29a Mr. William Pitt on the Production and 



(which straw may be considered as compensated in their dung), the consumption 

 of hay per head is reduced to - - - i acre. 



Corn 1 acre; pasture 2 acres - - "3 



Per head - 4 acres. 



And a farther saving is often made still, and the horse at the same time fed in 

 greater plenty, by a practice which is worthy of more general, nay, universal 

 adoption, and which would effect the greatest possible saving in the keep of horses ; 

 I mean the practice of what is called soiling, or giving green food, as kicern or 

 vetches in the stable ; a horse may be thus well summered with the pro- 

 duce of - - - - - 1 acre. 



Hay I acre, corn with plenty of cut straw, 1 acre - - 2 



Per head - 3 acres. 



Young horses. — A colt, the first year, his keep may be reckoned half the mare's 

 grass in summer, the mare doing half work - _ 1 acre. 



Grass, after weaning, half an acre ; corn, first winter, half an acre t 



Per head - 2 acres. 



Second year, grazing 2 acres, hay -J- acre, corn i acre; per head 3 acres. 



From the above data, the consumption of landed produce by horses may be 



estimated as follows : 



Grass. Hay. Corn. 



No. Acres. Acres. Acres. 



200,000 road and harness horses - 600,000 800,000 



loo.oco hackneys, and the army - 200,000 200,000 200,000 



100,000 miscellaneous - - 200,000 150,000 100,000 



400,000 horses, employed otherwise than in agriculture, con- 

 sume the produce of - - 2,450,000 



