400 OF STRAW, ITS VALUE, AND USES. 



der for horses, when not injured by rain ; but if that kind 

 of straw is damaged in harvest, white straw is to be pre- 

 ferred. 



It is proper here to remark, that where hay can be had 

 in abundance, some respectable agriculturists in Scotland, 

 prefer the use of it to straw for feeding horses. Baron 

 Hepburn says, that it is his practice at all times, when his 

 hay crop is so abundant as to serve both his domestic sta- 

 bles, and his husbandry horses, to give the latter hay during 

 the whole season that they are kept in the stables. An- 

 other intelligent correspondent, (Mr Maitland Gibson of 

 Clifton Hall, in Mid-Lothian), has transmitted to me the 

 following calculation of the difference between feeding 

 horses with hay and straw. 



One stone of hay per day, - - L. 1 



Two feeds of corn per day, averaged at 6d. 



each, though at this time higher, - 1 O 



L.O 2 

 Where horses are well worked, an additional 



feed will be necessary ; hence 006 



L.O 2 6 



He considers two feeds of corn per day, with a proper 

 allowance of hay, to be much better keep for horses, than 

 four feeds with straw ; and charging the straw at only 6d. 3 



or steamed potatoes, besides three feeds of corn. In East-Lotliian, it is 

 a rule to work only five hours, or one journey per day, during the winter 

 months. Sometimes two journeys may be taken, but then the horses are 

 better fed. 



