128 OE LIVE STOCK. 



has given potatoes to his horses for above thirty years. 

 The quantity he gave was about 12lb. at night, raw, and 

 washed clean, having given them a feed of corn in the 

 morning. He thinks it a great improvement to have them 

 prepared by steam ; and he is convinced, that when so gi- 

 ven, the horses will do full work without corn, and will 

 consume half less hay. His experience of the steaming 

 process being recent, it is chiefly on the practice of one, 

 whose account may be depended on, that this opinion is 

 stated. The quantity of potatoes which serves a horse for 

 twenty-four hours, is 42lb. About the 10th of June, the 

 horses are begun to be fed on cut clover, and continue to 

 be so till Michaelmas ; they get no corn during that time, 

 unless a feed when sent for lime, coals, &c. j but it deserves 

 attention, that the soil of Mr Stewart's farm is light, and 

 friable, and easily worked. 



Mr Robertson of Almon, witha peck of potatoes, or 28 Ib. 

 prepared by steam, mixes chaff; and Mr Cuthbertson, 

 a most intelligent farmer in East Lothian, observes, that if 

 a feed of potatoes is given once a-day to work horses, in- 

 stead of one of the feeds of corn,* which must otherwise be 

 given them in the months of March, April, and May, it not 

 only diminishes the expence of their maintenance, but is also 

 extremely conducive to their health. 



If potatoes at all answer the purpose, it is evident that 

 yciim, being much more productive, must be a still more 

 profitable article to cultivate. It is well observed by a farm- 



there is an excellent account of their steam boilers, with a very accurate 

 engraving of them, by Robert Beatson, Esq. They have since been 

 brought to viT) great perfection, and carried on to a very great extent, 

 by MrCunven of Workington-hall, in Cumberland. 



* Much depends upon the quality of the oats. Two feeds of oats of 

 good quality, is equal to three of light corn. 



