250 



Swedes were substituted for white turnips ; and instead of the 

 tops, a small quantity were sliced to form the compound. On 

 the 30th of December the two smallest bullocks were sold to 

 Mr. Doughty, butcher. North Walsham, for 241. lOs. ; and on 

 the I3th of January he purchased three more, at 13Z. 13s. each; 

 leaving the two largest and least fat, which, in the course of 

 three weeks, will be worth 29Z, It will be seen that the aver- 

 age time was six months for every bullock, and the average 

 sum above the original cost, 71. 10s. ; or, in other words, 

 realizing 52Z. 9s. in six months, for an outlay of 42Z. ; — a return 

 for native produce such as may fearlessly challenge compa- 

 rison ; and such as ought to stimulate the British farmer to 

 the cultivation of flax, the fattening of cattle upon native pro- 

 duce, box- feeding, and summer grazing. 



The rate of expense for linseed was 2s. 3c?. per week for each 

 bullock. With respect to turnips and straw no minute estimate 

 can be formed ; but it will be acknowledged that if four acres 

 of pea-straw were consumed in so short a time, by cattle so few 

 in number an,d so small in size, the quantity of turnips eaten 

 must be very limited. 



It is to the grand return for farm produce that I desire to 

 direct public attention, whether in the shape of meat, of corn, 

 or of flax ; and not to trifling calculations, that tend to obscure 

 rather than to elucidate truth. I repeat, of flax, for, although 

 my bullocks were fattened upon the seed, the fibre is being 

 sold at 5s. and 5s. 6d. per stone, amounting to four or five 

 pounds per acre, clear of unavoidable expenses, as well as those 

 occasioned by inexperience. Nor must the rich manure be 

 forgotten, the efficacy of which surpasses any derived from 

 other sources. 



It may be objected that the case described is a solitary 

 instance of successful grazing, arising from peculiar circum- 

 stances. I answer, quite the contrary ; for it is only the 

 continuation of a system long adopted at Trimingham, and 

 which I have repeatedly laid before the public. One difference, 

 however, is observable — viz., that, in former accounts, I de- 

 scribed the profits arising from the use of grain, while now I 

 relate those derived from straw ; or in other words, I, this year, 

 sold the peas, and gave the straw to the cattle. 



