ECONOMY OF FARMING. Ill 



At 3 metzen (see last table for bushels) 569 product in straw, and so 1309 lbs. manure. 



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948 « 



1138 " 

 1328 



1517 " 



1707 *' 



1897 « 



2086 •' 



2276 « 



This, corresponding to the 3 metzen per yoke, is for 1 acre at 3| bushels, a product 

 of straw of about 298 lbs., and of manure about 700 lbs. Consequently, every added 

 bushel per acre gives about 80 lbs. of straw, and not quite 190 lbs. of manure. 



"If 1 metzen (= 1.69 bushels) of barley weighs 70 lbs. (nearly 42 lbs. the bushel), 

 and the grain is to the straw as 60 : 100, then 1 yoke (= 1.422 acre) of barley gives 



At 3 metzen (see 1st table for bushels) 350 lbs. of straw, and so 805 lbs. of manure. 



466 •' " 1072 



583 » " 1340 



699 " " 1607 



815 « " 1875 



932 « " 2143 



1049 « " 2412 



1165 « " 2679 



1281 " « 2946 



1398 " " 3214 



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This, corresponding to the 3 metzen per yoke, is for the acre at 3| bushels, a pro- 

 duct of straw equal to about 162 lbs., and of manure about 382 lbs. Consequently, 

 every added bushel gives for an acre about 44 lbs. of straw, and about 106 lbs. of 

 manure. 



"If 1 metzen (= 1.69 bushels) of oats weighs 53f lbs. (= 33 lbs. to the bushel 

 nearly), and the grain is to the straw as 60 : 100 ; then 1 yoke (1.422 acres) of oats 

 gives 

 At 3 metzen (see 1st table for bushels) 266 lbs. of straw, and so 611 lbs. of manure, 



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This, corresponding to the 3 metzen per yoke, is, for the acre at 3| bushels, a pro- 

 duct of straw equal to about 139 lbs., and ot manure of about 321 lbs, consequently 

 every bushel added gives of straw aljout 37 lbs., of manure about 86 lbs. 



" To determine the manure which the food in the pasture gives, it has been weigh- 

 ed, and for a well-fed milch cow, in a rich pasture, has been found to be, in 24 hours, 

 34 lbs. on an average, oi- in 5 months, or 153 pasture days, 5200 lbs. The manure 

 by day, and that by night, has been separately weighed, and found to be, in the former 

 case, 19 to 21 lbs., in the latter 13^ to 14 lbs." 



'*We have therefore the following for the different kinds of cattle : 



" horse foddered in the stable, 4700 2587 



