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through the bowels in the state of " partial diges- 

 tion/^ so much insisted upon. 



Again, the amount of nutritious matter con- 

 tained must be accurately calculated, or no 

 reliable estimate of cheapness can be made. I 

 am aware of several large firms in Glasgow 

 who believe they are feeding economically upon 

 one penny per pound rates, while their food yields 

 ten per cent, less nutrition than the preceding 

 mixtures, and cases of acute indigestion, &c., &c., 

 are constant and numerous. These form a good 

 comparison with the systems of Messrs. Hunting 

 and Scott, the mixture proposed by the latter 

 costing only ninety-eight parts of a penny per 

 pound, with a high scale of nutritive value. 



OBJECTIONS TO A CHANGE OF GRAIN. 



It is frequently urged that to adopt a total 

 change in the kind of grain used, is to produce 

 serious evils and fatal Disorder, as exemplified by 

 animals gaining access to the open corn bin, or to 

 a heap of wheat or barley, when either rupture 

 of the diaphragm, stomach, or intestines takes 

 place, and death speedily ensues, while at other 

 times founders (laminitis) occurs. 



These certainly appear grave objections at first 

 sight, but in reality are difficulties of no moment. 

 We are speaking of systematic feeding, not de- 

 liberate engorgement. Death or disease results in 



