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ing success. Some additions, and, perhaps, improvements, have 

 been made, as the inquirer will find by referring to the index ; 

 but the original principle has remained unaltered. Instead, 

 however, of twelve, my cattle have been regularly sent to 

 market every six months, obtaining profits such as prove the 

 superiority of the system over every other. Of this fact indis- 

 putable evidence is given in my last public letter that appeared 

 in the 'Norfolk Chronicle' on the '20th of February, 1846, a letter 

 that may be regarded as the compendium of my labours, and 

 which now occupies an appropriate place in this volume. (See 

 page 46.) 



Directions for making Compound for Sheep. 



Let a quantity of linseed be reduced to a fine meal, and bar- 

 ley to the thickness of a wafer, by a crushing-machine with 

 smooth cylinders {see Engraving). Put 168 lbs. of water into 

 an iron copper, and as soon as it boils, not before, stir in 21 lbs. 

 of linseed meal ; continue to stir it for about five minutes, then 

 let 63 lbs. of the crushed barley be sprinkled by the hand of 

 one person upon the boiling mucilage, while another rapidly 

 stirs and crams it in. After the whole has been carefully in- 

 corporated, which will not occupy more than five or ten mi- 

 nutes, cover it down and throw the furnace-door open. Should 

 there be much fire, put it out. The mass will continue to 

 simmer, from the heat of the cauldron, till the barley has 

 absorbed the mucilage ; when the kernels will have resumed 

 nearly their original shape, and may justly be compared to 

 little oil-cakes, which, when cold, will be devoured with avi- 

 dity. 



For Bullocks, 



the same process is to be observed; but the barley must 

 be ground to the finest meal by mill stones, and the quantity 

 of water reduced to about 150 lbs. There is this difference 

 also : in the former case the fire need not be extinguished, but 

 in the latter it must, or at least be damped. The reason is 

 obvious : for flattened barley requires heat to carry on absorp- 

 tion; while meal is sufficiently cooked by immersion. 



It may be asked, why should not the compound for sheep 



