184 WORCESTER SOCIETY. 



disposed to give the public the benefit of the information, sup- 

 posing it to be as full as could be expected. 



This statement of Mr. Hale has been copied into many of 

 the agricultural papers with remarks of approval, which has 

 occasioned disappointment on the part of those who have 

 adopted the use of the cutter and have not realized so great 

 benefits, as by this account, they were induced to expect. For 

 these reasons, we have been disposed to examine it more par- 

 ticularly, that farmers might be induced fully to inquire into 

 all the circumstances belonging to a case before they form a 

 conclusion either for or against it. 



In the Nev/ England Farmer, vol. 12, page 233, is the fol- 

 lowing communication : — 



" Beverly, January 25, 1834. 

 " Mr. J. R. Newell — Dear Sir, — It is with pleasure that I 

 comply with your request, asking the result of my experience 

 on the subject of feeding stock. My stock consists of fifty-one 

 head, viz. : eight horses, six oxen, thirty-five cows, and two 

 yearlings. This stock was fed in the usual way, with English, 

 salt and fresh meadow hay, with meal and potatoes as their 

 condition required, to the 1st of December last, at which time 

 I commenced chopping my hay. In giving the result of my 

 experiment 1 must in some measure ask the privilege of a 

 Yankee, viz. : that of guessing ; but in this case I think I can 

 guess pretty correctly, as much of the hay has been loaded in 

 consequence of having to remove it from one barn to the other, 

 and calculating the number of days a load would last, the re- 

 sult is as follows : 



700 lbs. English hay, at ^16 per ton, 

 200 lbs. Fresh " 4 « 



100 lbs. Salt " 8 « 



3 bushels corn meal, . 

 8 " long red potatoes, 



400 lbs. Eng. hay, chopped, ^16 p. ton, $3 20 

 100 lbs. Fresh " 4 « . 20 



100 lbs. Salt " 8 « . 40 



3 bushels corn meal, . . . . 2 25 



4 " long red potatoes, chopped, . 80 



$5 60 



40 



40 



2 25 



1 60 



^10 25 per day. 



