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meal, about four quarts each for two months previous to being turn- 

 ed out to pasture, 1st of June, 18i6. 



Very respectfully. 



SELAH STRONG. 

 T. B. Wakeman, Esq. 



SAXONY SHEEP. 



J^orth Salem, Dec. 6th, lS46. 

 The sheep exhibited by me at the Cattle Show of the American 

 Institute, were of the Saxoijy breed, taken from some of the best 

 flocks I could find. As I have just commenced the business, I have 

 not yet had time to raise and improve them. 



I feed my sheep altogether on grass and hay, except my ewes just 

 before lambing; I then feed them a little grain, either corn or oats. 

 I let them run out to the stack, except in bad storms, when I am 

 careful to provide shelter for them. 



Your ob't servant, 



HIRAM WHITLOCK. 



THE EAST BROOKLYN OX. 



This fine animal, now weighing over 4,000 pounds, was bred by 

 JWr. Charles Wilson, Distiller at the Wallabout, and is a fair proof 

 that the mode of feeding adopted by him, will produce the results 

 he anticipated. 



Mr. Wilson, distils whiskey from rye and corn together, and the 

 returns of the still, under the name of swill, is sold to milkmen. 

 The nutriment contnined in this swill arises from a portion of the 

 saccharine and starch not being converted into alcohol, and as these 

 two articles are the only nutritious properties of vegetables, it is 

 found to be to a sufficient extent a nutritious food for milch cows. 



Mr. Wilson, from his familiarity with the general principles of 

 fermentation, conceived the idea, thnt if a portion of shorts were 

 added to this swill, and then permitting the mass to pass slightly 

 into the acetous fermentation before feeding it to the animal, that 



