| 
A ane to be required for e production of of 100 Ib. 
ircrease in li Aqu are :—For 5. 250 lb. of oilcake, 
600 1b. o of Day-cbaff, and $500 lb. 2 m for sheep, 250 Ib. 
of oileake, 300 Ib. x dr ^ and 4000 Ip. of Swedes; and for 
_ pigs, 500 Ib. of Barley meal. 
will be remem wibered that, when ae de of the composi- 
Lact the heads itroge 
. substance, mine. matter, and total dry at 
same classification is, for convenience o 
com 
T will direct your 
place. These w: 
e 
ere 
ot qui 
ure, and 276 out of the 
and other 
ry su pe eeping 
in Torim Ag a the ied and manure-making machine. 
Looking to the columns athe connu of the 100 lb. 
of increase, it is seen that it cea ns only b. of nitrogencus 
— P 66 66 1b., or more than 9 Vita as much non- 
whilst the mineral matter does 
pure fat itself, -X sd about one-fourteenth of it nitrogenous 
substance or r lea 
But to produce the 7 lb. of nitrogenous sul that its increase ex at of the other animals In other 
03 Th. were consumed in foods ihe eas Prae. Quis er UD words, the mucb Mies Qi the food of the pig shows 
remainder being found in manure. To b diac ux itself in the much , and the 
G A 857 1b. of non-nitrogenous substance med ; | proportion of its conversion into meat—the Lie 
t as pet in the food "E —Ó drm the fo form of proteus of the feeding operation, 
he and asi ui pa to form Hess xd ease 
f may be said Mae at - » 65 Ib. the o -nitrogenon quee uam : "a - n: ps d 
substance consumed con! uted pretty directly to the Dco i į 
tion of the 66 Tb. of ft, Lastly, i reference to the incre: aaeei eder iht yai 
f the of mineral matte sum Ib. we: Tbs. Live Wi 
stored up in the increase of th imal. PAPA E P 
It is observed, then, that paratively small proportion | Dry Substance. 
of either the nitrogenous substance or t ineral matter of Incre: } 
the food is retained in the increase ; the manure, on the var yielded. Consumed | Recovered Lost 
hand, retains a very | proportion of the former, and nearly | in Food. | as Manure. 
NET of aue. cuia 4, UY i^ | | &c. 
100 parts of gross tance consum .7 parts | | 
nous substance, 153 of of fat, and 0.2 of mineral matter— Jos. | Tos. Tbs. | Tbs. 
in ofl a 6 Pigs item. up in ue increase : nt 8 parts, Sheep Lis | Hv = | r3 
M ing o! y nitrogenous organic matte E a 4 ne a ; " + 
mineral m atter, making a total of 16.7 parts, a m 6.43. i1 d MET | 17.74 
ae anure; and i parts, consisting chiefly of po Last in XE he results in this 
hyre, and oxy; lost by respiration, &c. Or, if we | that, whilst, for à given weight of the body viui a given 
reckon the p on of each elass of constituents consumed | time, the amounts of increase yielded, and of dry 
which is stored uj 2 in the increase, the last column of the Table | consumed in food, an: and lost by respiration, are so very different 
shows that of 100 of nitrogenous substance consumed, 13.5 Tor the direi ap the amounts of dry substance voided 
parts ; of 100 non-ni substance consumed, 18.5 parts ; excrements are almost identical. I show further on 
and of 100 00 mineral matver consu med, 7,3 parts are re retained in that the limit Stained tb hod ; and hans 
i t be to follow so closely the figures in the | Lr x3 the A Co 
no necessary y the figu 
Table relating to the sheep and oxen. It will suffice to direct pe Erde the the amount of no bos Pe 
TABLE HI.—Food, Increase, Manure, dc., of Fattening 4 Animal 
y mivetance volded 
m, from the equality of amount ter ie 
of th ifferent 
OXEN tat the limit of consum; tiom 
MEME rii 
miris dar ii emm an mE EE oe DE re 
-— id ly- * o! e an 
3500 lbs, Swedes e) supply— seppur «Be  |food of the respectivi 
Lanne AEEY M ia olus. T 0 sum ag the points thus far illuge 
Ta 100 Ibs EIR. i owes a u | EEE | trated; it may be said:— 
In Food. | ‘Tncrease, | 1 Manure. | Respir ee : 4 L that dering the fattening process 
ace oF Rajpal - hr c a pem rot ata miner 
‘eases, wh 
lbs. lbs. lbs. Ibs. that of the fat * i 
Nitrogenous substance 218 9.0 0.8 41 very ‘coneiderab y 
Non- nitrogenous substanco 808 so |] 350 wo { 5.2 } 291 57.3 { 72 2. That, the carcase or saleable increase 
Mineral m 83 1.6 $1.4 D 02 T4 i> 1.9 ae ie "ap ie tbe ^r l ——— 
amoun ry su 
. Totaldry substance ..| 1109 68.6 m i 636 6.2 36.5 "TEM ENS ene dim PA 3 i p ros 
— V ainbeii ee e| ox than with thes and with the sheep than 
250 Ibs. Oil-cake n.) Produce 100 Ibs, ‘$32 be the a 
Ais Seca ch Increase, and vete rogo L * That the dry substance of the food of the ox con» 
we supply— te rae 
— - bd tak | of sheep, and that pr care more than that of pigs. 
