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bushels, to be used in kind and quantity most economically, 

 thus : — For sheep, 2 gills each, corn and broom seed mixed, 

 every other day, and the alternate day \ bushel cut turnips, 

 equal to 10 bushels corn and 10 bushels broom seed. Horse 

 and cattle, cut straw or hay and meal daily, say morning, and 

 turnips at night, given to them whole, in their cribs. My pro- 

 vender for them was £ rye, f corn, | broom seed. Of this, 4 

 quarts to the horse, 4 to the yearlings, 8 to the cows, each ; 

 equal to 10 bushels rye, 30 bushels corn, 40 bushels broom seed. 

 In all, 100 bushels for horse, cattle and sheep. 



I gave less grain the fore part of the season, and more the 

 latter part, and fed hay once at noon and once at night, propor- 

 tioned to the time and amount I had to feed, as I judged, being 

 sure not to exceed. In April, I sold one ton, and had one ton 

 left at May 1st. All my stock was healthful ; one cow weighed 

 1280 lbs. ten days before calving. I pitched my hay from the 

 top, keeping it always covered with straw and wet with brine. 

 The stock eat and drank heartily and wasted nothing. 



The following is the cost of the articles of food used for the 

 animals during the above time : — 



5 tons hay at $12 

 50 bush, broom seed, at 25 cts., say 

 10 " rye and 40 do. corn, at 67 cts. 



400 " E. turnips, at 16 cts. 



Corn fodder and straw, 



$60 

 13 

 34 



64 

 9 



$1S0 

 I used 60 bushels coal dust, one ton plaster, and litter spread 

 daily in stables ; manure under shelter. The straw with the 

 stale absorbed, would not be worth less than $40. A farrow 

 cow gave daily 9 quarts milk; the others held out finely. 

 Three calves, from a full blood Durham, $20 each this autumn. 

 Sheep, wool and lambs, $60. Yearlings came out fat, — in- 

 creased value, $20. Horse earned his keeping. I sold a colt, 

 at 4 months old, for $25. 

 Ireland, Oct. 8, 1845. 



