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FARMERS' REGISTER, 



[No 8 



tub, previously weighing out each ingredient, the 

 mixiure should he triven in pmail quantities at a 

 linip, man}' times a day ; and at niirhr, enough is 

 tiirou'n in!o the luuncl lo hist till luDruinii. 'i'his 

 process will be lljiuid of \'ery little Iroidiie to the 

 groom, who will only have to go into the loft six 

 or eiirjit time's a day. As the component pans o!' 

 the provender are weighed separately lor each 

 horse, we are certain lie hi-.s his just proportion ; 

 and I have liereuuto annexed my scale orieedinir 

 in li)ur classes, (or it soiueiinies happens that some 

 ofthe ingredients caimot lie procured, and at other 

 times that it may l)e iietter to substitute others ; 

 but, whatever grain is given, it should always he 

 bruised or coarsely groimd, and carefully weijxhed 

 out ; ll)r by weight alone, is it possible to judge oi 

 the quantity of farinaceous substances the horse 

 consumes; it being well Unown that a peck of 

 oats varies fl'om seven to twelve pounds ; conse- 

 (juently il the provender were mixed by measure 

 there would be frequently an uncert;nnty as to 

 quantity'. Wheat varies from 16 lo 12 ; Barley, 

 froiu 13 to 16; Peas, frotn 17 to 15; Beans, from 

 17 to 15 per peck. And as wheat, beans, jjeas. 

 barley, and oats, are equally good, and of very tri- 

 fling difference in price wlien their specific gra^-ity 

 is taken into consideration, I am equally indifler- 

 ent which irrain i use, but I should ahvavs prefer 

 boiled or steamed potatoes for hard working hors- 

 es, to be a component ingredient, whenever they 

 can be procured. 



As I call all ground or bruised fjrain of what- 

 ever description, /arijw, it will be so disiinguished 

 in the folio\vin<r 



m 



Farina, consistinQ- of 



liruised or fjrnunii peas 



wheat, barley, or oats, 5 lbs. 



Bran, fine or coarse 

 pollar.l, — 



Boiled or steamed po- 

 tatoes mashed in a 

 tub v/ith a wooden 

 bruiser, 5 lbs. 



Fresh grain, 6 lbs. 



Hay cut into chaff 7 lbs. 



Straw, &c. in chaff, 7 lbs. 



Mall dust, or ground 

 oil cake, — 



Salt, 2 oz. 



O 



5 ibs. 



10 lbs. 



5 lbs 



— 7 lb 



5 lbs. — — 



8 Ibs. 

 10 lbs. 



2 Ibs 

 2 oz. 



10 Ibs. 

 10 lbs. 



2 oz. 



8 lbs. 

 8 lbs. 



2 Ibs. 

 2oz. 



By the above scale it will be seen, that each 

 horse has his 30 Ibs. of provender in 24 hours, 

 which, I maintain, is full as much as he can eat. 

 The two ounces of salt will be found to be an ex- 

 cellent stimulus to the horse's stomach, and should, 

 on no account, be omitted. When a horse re- 

 turns fi-om labor, perha|)S the (rroom will see the 

 propriety of fiieding him from iiis tub more larse- 

 iy, in onler that he may be the sooner satisfied 

 and lie down to rest. 



Whenever oat straw can be procured, it is gen- 

 erallv preferred ; and some like to have ii cutlnto 

 chafiwiihout thrashing out the oats; but this is a 

 l)ad plan, for in preparinjr a (juantity of this chaff, 

 unequal |)roporiions of oats will he' found in each 

 lot, Bo tliat one horse will have too large a portion, 



whilst others have less than they ought, although 

 the portions are accurately weio-hed. 



The oidy certain method, then, is, to let the 

 grain, of whatever description, be weighed sepa- 

 rately from its straw, and the keefier of catlle will 

 soon satisfy himself that his cattle are in want of 

 nothin<r in the feeiiing line. Many peopde ofiject 

 to potatoes, and tfiink ihcm unfit for working 

 horses; but, fi-om many years' experience, I am 

 enableil to recommend them as a constituent pa.rt 

 of the 30 lbs., and am convinced, that it is as 

 wholesome and nutritious a food as can be [;ro- 

 cured for laborinir ho-ses, wliich are called upon 

 siidden emergencies lo perf()rm great tasks, as has 

 been abundantly proved by Mr. Curwen, M. P., 

 who kept above one hundred horses on potatoes 

 and straw, and always found that their labors 

 were conducted better on this ihan any other food. 

 — See Curwen's Agricultural IJints, published 

 1809. 



IViveliscombe, Sojncrsd, Sept. 12, 1836. 



From tlic Farmer and Gardener. 

 irkTERESTING TO SILK RAISERS. 



The subscriber last spring planted a small field 

 with the Moras Multicaulis, or new Chinese Mul- 

 berry, raised from cuttings of one bud each, say 

 about three inclies long, and observing that the 

 trees had grown nmch larger than he expected, 

 and had also thrown out many side branches, and 

 that the growth was, in every particular, so much 

 larger than was anticipated, he thought a plain 

 statement of fiicts relative to them, and their cul- 

 ture, might f)rove encouraging to silk growers, 

 and acceptable to the subscribers of Ihe Farmer 

 and Gardener. He invited his friend E. P. Rob- 

 erts to ride over to the nursery to see and assist in 

 weighing some of said trees, which he did on the 

 1st iiist. and in his presence three trees were taken 

 up and weighed, the weitrht of whi{;li was 6 3-8 

 pounds, the average height above ground was 6\ 

 i(?e;. On measuring a square rood, where those 

 trees grew, the sul)scriber counted 84 trees, all 5 

 feet hiifh and upwards. On separating the leaves 

 li'om the above three trees, the produce was2A lbs: 

 now if we say 2^ Ibs for every three trees, as a 

 portion of them were of a smaller size than those 

 weijxhed, it will give to each square rood 63 llis. 

 or per acre, 10,080 pounds of leaves the first sea- 

 son from catlings — and a larire portion of these 

 leaves were produced in time fiir raising the se- 

 cond crop of u'orins. The land on which this crop 

 of trees was raised, is a mellow loam on a clay 

 bottom, from which in 1835 it was estimated that 

 I cut two tons of hay to the acre, and was manur- 

 ed last spring with about 22 horse cart loads of 

 barn-yard maruire to the acre. Planted in rows 

 4 I'eel apart, and 9 inches in the rov.'. 



ROBERT SINCLAIR. 



Remarks by ihe .Editor of the Farmer^' Gardener. 



We wore deli<rhled at the luxuriant growth of 

 the Morus Hldlticaiilis plants mentioned in the 

 comnuniication of" liiend Sinclair, as well as wiih 

 their very trreat yield of I'lliage. It has sati.-ficd 

 us that much of the objection, which has hereto- 

 fore rested in the minds of those who would reap 

 ere they have sown, against the mulberry culture, 



