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For 10 fattening- Oxen, to be fed according- to the e.vampleofthe working-oxen above 

 given, la \st of November. 



From 1st of November to the end of April, through 6 months of fattening. 

 Hacksei, of 20 lbs. of hay per head daily on an average 360 cwt. 



" 6 " straw . . . 108 " 



Rye 16 schatfels = nearly 100 bushels, at 280 lbs. 48 8 " 



Steamed potatoes 42 schanels=261^ bushels in hay value 63 " 

 Beet-roots 450 cwt. in hay value . . . 151 " 



" leaves 400 " " . . . 80 " 



Distill, slops 72,000 maas in hay-value at 6.42 maas 112 

 Straw-litter at 5 lbs. per day for a head . . 90 



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For 40 Milch Kine, 



For the Winter period, from 1st of October to the end of May — for 245 days. 

 Hacksei 12 lbs. of hay per head daily . . 1,176 cwt. 



" 6 " straw " " . . 588 " 



Slops, 24 maas per day " 235,200 maas 



" in hay value at 6.42 maas . . . 566 " 



Oil-cake . . . . . . 3.5 " 



For the Summer period, from June 1st to the end of September — 120 days. 

 Green clover in hay-valiie 18 lbs. per head daily 864 cwt. 



Straw-litter at 5 lbs. per head, therefore in the whole 

 through the year .... 438 " 



Total 3435.5 " 

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6871.0 "manure. 



For 17 Swine, 



For the Winter period, from middle of October to the end of April, through 180 

 days. 



Distillery slops at 6| maas per head daily = 19,825 maas, 



in hay value at 6.42 maas 30.8 cwt 



Sour-milk at 5^ maas per head = 16,830 maas at hay value 16.8 " 

 Steamed potatoes at 4.9 lbs. per head daily = 150 cwt, in " 75 " 

 Bran of 30 schiiffels of rye and 20 schaffels of wheat . 18.8 " 

 Beer-maltings of 5 schaffels of malt = 1250 lbs. in hay-value 4.16 '' 

 Barley-scum 1 schaffel at 180 lbs 1.80 " 



For the Summer period, from the middle of April to the middle of October, for 

 185 days. 

 Sour-milk at 5^ maas per head = 17,297 maas in hay-value 172 cwt. 

 Pasture in hay-value per day for a head 4 lbs. . 126 " 



Milk for the pigs 5348 maas .... 33.4 " 



After-grain, 2 schaffels at 260 lbs. . . . . 5.2 " 



Straw-litter through the year .... 1037 " 



Total 739 " 

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1478 « 

 Of this ^ of manure to be deducted for time of pasturing . 198 



1280 "manure. 

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