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ON THE USE OF LINSEED. 



To the Editor of 



JIR, 



The season has arrived when any suggestions on 

 economical methods of feeding cattle must be received with 

 interest. 



Hitherto I have afforded information with reference more to 

 fat than to lean stock, and am daily gratified by accounts of 

 the advantages derived. But were my correspondents to offer 

 the result of their experience through the public papers, they 

 would aid my labours, confer inestimable benefits upon the 

 agricultural community, and ^jromote the cause of philanthropy. 

 For it is only by corroborative evidence that we can expect to 

 remove prejudice, induce farmers to adopt new systems, and 

 confer upon the population the blessings of increased pro- 

 duction. 



In Norfolk generally, and in many parts of other counties, 

 the use of linseed to fatten bullocks and sheep is beginning to 

 be understood. Many suppose that they are sufficiently ac- 

 quainted with its properties ; but we have yet much to learn 

 as to the extent of its value, particularly for rearing store 

 stock in combination with box- feeding and summer-grazing."" 

 The direct advantage is seen in the rapid progress of the cattle ; 

 the indirect, in the superiority of the crops where the manure 

 thus obtained has been applied. Formerly, through ignorance 

 of management, linseed, as cattle-food, failed to remunerate, 

 and consequently its use had long been discontinued in this 

 county. But, during the last four years, the demand has been 

 greater than the supply — an incontestable proof of the efficacy 

 of linseed compounds. 



Many farm premises have been metamorphosed through the 

 conversion of sheds into boxes, and the addition of new ones; 

 not by amateur farmers alone, who are too often influenced by 



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