63 QN CUTTING AND PREPARING FEED. 



Whole amount of hay used for the liorses of the Salem stage, 

 25 in number, from April 1st to October 1st, 1816, viz. 



tons. cwt. qr^. lbs. 



22 



at ^30 per ton, (lowest price in Salem,) 660 00 



Whole amount consumed by the same number of 

 horses, from Oct. 1st, 1816, to April 1st, 1817, 



tons. cwt. qrs. lbs. 

 Straw, 15 13 ^187 80 > or a an 



Hay, 2 15 o 81 00 ^ ^^^ ^^ 



Saving in using chopped fodder five months, 391 20 



TutuI saving in using the straw cutter nine months, viz. 



AtNewburyport,4months, ^389 77) ^^^^, ^^g^ g^ 

 At Salem, 5 months, 391 20 5 



The member of the Board of Trustees of the Massachu- 

 setts Agricultural Society to whom the above account was 

 communicated by Mr. Hale, was informed by that gentleman 

 that he used no more grain from October, 1816, to April, 

 1817, than was used from April, 1816, to October, 1816." 



I shall now quote from the " Complete Grazier." 



" Steamed chafF (meaning the refuse of wheat, he.) may 

 be given to milch cows with great advantage. For this im- 

 portant fact in rural economy, the Grazier is indebted to the 

 ingenious and persevering experiments of T. C. Curwen, Esq., 

 whose judicious z<*al for the improvement of agriculture is too 

 well known to require any eulogy. In giving the steamed chaff 

 to the cattle, 2 lbs. of oil cake are mixed with one stone of 

 chaff, and the milch cows and oxen are fed with it morning and 

 evening, having an allowance of one stone at each time. One 

 great advantage attending this method was, that most, if not all, 

 the milch cows were in such a condition, that, with a few weeks 

 i'ftjieding after they were dry, they became fit for the shambles, 

 with very little loss from the first cost. As a substitute for chaff 

 and oilcake, Mr. C. recommends cut hay, which, when steamed, 

 would make a much superior food ; and, he entertains no doubt, 

 would greatly augment the n)ilk, as well as benefit the health 

 arad condition of the animals. Of this there can be but little 

 >fjuestion ; for straw, or even the corn (wheat) husk, which is 



