446 



THE COMPLETE GRAZIER. 



BOOK II 



On another farm the following is the leeding system adopted :- 



13 weeks on oats, 1$ bushel 

 ,, beans, 2 pecks 

 ,, hay, 1^ cwt. 



s. d. 



. 4 6 



. 3 



. 6 



13 6 



13 weeks on pollard, 2 bushels . 3 1^ 

 ,, beans, crushed, 2 pecks 3 



,, straw . . . .19 



swedes, 70 Ib. . .08 



8 



s. d. 



poar, 2 bushels . 3 1J 

 beans, crushed, 2 pecks 3 o 

 hay, 1 cwt. . .60 



12 



13 weeks on bran, 2 bushels . .20 



,, beans, 1 peck . .16 



,, cut clover, tares, and 



pasture . . .46 



8 



The following is the third system of feeding ; and this is considered 

 as preferable to the one above given, but inferior to the first, which, 

 though the most expensive, is that best calculated to keep horses in 

 good working condition : 



13 weeks on 1J bushel of oats . 

 ,, 1 peck of beans . 



, , 1 cwt. of hay 



1 3 weeks on 2 bushels of oats . 

 , , 1 peck of beans . 



1 cwt of hay 



s. d. 



4 6 



1 6 



4 



10 



6 



1 6 



4 



11 6 



13 weeks on 1 bushel of oats . 

 ,, clover, vetches, &c. 



13 weeks on 1 bushel of oats 

 clover 



s. d. 

 3 

 5 



8 



3 



4 



7 O 1 



On page 448 is given Mr. G. M. Sexton's estimate of the annual 

 cost of horse keep, i.e., cost of food, exclusive of management expenses. 

 The amount will, of course, vary according to price of feeding stuffs, 

 but horses kept as indicated are in good working condition. Variations 

 in season must determine the periods of changing the food ; for in- 

 stance, green food may be commenced three weeks earlier some seasons 

 than others, and may be discontinued as many weeks earlier or later 

 towards the autumn. The cost of keep per horse will be from 2s. 

 to 2s. 6d. per week more if provender has to be provided, cut, and 

 carried to the stables or yards. 



Mr. W. B. Trotter, in an essay contributed to the first volume of 

 the English Cart Horse Stud Book (Shire Horse Stud Book), has the 

 following note on feeding : In many districts the feeding of the whole 

 stud of farm horses is entrusted to one man. In the North of England 

 it is not the custom to have a horse-keeper, and nothing is so much 

 disliked by the ploughmen as to appoint another man to feed their 

 horses; this is, no doubt, simply a custom, as it is much better when 

 the feeding is entrusted to one man. Regularity of feeding cannot be 

 too strongly urged, as the animals know the feeding times exactly, and 

 if they are not fed at the proper time they become restless, and do 



1 Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society, vol. ix. p. 275- 



