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XIV. Animals for Labor. 



Horses and Oxen. Comparative value. Mules. Cost of 

 keep ; harness ; shoeing ; deterioration or improvement. 



XV. Animals for Beef. 



1. Sex most eligible. 



2. How reared ; as calves, how fed ; how long with the cow ; 

 how managed the first winter. 



3. What age at maturity. Age best for fattening. 



4. If pastured — average number of acres to an animal. 



5. If soiled; how managed and fed. 



6. If stalled on dry feed, how fed ; how long kept ; amount 

 of hay consumed per day : of meal ; of vegetables ; kinds of 

 meal ; kinds of vegetables ; how prepared ; meal ground with 

 or without cob ; mixed or unmixed ; wet or dry ; cooked or raw. 



7. Use of flaxseed ; oil ; and oil cake in fattening. 



8. Gain per day; per month. 



9. Machines for cutting and steaming food. 



XVI. Market ; Returns of Brighton and Danvers 

 Markets. 



1. Animals — how sold — on the hoof; or by weight after 

 slaughter. If by weight, how determined ; customs of butch- 

 ers ; what parts weighed ; what considered as perquisites. Lia- 

 bilities to error or frauds if any; customs in other markets. 



2. Different parts — how disposed of; relative value. 



3. Modes of curing, packing, inspecting beef, pork, hams, 

 &-C. &c. 



4. Drift of animals ; customs of Drovers ; expenses; loss in 

 ■weight by travelling. 



XVII. Animals for the Dairy. 



1. Choice of Breeds, Examples and history of Cows of ex- 

 traordinary product. 



2. Size and color as affecting produce. Continuance in 

 milking. Effects of early coming in. Disposition of the calf. 

 Times of milking. 



3. Average yield of a good cow in milk ; in butter ; in cheese. 



4. Trials of milk as to quantity of cream ; of butter ; and of 

 cheese, per gallon. 



