1 34 ^tf' Curwen on the Means of 



fully to ascertain and establish this fact, is to remove a very weighty objection to 



the plan. Supposing the profit of the fanner and milkman united. 



£. s. <f» 

 Gain upon 22 acres of green crop . - - - 101 10 O 



Ditto on milk.£'47. 25. 8d. Ditto on wintering stock ^TSS. 16s. lod. 133 19 6 



C-nS 9 6 



Had the whole been well conducted, the profit should have been ^^300. out of 

 which taxes, rent, &c. must be deducted. 



Let us suppose thirty-three head of cattle to have been fed on hay, and that 

 each consumed two stone per day; estimating the produce of an acre of hay atone 

 hundred and sixty stone ; at this rate it would have required eighty-two acres to 

 have fed them for 200 days, admitting the after-grass to have been adequate to the 

 support of thirty-five head of Highland heifers, and sixty sheep for the like space of 

 time. If I am correct in this calculation, there will be found a clear gain to the 

 public of sixty acres of land in the feeding of this trifling stock. 



A moderate acre of green food, is supposed to produce 15 tons, or 2400 stone; 

 but, wiih the drill husbandry, I conceive the weight will be considerably greater. 

 After the rate of four stone per day, an acre would supply food for one beast for 

 600 days. At the rate of two stone of hay per day, it would require seven acres 

 and a half, but say seven, allowing the half acre for the straw likewise given. We 

 ought, in striking the balance in favour of green crops, to take into the account the 

 impoverishment of the ground by hay, and the improvement by green crops. The 

 drill husbandry, under judicious management, is the best mode of improvement, and 

 might be alternately practised with green crops till the end of time. 



I should suppose that green crops, upon a comparative scale of feeding with hay, 

 may be stated as seven to one. 



The expense attending the making and getting of hay is, in many parts of the 

 kingdom, very great, and liable to much disappointment, both as to quantity and 

 quality. There are many chances in favour of green crops, from being sown at 

 different seasons, and, in case of failure, the being able to renew them. 



The advantages of feeding wiih green crops, are the saving of rent, and the profits 

 of a great stock upon a little ground. As some deduction from this may be stated, 

 ih". additional buildings which would be required, but this would be trifling, and 

 :ar no proportion to the profits. 



