404 MAINTENANCE OF ANIMALS. 



Hay 11 lbs. 



Straw 5.5 " 



Oats 7.2 " 



Beet, 44.0 " 



A horse, after having: been kept on this diet for some time, wai 

 weighed ; and the regimen having been continued for a fortnight, he 

 was weighed again : 



First weighing 1014.0 lbs. 



Second weighing 1023.0 " 



In a fortnight gain 9.4 



This horse was all the while doing rather hard but very regular 

 work ; for eight hours every day he was in the shafts of a grinding 

 mill. He did not alter in condition ; the dejections were healthy. 



During the winter of 1841-2, our cows ate a considerable propor- 

 tion of our beet ; and, as a substitute for the 33 lbs. of meadow-hay, 

 which is their usual allowance, we gave 72| lbs. of beet. The ration 

 then stood thus : 



Hay 22 lbs. 



Beet 72.6 " 



Straw 4.4 " 



Upon this regimen, the weight of the inmates of one of our stables 

 i»as: 



On the 29th January 24615 lbs. 



On the 21st April 26488 



Increase due to births and to growth 1837 



It thus appears that, in foddering kine, the quantity of beet allow- 

 ed with advantage may be large ; but it is also obvious, that the 

 nutritive value of the root is not great. At Bechelbronn, at all 

 events, we found it requisite to replace 9 or 10 of hay by 40 of root. 

 Our beet, it is true, contains but 12 per cent, of dry matter ; in other 

 places, where the proportion of dry substance to the water is larger, 

 it is possible that a smaller proportion would be found to answer the 

 end. 



EXPERIMENT VIII. 



INTRODUCTION OF THE SWEDISH TURNIP INTO THE RATION AND 

 REPLACING A PORTION OF THE HAY. 



Swedish turnip, combined with some dry forage, answers excel- 

 lently with the horse. Analysis, indicating 280 as the equivalent 

 of this article, two horses were put upon the following ration, in 

 which 11 lbs. of the usual allowance of hay were replaced by Swe- 

 dish turnip : 



Hay nibs. 



Straw 5.5 



Oats 7.2 



Swedes.... 30.8 



It was obvious before the lapse of but a few days, that the horses 

 were falling off upon this regimen, that they were not fed ; and on 

 weighing them, this plainly appeared : 



First weighing 2283,6 Aver, of each horse 1141,8 



Second weighing, 9 diys afterwards 2178,0 " 1089,0 



LotslnQdays .105.6 SZ.i 



