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Veit was Professor of Agriculture in the Royal institution 

 of Bavaria, and his work is full of experiments and calcula- 

 tions at that seat of agricultural science. He makes the 

 following observations : — 



" The need of fodder is proportioned to the live weight of 

 the sheep, and two and a half pounds of the value of hay is 

 required daily for every 100 lbs. live weight, to keep the an- 

 imal in a profitable state. Hence the following amount of 

 fodder is required :" — 



Live wt. c 



lbs. 



For a bug-wool German sheep, 100 



Infantado Merino, 88 



Electoral species, (grade Saxons,) 75 



Escitrial electoral, (pure Saxon,) 62 



One-eighth electoral, 66 



In juxtaposition with the above the writer will place the 

 estimate given in Mr. Spooner's work on sheep. 



" An ox requires 2 per cent, of his live weight in hay per 

 day; if he works, he requires 2 1-2 per cent. ; a milch cow, 

 3 per cent. ; a fatting ox, 5 per cent, at first ; 4 1-2 per cent, 

 when half fat ; and only 4 per cent, when fat ; or 4 1-2 on 

 the average. Sheep grown take up 3 1-3 per cent, of their 

 weight in hay per day, to keep in store condition." It must 

 be understood by the reader that, in this estimate as well as 

 all others, good hay is the standard of nutriment, and that if 

 any grain or other food is used as an equivalent, allowance 

 must be made for the quantity of hay accordingly. 



The following remarks relative to the different kinds of 

 straw, by Veit, are worthy of attention by the feeders of 

 every kind of stock. 



" 1 . The straw of the usual liguminous fruits, and espe- 

 cially of lentils, vetches, and peas, is more nutritious than 

 the straw of seed-clover. The greener the tips are, the less 

 it is lodged the better can it be dried and brought in, the 

 more nourishing it is. The fine stalk vetch straw is also 

 very nutritious, behind which stands somewhat the pea 

 straw, with its thicker stalk. All straw of liguminous fruit 

 is particularly a welcome fodder to sheep, on which account 

 therefore it is greatly prized by many sheep-owners, and 

 considered equal to hay. 



" 2. Oat and barley straw is the straw for fodder of the 

 cereal fruits. Oat straw is most agreeable, and also most 

 nutritious, on account of its peculiar taste, for all species of 



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