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but ingenious experiments. He says,* " One 

 ounce of foreign oats, 391bs. per bushel, was 

 weighed, the same weight of old Scotch, 401bs. 

 per bushel, and the same weight of Tartar oats 

 361bs. per bushel. The foreign oats contained 

 1,112 kernels, the Scotch oats, 1,084, and the 

 Tartars, 1,144. The husks were weighed. The 

 husks of the 1,144 grains of Tartars weighed 

 120 grains; of the 1,112 kernels of foreign oats, 

 126 grains ; while the husk of the 1,084 kernels 

 of Scotch only weighed 96 grains. 1 " 



Under these circumstances, horses fed upon 

 three bushels of oats per week, weighing 421bs. 

 per bushel, would receive 1261bs total weight, of 

 which 251bs. would be husks, having a value only 

 of four per cent., in nutritious matter. 



Change this to Tartar oats at 391bs. per bushel, 

 exactly 39lbs. must be extracted for husks, and 

 if the foreign oats are used, 361bs. would be the 

 amount of husk in the same quantity. 



It must be borne in mind that the inferior 

 kinds of oats are not only remarkable for a pre- 

 ponderance of husk, but their nutritious matter, 

 and consequently their feeding qualities, are con- 

 siderably below the standard weighing Scotch 

 oats. 



Similar rules should be applied to other kinds 

 of grain or corn, and their standard qualities 



* " On the Feeding and Management of our Domestic Ani- 

 mals." p 14. 



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