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A Scotch boll of good barley, (equal to six Winchester 

 bushels) will weigh eighteen stones Dutch weight, the 

 proportion of husk to the kernel or meal does not exceed 

 a stone and an half, or two stones ; whilst the like quan- 

 tity of oats,, weighing fourteen stones, will not produce 

 more than eight stone of meal or kernel.. As the ave-- 

 lage prices of barley and oats may be fairly stated at se- 

 venteen shillings and twelve shillings per boll, it is plain, 

 that in tlie one case sixteen stones of barley meal are 

 purchased for seventeen shillings, whilst eight stones of. 

 oat -meal will cost twelve^ 



Experience has proved, beyond a doubt, that all corrr 

 given to horses and other cattle, should be broken, by 

 being passed through rollers, or crushed in a mill. Horses, 

 not being ruminating animals, will receive considerable 

 benefit by this ceconomical operation, and the loss or 

 waste, by swallowingtheir corn whole, will be prevented. 

 Barley boiled in sea water, or with a due proportion of sea 

 salt, is a good supper for hard working horses. These 

 (Economical modes of feeding horses have been confirmed 

 by several years experience, in keeping the horses of a 

 colliery;. 



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