384> OF STRAW, ITS VALUE, AND USES. 



to 5 s. per boll ; but that, before the introduction of the 

 turnip husbandry, it was extremely variable. In 1769, for 

 example, a boll of oats, with fodder, cost 12s., without 

 fodder, 10 s., or only 2 s. less; but in 1770, a boll of oats, 

 with straw, cost 20 s., and without the straw, only 12 s.,or 

 8s. less. In 1774, a boll of oats, in the straw, cost 16 s., 

 and without the straw, 15 s., or only 1 s. less. But next 

 year, viz. 1775, a boll of oats, with straw, cost 22s. 6 d., 

 without the straw, only 12 s. 6 d., or 10s. less. This shews 

 the great advantage of the turnip husbandry in a cattle- 

 rearing country. v 



He remarks, at the same time, that though barley has 

 the least weight of straw, it has a considerable proportion 

 of chaff, and light corn. 



Some calculations have been made of the comparative 

 value of hay and straw. An English acre of hay will pro- 

 duce, on an average, about 1 tons. It was formerly cal- 

 culated that hay was worth double the price of straw, but 

 owing to the variety of local circumstances, there is no 

 fixed proportion between their prices. As a kind of ave- 

 rage, however, the following calculations have been drawn 

 up: 



Hay, 1 1 ton, at 1 s. per stone, of 22 Ib. L. 7 13 



Straw, Ij ton, 6 cwt. at 3d. per do. do. 480 



Difference, L.2 2 5 



But if the straw of wheat, oats, and barley, without in- 

 cluding peas and beans, enter into the calculation, in equal 

 proportions, they cannot be estimated, on an average, at 

 more than 6 d. per stone, which gives an additional sum 

 in favour of hay, to the amount of L. 1, 2 s., making the 

 difference between the straw of these crops, and hay, L. 3, 



