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The quantity of hay used in Newburyport from April 1 to 

 October 1, 1816, is 72,138 lbs.; from October 1, 1816, to April 

 1, 1817, is 37,390 lbs. straw, and 20,636 lbs. hay, being less in 

 weight by 19^ per cent., and reduce the straw to its equivalent 

 A'alue in hay, and it would be 6,129 lbs., making the whole equal 

 to 26,765 lbs. of hay, less than of the preceding six months by 

 64 per cent, in its nutritive properties. 



The quantity of hay used in Salem from April 1 to October 

 1, 1816, was 49,280 lbs., from October 1, 1816, to April 1, 

 1817, was, straw 35,056 lbs., and 6,160 lbs. hay, whole weight 

 41,216 lbs., being less in weight for the last six months by 17^ 

 per cent., and reduce the straw to its equivalent value in hay, 

 which would be equal to 5,763 lbs., and it would then be as 

 hay 11,923 lbs.: less in value as hay for the making of muscle 

 by 75| per cent, for the last six months, than for the former 

 six months. 



It would be extremely difficult to conjecture how so large a 

 saving could be effected by the use of the cutter, without a 

 very large allowance for waste during the first period. It is 

 probable that the grain furnished all the nutriment required by 

 the horses, and the straw was only wanted to fill up the sto- 

 mach, for which it was as useful as hay. 



It is much to be regretted that in this statement of Mr. Hale, 

 all the facts in the case are not given ; the horses should have 

 been weighed at the commencement and at the close of the 

 term of trial, that their relative condition might have been 

 known ; the quantity and quality of the grain, and the manner 

 in which it was given, should have been stated, that the public 

 might have the whole evidence in the case, on which they 

 might have formed their own opinion. It might have appeared 

 upon more careful examination, that these horses for at least 

 a portion of the time were overfed, and that much of the food 

 given them passed through them in an undigested state, and 

 of course w^as of no benefit to them, or in other words was 

 wasted. It is difficult on any other conjecture to account 

 for the great difference on the two sides of the account. It is 

 not intended to intimate that Mr. Hale intentionally withheld 

 any facts within his knowledge ; he doubtless stated all the 

 circumstances of which he was informed by those in his em- 

 ploy, and finding that his savings had been so great, he was 



