FEEDING STOCK. 



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with minuteness and accuracy for the benefit of those who have 

 not their experience, and thus whatever information is gained 

 may be permanently secured. 



It was the opinion of Boussingault, who made numerous 

 experiments in the feeding of stock, that the relative value of 

 the crops employed for fodder was in proportion to the amount 

 of nitrogen they severally contained — and ho arranged some of 

 these articles in the following order, producing equal effects in 

 feeding, when consumed in their usual state of dryness : — 



Hay from mixed grass, 



Hay, second crop. 



Hay from clover in flower, 



Pea straw, .... 



Lentil straw, .... 



Indian corn straw. 



Barley straw and wheat straw, . 



Oat, straw, .... 



Swede turnips, 



Sugar beet, .... 



Carrots, .... 



Beans, .... 



Peas, .... 



Indian corn, .... 



Buckwheat, .... 



Oats, .... 



Linseed cake, .... 



Barley, .... 



The subject can hardly, however, be made' practical to us as 

 farmers, unless we resolve it into its vari 

 them separately. So different are the objects of the farmer in 

 feeding stock, that an article desirable and valuable for one 

 purpose may be almost useless for another, and to ascertain the 

 relative merits of different food we cannot well do so as regards 

 all the purposes of feeding collectively. Many experiments 

 and tests are therefore to be made, and will be valuable if they 

 make plain to us the method of feeding requisite for the attain- 

 ment of any of these ends. We hope that during the coming 

 year, whether this premium continues to be offered by the society 

 or not, these tests will be made and published. In summer, 



