ECONOMY OF FARMING. 



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This need of fodder can be provided for out of different materials of fodder, as 

 follows : 



NECESSITY OF FODDER. 



Quantity. 



Worth in Hay. Cost. 



With the usual fodder, 

 of oats. .... 



« hay, 



" straw, . . . 



With much cheaper 

 fodder, of a mixture 

 of maize, lentils, 

 vetches, then roots 

 and knobs, . . . 



of hay, .... 



" straw 



In a day. 



lbs. 



7 



13.5 

 5 



5 



16.5 

 2 



In a year. 



Daily. 



SchafTel. 

 14, or 

 87 bush. 



cwt. 

 25.55 



49.27 



18.25 



lbs. 

 14 



13.5 



2.5 



93.07 



18.25 



60.2 



7.3 



30 



12.5 



16.5 



1.0 



85.75 I 30 



Yearly. 



Per cwt. ol 

 worth of hay. 



cwt. 



51.1 



49.27 

 9.12 



fl. kr. cts. 

 — 50 = 37 J- 



— 22 



— 40 



16J- 

 30 



109.5 



45.62 



60.22 



3.65 



-36.5=27 



30 = 22^ 

 22 = W 

 40=30 



In the 

 whole. 



fl. kr. 

 42 35 



= $20,43 



18fl. 3kr. 



= $8,66 



6fl. 4kr. 



= $2,91 



66fl.42kr. 

 = $32,00 



22fl.48kr. 

 = $10,92 

 22fl. 4kr. 

 = $10.59 

 2fl.26kr. 

 = $1.03^ 



109.5 



25.9 = 18i 



The Schaffel is 6.223 bushels Enorlish. 



47fl. 18kr. 

 = $21,69^ 



According to a five years' average of foddering horses, from the year 1825 

 to 1829, the following quantities are required to a head: — 



Weight. 



Worth in 

 I Hay. 



I Hdcksel of 5 parts 

 1 Hay, and 3 Straw. 



Of Hay. Weight. 



Worth in 

 Hay. 



Worth of whole 

 in Hay. 



Work horse for a heavy team, 

 u w u light " . 



Stallion, 



Chaise horses, 



3 — 4 year old, .... 



2 — 5 " " . . . . 



1 — 2 " " . . . . 



* — 1 " " . . . . 



lbs. 

 10 



7.5 



6.5 



6.5 



4-L 



3.75 



2.5 



2 



lbs. 



20 



15 



13 



13 



9 



7.5 



5 



4 



lbs. 



12 



10 



10 



10 



10 



8 



7 



5 



lbs. 



4 



4 



4 



4 



4 



3 



3 



2.5 



lbs. 

 H 



n 



2 



lbs. 



35i 



23| 



26i 



26i 



224: 



18 



141 



11 



Litter, rye straw, cut twice or thrice, for a work-horse which requires 30 lbs. 

 worth of hay in a day, 3 to 5 lbs. daily, and in a year 11 to 18 cwt. 



The pound here is that of Bavaria. 



Burger also makes the following remarks on the kind of food for horses : " Where 

 a man requires much and hard work of horses, drj* hay and green or dry fodder 

 plants are not sufficient, but grain must also be given. What grain shall be given 

 must depend on the price, compared with their nutritious power. In the North of 

 Europe, it is usual to take oats as the universal grain for horses, because this is 

 cheapest proportionately. But, because this is fed out so universally, the belief has 

 spread abroad, that oats only will answer ; and if at any time any one feed out other 

 grain and the horse should be sick, it is attributed to this food. Yet we see in a 

 great part of Italy, maize, in the East, barley, in England, beans are used as food for 

 horses with the best success. I have fed out beans, maize and rye the year long to 

 my horses, when these kinds of grain were cheaper, and have incurred no damage. 

 I must here observe that a very experienced farmer has informed me that the oil 

 cake of beech-nuts is deadly to horses. Farm horses need daily, of dry stall fodder, 