iin 106 Ibe | I In FEHE k Th at oxen require from 5 to "mos from 
la Food. | In eise, | In Manure. Respiration, In Inerease.! Tn Manure. Respiration, | 3 i "213 
j » | Ww AN ££ | the weight of their bodies as pigs. 
me ; k ————|———i 9. That the gre eater portion of the nitrogenous and 
Tbs. DS. 1 
Nitrogenous substance 177 7.5 229 518.5 os 25.1 60.1 $2? | and that the great rt of th it bs 
x T : 8. 7. 2 94 greater part of the non-nitrogenous su 
set s. ee uh | Et. ; Vs | $a i 6.8 ih | 2.1 |stance i is lost d so ere b and | other exhalations—a 
Total dry substance .. I —| or 
cold ici pur ttc pem epe 
= E 
= In I 
T meteo Adae Da Manure. ion, |f In Manure ‘Respiration " 
— dba... 1 | E 26 
—_ —— oP 4 
Ibs. m. Tos. Ibs. | T 
Mae substance +. 52 T | 
Non-nitrogenous substance 857 60.0 } — 64 { H M o4 
Mineral matter — .. pr Wu 0,8 10.2 7 | 24 | 
Total dry substance_. 420 78.8 276.2 i 
yr to the chief 
descriptions pe 
nen only 420 1b., the 
hes box PETERS 
A 2 ee 
nep ppt 
at ot 
pas 
It is true 
fattened at 
Hi 
eB 
H 
DAD PCI Hiberally lied 
prn to meet the vers of the 
as well as fattening much m 
| 
#3 
*| Sand the pi pi 
, and the pigs 7. 
That a 
the eio 
wi 
neat effet the the we "3-73 vith his much higher ol 
X^ uch more arene A than the sheep 
gave s0 
i. 
lost 
time, 
is 
consumed, the MATS the sheep | 
character 
ore than the ox, the — 
Ice p the 
e pro- 
"die one 
is shi that whilst the pig 
à per cent. of its weight = 2 
and the = -— more than 1 per cen 
of the difference in do 
her | will not blow v eir good thoug 
\rpin will not 
of food, | itt 
for a given amount | the 
returned as | his fellow-countrymen ; but, perhaps, i 
P on Agriculture:—At the recent meet- 
i e Rowiey À cuitural Here Lord demere 
said :—1 thank you the bot vpn for the 
kind manner in which this toast h and 
t by ee company 
ow th see bled. It must at all 
an meet 
portion of his fe ‘ow-countrymen whose wi 
approval he ma; most anxious to secure, it must be 
in whose neigh he lives, who have 
i judgment from seeing 
eat a I am, ped and 
pect ratified it the expresion of goodwill an 
Je cs mia I invariably receive from the 
oft | 1rhood of Ro 
wA Mesh 
who do not 
t away their good 
nevertheless, it Y oh pleasant to meet T à a comfort- 
