnips were chargiij, 

 as well as tho compound, to make the terms 



the possession of such an apparatus gives ' equal. Sixteen j)olled beasts (cows) wcro 

 overalmost that of every other kind ; whilst the ! taken up. They were divided into two lots, 

 labour necessary to work it in an efficient man- ' and each lot consisted of eight beasts, as nearly 

 ner, is, comparatively speaking, easy and light, equal, in weiglit and condition, to the other as 

 and, at the same time, requires very little skill, possible. One lot, costing iis. IQd. per head 



Feeding in boxes, the growth of linseed, the j was fed as follows : — 

 manufacture of the fibre into flax, and the 

 soiling of cattle with green food and com- I 

 pound in the summer, all entered into the 

 system of Mr. Warnes, whose experiments 

 induced trials with all kinds of modifications of 

 linseed-cooking ; but the one which obtained 

 the greatest amount of favour, was that adopted 

 by Mr. ]Marshall, late of Holme Lodge, near 

 Thirsk. The difl:erence between Mr. Marshall's 

 plan and that of INIr. Warnes was, thai: the 

 material cooked had not the heat applied to it 

 directly, but to the outside of the boiler in 

 which it was to be cooked, so that no direct 



s. d. 



Linseed cakf, 3 stones, at 13^(/. per stone 3 4^ 



Turnips, 980 lbs 3 o"* 



Labour 5^ 



Per week for each head 



G 10 



The other lot was fed upon prepared food : — 

 Linseed and ground corn . . .4-1 



Turnips, 490 lbs 10 



Labour, 8zc. . , . . . o.\ 

 Coals . ') 



Per week for each head 



6 9.V 



The two lots were sold on two different days ; 

 application of the fire took place to burn the ! four being taken from one set of beasts, and 



mucilaginous matter. Mr. Marshall insisted 

 that, to cook the material properly, it must be 

 boiled at least two hours. His mode was 

 this : — One pound of linseed was boiled for 

 two or three hours in about one gallon and 

 a-half of water. Five pounds of straw were 

 chopped to about the length of an inch, and 

 very intimately mixed with two pounds and 

 a-half of ground oat or barley-meal, which were 

 then placed on a floor of flags or bricks, and 



four from the other set, at each sale. Tiie 

 cattle fed upon prepared food realised £2 6*. <jd. 

 more than the others, and the time occupied 

 in feeding tliem was eight weeks. 



A Yorkshire agriculturist, of great skill, made 

 some very important experiments on the rela- 

 tive value of 7io/ and cold preparation o( VmseL^d. 

 He took two animals, and, after ascertaining 

 their exact weight, fed the one on hot and the 

 other on cold food. At the expiration of six 



the boiled linseed poured upon the mass and I weeks they were weighed again. Tho auiitrd 

 turned. It was, after this, allowed to cool for fed on cold food weighed, when put up, lU7 

 one or two hours, when it was ready to be \ stones II lbs. ; that fed on hot, 108 stones 

 given to the cattle. The subjoined calcula- ' 7 pounds. At the end of the six weeks, the 

 tious are given for one animal; thougii the I first had gained 2 stones 12 lbs. ; while the 



food for a larger number may be cooked at 

 the same time, and in the same proportions. 

 Supposing the linseed to be six shillings per 



other fed on hot food, had gained 5 stones 

 1 pound. To guard against the one having 

 any special aptitude to fatten more readily 



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