THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



few years, and 73,000: 



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: [^u .':'e (tfiieral 



". ; : : 



!L ta«t being about 3* miles in length. An n 



fm Euay. A Report of the Feeding of Stock with 



fed*, Yorkshire. From the " Transactions of the 

 . 



rieadilly. 

 Ira pwnphlet simply details the experience of its 

 tint and others on the important subject of winch 



;: - 

 "The author does not pretend to have discovered 

 :an the objection 



have taken some pains to make an accurate 

 previous system having been found to woi 



igly selected two of the most thr 



seed cake, and Beau meal, i 



below. Two others, of nearly equal' weight, had theii 

 ■ions. All foul 



ril 11th, 1846. Their weights are given ir. 



Table No. 1 . The numbers are the numbers of theii 



stalls, to prevent mistakes. Nos. 8. and 9 were fed in 



j . Nos. 12 and 13 in the old. They were 



weighed a second time on the 15th of May 



The principles "here laid 



may ad 



perhaps, not generally ki 



* ttd scientific farmers^'hava: smee'pl' 



!< s, but from the 

 already known." 

 Mr. Marshall has sucee„. 



•ffi hem g °° d f0Dd,a 



r™ « topped stra« 



» former, without makin 



5s& 



SffiSSi'S 0t teediu * -»«^ are, £ 

 ^^>evitallyS CeS i W i: 

 "**k> i*J fw * once on a Sunda m ^ 



^eju'' 1 '"?. three C yeS ed ln aPPetite ' Und *?r ^his 



I 10 st. 3 lbs. intl 



■ . -- ■■ 

 , I, for the next month, fed all four alike, viz. : 

 iedes, Mangold Wurzel, and your prepared food, 



allocka, Nos. 12 and 13, were 

 n than Nos. 8 and 9 were, it will be ob- 

 served, fully borne out, when the four were fed alike, 

 de 14 st. 5 lbs., in the 31 days, 



increase of weight of the two bullocks, Nos. 12 and 13, 

 when fed on the old plan for ! 



'Stem rather than 

 decidedly above 



in the second estimate, valu 



v.r: ■'._-'■ . ••-' ■: ' • 



lurnips at 10*. per 







value), the comparison 



between the two plans of feeding would have been v 





decidedly in favour of the new system, in point 



oi 



^""Before leaving this part 



of the subject, I wo 



ild 



' : 









*n days, I really only 

















the cattle would have to 



vork as hard on t 





day as on any other day of the week. 1 cou 





puently substitute Liuseed-c 



ake for the prepared 



ood on Sundays, and am of 



opinion that this si 



::• 



change of food is rather benefi 



ial than otherwise. 1 



he 



cost of the Linseed-cake is so nearly equal to tha 





the prepared food, that I have 



not thought it necess 





such rapid progress that s 





:. 



} animal. In Grass, and other green food, we find a 



1 for assimilation by 

 by digestion. These 



ttomach. If the stomach is not moderately filled by a 



vhich tend so much to promote healthy dig 



keeping the food iu constant motion ; and, accordingly, 



if not supplied with a suffi- 



neucy of other food, eat a portion of his litter, old 



hatch, or almost any other vegetable matter, however 



inpalatable, to - L -h au em pty 



rare to produce. Though, however, an 



than lie down with an empty 

 itomach, he will not fill himself properly unit 



* Before tying up the 12 bullocks, mentioned in a 

 nier part of this letter, I desired that they might 

 ire a fair allowance of Swede Turnips given them for 

 hort time, lest a too sudden change of diet should 

 agree. They, accordingly, had four or five stones of 

 eae Turnips per head, daily, and with this they did 



mtity of straw. After having this quantity for a 

 tik or two, I increased their allowance of Turnips ; 

 1, finding their appetites kept pace with their 



ta,/ w 



re each consuming abou 



t 14 or 15 stones of 



I'uia.ip- 



daily, and that they ate 



no straw. This was 







equence of my appa- 







; completed as soon 









I'urni.-s 



were sound and good, 





i 



be affected, their coats gr 



w rough and staring, 



purging increased to such ai 



u.th ,.t 



*t, I have 1 



ttle doubt, dysentery 



y own ease, this was very sir 



'-• 

 raw-yard ; quite unfit, in fact, for tying up 



the straw, and became ill in consequence. 

 I robably, not have occurred had the straw 



instance to show the importance of a well regulated. 



" As soon as they were fed with the prepared Lin- 

 seed, and had but 50 pounds of Turnips per head per 

 lay, they at once recovered their health. Other 



' Another advantage of your system is, I 



jehing a season for even a few 



such crop's ..n really stiff laud, will be felt to be 



atice between your prepared 



. . -razii:;: bullock in a pasture. 

 iss is in short lengths, and requiring little inas- 



ng ingredients are mixed with a large propor- 



vhich give the required bulk. The boded Lmsee 

 ne-.il, iutimately mixed with the straw, furnis 



.lied, and the warmth is artifice . 



