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manner supplying themselves. But a very intelli- 

 gent nobleman trying it, found that it would not 

 deliver regularly : this might arise from the dimen- 

 sions not having been sufficiently attended to; for 

 if the hopper be not of a due breadth, the chaff 

 might arch above the moveable board, and not 

 come down ; the aperture in the .manger through 

 which it passes, must necessarily be of a certain 

 size, neither too wide nor too narrow. It certainly 

 seems to be a practicable idea, and very capable, 

 after some trials and regulations, of being fully 

 applicable to common practice. It well deserves 

 attention, especially as the expence of an experi- 

 ment for one stall could not be considerable. I 

 have often determined to try it myself, but have 

 always been prevented, by some journey or excur- 

 sion taking me from home at the moment when I 

 could otherwise have given the requisite attention. 

 I conceive that it would demand a manger from 

 four to six inches wider than common ones. 



The practice, however, of giving hay cut with a 

 mixture of straw, instead of feeding in the com- 

 mon way with hay, is to be recommended, at all 

 events, to as great a degree as can be effected ; for 

 the saving is unquestionable. Nor is it to be prac- 

 tised for the teams only, but also for all other stock 

 that eat hay. Mr. Page, of Cobham, in feeding 

 his stock, gives no hay or straw but what is cut 

 into chaff. At the expence of only 5l. he added a 

 tnill-wheel to his chaff-cutter, by which means a 

 boy and a little poney cut 20 bushels per hour. 



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