Consumption of Corn in Great Britain, Sec. 291 



'I'he first and second classes of horses in the above \m, being almost constantly 

 fed in the stable, and when at work, compelled to great exertions, are therefore the 

 greatest consumers; two bushels of oats and half a bushel of beans per week, Sre 

 often allowed to these; this is 130 bushels per annum, and may be reckoned the 

 produce of ----- 4 acres. 



Hay, 1^ cwt. per week, 3 ton i8 cwt. per annum - "3 



Per head - 7 acres. 



In estimating the produce of hay ground, I reckon the average one ton per acre, 

 and the after math one third of the hay ; whole produce, therefore, 1 ton \ per 

 acre, or rejecting fractions, sufficient to supply a horse with half a hundred per 

 week the year round. The produce of horse-corn I reckon at four quarters per 

 acre. 



Hackneys, and the best kept farm horses, have seldom so great an allowance of 

 corn ; one bushel of oats per week, and a peck of beans, is a good allowance for 

 these, which is per annum 65 bushels, or the produce of - 2 acres. 



Hay for 30 weeks, 1 j cwt. per week, with a little in summer when 

 taken to work from grass, in all - - - - 2 



Summer pasture - - - - 2 



Per head - 6 acres. 



But a great proportion of farm horses are kept with much greater economy upon 

 two quarters of a peck of corn per day, with plenty of chaff or cut straw wht^n in 

 the stable, and no corn when at grass, and are kept at grass half the year; this is only 

 22y bushels of corn per head per annum; but allowing 9^ bushels additional, is the 

 produce of - _ - - - 1 acre. 



Hay for 26 weeks, 1 j cwt. per week - - i|^ 



Summer pasture - - - - 2 



Per head - 4-|- acres. 



And a great many others are kept with still more economy ; the consuming 

 nature of pampered horses is well understood by the farmer, and restrained by all 

 •who attend to their own business and interest; and by the allowance of plenty of 

 chaff and cut straw, and pease haulm, and other straw at times instead of hay 



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