Varieties of Food. 6 5 



Estimating oats to weigh 421bs. per bushel, 

 and costing twenty-six shillings per quarter (eight 

 bushels), the cost per week for different allow- 

 ances, together with the amount of nutritious 

 matter contained, would be somewhat as fol- 

 lows : 



Azotised or 



Pounds Pounds nutritious matter 



per day. per week. Cost. in pounds, 



s. d. v 



10 70 55 9-8 



12 84 66 11-76 



14 98 77 13-52 



16 112 88 15-68 



18 126 9 9 17-64 



20 140 10 10 19-60 



In addition, sixpence must be added for each 

 stone (14lbs.) of hay consumed, which yields 

 ll'20oz. of nutritious matter. 



Oats should be heavy in the hand, devoid of 

 thick husks, and short and plump in the kernel. 

 Good dry potato or Scotch oats, weighing 39 to 

 42 pounds per bushel, are undoubtedly cheapest 

 to purchase at all times, and to be preferred to 

 other kinds weighing from 33 to 37 pounds, 

 even when four or five shillings extra per quarter 

 is paid. 



It is no saving to purchase corn, especially 

 oats, made up to a certain weight. Some dealers 

 guarantee four bushels of oats for a stated price 

 to weigh, say 160 pounds, and when measured 



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