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carbon consumed during die process of respi- 

 ration, particularly wlisu that respiration is 

 quickened by continual effort while at woik. 

 lu order to jgive that required bulk at the 

 least cost, Mr. Briggs proposed to substitute 

 chopped straw, of which he conceived 25 lbs. 

 per day or 175 lbs. per week would be am- 

 ply sufficient, whieh would vield nutriment 

 equal lo 50 lbs. of hay. In order to neutralize 

 or counteract the binding nature of beans as 

 food, Mr. B. recommended the addition of 

 1 lb. per day of crushed linseed ; and to show 

 the relative cost of these two methods of feed- 

 ing horses, he exhibited the following calcula- 

 tion: 



Equivalent 

 in hiiy only. 



1. Hay per week, 140 lbs. s. d. s. d. ll)s. per \vk. 



at 70s per ton 4 4 140 



Oats per week, 30'. pks. 

 or 8 stones at l3.... 8 12 4 1G4 304 



2. Beans per week.l bush. 



or 63 Ibs.at 403.per qr. 5 274 



Straw (chopped) per 



week, 175 lbs. at 30s. 



pertou 2 4 50 



Linseed per week, 7 lbs. 



at Ud 9 31 355 



Cost of gnnding beans, 

 lin3eed,and chopping 

 straw 1 



mentation, answered remarkably well, and at 

 little cost. The mi.^ture and cost he stated to 

 be as follows : 



Equivalent 

 in hay. 

 Bean meal per week (8 lbs. per day) s. d. 

 5G lbs at 40-1. per qr 4 6 243 



Strawi(;ho[>ped;pei- Wiek (15 lbs. per 

 day,) 105 lbs. at :i0s. per ton 15 30 



Green Italian rye-grass ])er week (35 



lbs.pcr<]ay),'!75 IbsatlOs. perton. 9^ 35 



Grinding and chopping, as before... 1 



7 8,V 308 



Being equal in nutriment, theoretically, to the 

 first mentioned mode of feeding, and a little 

 more than one-half the cost.. The making use 

 of straw as food he considered as far superior 

 and more economical than converting it into 

 manure by merely being trodden iu the folds; 

 and chopping the rye-grass he stated to be 

 also a great saving, from much less waste be- 

 ing incurred. He concluded by stating that 

 if the theory of the relative value of oats and 

 beans, in proportion to the quf|ntity of nitro- 

 gen that each contains, be correct, the latter 

 (beans.) must bo worth nearly three timfsas 

 much, weight hv weight, in the production of 

 muscle (not fat) as the former (oats), and 

 strongly recommended the members present 

 to give beans to their horses; though to fat- 

 tening cattle or pigs, he reconnnendod a mix- 

 ture of the two, in the proportion of two 

 thirds oats to one third beans, the one to 

 produce fat, and the other muscle or lean 

 ineat. 



The subsequent Resolution was to the ef- 

 fect that " cart-horses may be kept economi- 

 cally, and in good condition, upon goodchop- 

 ped straw, mi.\ed wilh about 9 lbs. of bean 

 meal, and 1 lb. of crushed Hnseed per day." 



From which it appeared that the latter method 

 would co.st less by 3s. 3d. per week, per 

 horse, and would be more nutritive by the 

 equivalent of 51 lbs. of hay per week. 



He farther stated that during the present 

 Bumiherhe had tried the experiment of chop- 

 ping green Italian rye-grass along with chop- 

 ped straw and bean meal, which, when 

 used soon after being mixed, to prevent fer- 



To the preceding observations, the following may be appropriately added : 

 In recommending an article for food, it is j beans, as above, is made up of pure farina 50, 

 common to inquire what are its nutritive ' ' " .. ~ . 



qualities ? According to Einhof, the propor- 

 tion of nutritive matter in beans, compared 

 with gi'ain, is as fiillows : 



Wheat 74 per cent., about 47 lbs. 



B.ve 70 .. .. 39 .. 



Barley 65 .. .. 33 .. 



Oats 58 .. .. 23 .. 



Beans 68 .. .. 45 .. 



Peas 75 .. .. 49 .. 



French Beans 84 .. .. 54 .. 



The 84 per cent., nutritive matter of French 



and gluten and mucilage 34 parts; they are, 

 therefore, according to Rham's remark, " su- 

 perior to every other gi'ain or pulse cultivated, 

 in point of nourishment ; and when it is tiiken 

 into the account that they remain in the 

 ground only from May to September, and 

 that a crop of cabbages or turnips is growing 

 in the intervals at the same time, it will ap- 

 pear that the cultivation of tliis pulse on a 

 large scale might add greatly to the resourcea 

 of Agriculture." 



There are accounts of the Windsor Bean, in England, yielding 11 quarters or 88 

 bushels to the acre. 



A Hint for Directors of Agricultural Societiies.— At a meeting of the 

 Royal Agricultural Society of England, 



Colonel Challoner gave notice that at the 

 next monthly meeting he shoidd move that 

 it be an iustructioji from the Council to the 

 Siewards and .Judges of the Implement l)e 



machines selected for trial, previously to the 

 other arran!,'en)iMits being made for tlie deler- 

 niination of the respective cajnibililies and 

 f)ractical value of such impl'-ments and ma- 



parluient, diat the following points of infor- chinery, at any particular Country Meelin^. 



mation should be ascertained from the respec- of the Society, namely : 



live makers or exhibitors of implements and 1. The number of revolutions per minute at 

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