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ed by adopting, as nearly as possible, the follow- Peas; 
—— stins nagement: From — — October to 20th May, 
—— get fed thrice a day; the ning and midday feeds 
pe -i — 7 Ibs. of Oats and bruised Bastis each feed W part — 
— h diets upon the present occasion, and for practical pu 
s meal is e of | ought, I think, to confine ourselves to the produc 
Now, in rinciple, vi 
od, Clover, Tares. &e., 
thing like 9d. ; the e ven ing’s 
willbe something | and 6lbs. of — well — —— W. 
which (with the 2 Coal Wh Wneat —— tet ( sai consulti th 
t at 63d. use only eat or Oat-s — uncut) consulting the g so, 
fogs <9 — i ta a day. i i directed — t 
would be 
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s to be 19s, per tifoi preparation of his 2 9 fail to 
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horse, as, from its peculiar formation, the horse i is necessitated 
to masticate it thoroughly, and it has also t 
y lar arge acreable produce, and having a high said 
cl ass for its fineness of husk aud its mealin 
iiesrtion can take 
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* same conditio 
properties. | waste, the animal will b — 
Carrot, as a most nutritious, safe, and economical artiele of ost to t er.” I think it unnecessary to 
food for the horse. Ale is easily 8 and can be a to that point, but shall proceed t 
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— s tons per ena m ranka rately fr 
of the Carrot keeping 
to clos 
ly 
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roken down and cooked, aa naturally or artificially, 
i and I sho 2 that 
the more readi 
w be eing unive ersally admitted to be 
i e it i — the most valuable e, and ev 
spector to a cattle insurance company, have taught me that too 
to aga in, a 
n within the 
| scope of my — ; still not being a grower of Beans, I oe 
b on m; 
THE * GAZETTE. 
„Carrot, Parsnip; and 
these 
farm. allotted for him; 
re- it. 
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be m 
ost the possibilty of 
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portion m time to tim 
ed, fro I need 
not remark, that in proportion to the —.— of Olier its wet 
z ye-grass or Tares, will 
h and when 
are brought — every ploughman receives the number 
m 
loss in kenger whee, di 
in a loose state, 
suits his * best, phe. mg and tre 
of the hea tending s 
d to ls 
eek at upon jis establishmen 
hon rses wee mall consideration, 
he padioune of mere s mee 
I thought the m 
horse 
— 
nt of the 
say invariably let it be what — of lea 
te dur the rk is light, the grain 
cted, or ev en ‘Gispensed ‘wi ith 
i 9 — porns even a 
10 to 12 j lbs. per day, bi addition t 
per, be be found s 
— — as I think my horses mas- 
ticate and certainly Aer to like them better. 
much care cannot — A to the properly ventilating — to 2 nothing but what is founded exper n g at is changing from 
leani ames stabl sIam r vinced that more 1 are | enc Now the article of straw conta a hig — — heavy to ligh fbr a or vice versa ; "the 2 ed "shore in pro- 
ion to th i an by any mode of feeding | in — — — and when such is the case — is less | portion to the weight. If this is neglected, overfeeding at one 
have ever seen practised | in ihe 3 Mr. EDMAN, | waste by cutting or chopping it; but even take a district where | time and underfeeding at another must take place; a 
— said: Gentlemen, being called upon to ‘take part in | the principal object is to convert it into manure, I — even | being the usual practice of all rmers to consume all the light 
the important discussion on the Best and Most Econo mical argue in favour of artificial preparation, having found from ex- | Oats first, and whe hey run out to fall back upon the good 
Mode o of Seo ne eir Horses,” 1 can perience—Ist, a horse will thus be yon take a | and that a difference of 6 to per bushel is often found t 
an ore ec ical (at least as far as I know), than ee one I much larger proportion of it within the 24 hours; 2d, That | exist, the — essity for this test I think is plainly made out. I 
— N 2 the first place, — horses g ning you will ne him some hours during that time of ‘additional | shall’ only trouble you with one other ob ervation, and that 
5 lbs. of Oats, along with two or — ema Sw e Turnips rest, to recruit his exhauste stem, as, comparatively speak- | likewise ciate upon the economy of farm stable management, 
(raw), and the same at 12 o’clock or d ê; la the morn- | in ires a — no time to fill himself; and 3rd, and miese — the — — * of trusting the feeding of 2 3 
ng the boiler is —— with 56 Ibs. of Tarnips 3 and 3 lb. of Lin- not the least important consideration, that the more fodder h ose empl gular 
seed for each horse; the — seed being difficult to boil, is put | eats the better wil is condition, for I maintain that an plou ighi an; for, Without. calling in quest ion the honesty a one 
into a small tg pis n placed i she middle of the boiler stranger going through a stud of farm horses will h ve no diffi- | in such ä situation, I would say his horses seldom appear in 
amongst the Turnips; 5 en boiled without a bag it is apt to culty in pointing out to farmer his best consumers of fod- worse condition n that ofthe others. This occasions heart- 
boil over, and liable to sit on and burn, consequence der ut, e sing from the cutting of dder, there is | bu — the other ploughmen; that is not all, there 
t nourishing part of it is lo j After the Turnips and Li still another recommendation which I it has, We all is often favouritism. I likewise object to the system of each 
seed are oe they are thrown into a large prayer — cooler, wg that as the winter advances, and he 5 commences, man bei stodier of his horses? cor ; I do not think 
and a litt e Wheat-chaff, along with a handful of salt for eac nsequent tly economy can exist in either case. My own practice is to en. 
koria w 2 mixed togethiér, vr as ora ES for — purpose, it Beem es less palatable, and invariably after 92 ess in har- | trust one 8 serve out the grain given to the horses, totally un 
put over the cooler, allo to cool slowly. The weight ves 88 2 Gred escape from, it is never good, and being connected with st e plouyiinen, and the — 88 of doing so 
of the Turnips be eing 56 Ibs. —— put * the boiler, vou will Herres t thi nk that ha ay oe = to a great € extent, if rests in havin ngt t 2 the 1 distributed i ropo 
find reduced to about 40 lbs. About pir half of this is given _ | not Altes eer 3 sup t easy w restricts it ; that 
dusk, or whenever the horses eon ro m work, and ther the fi „I am firmly | Pain ah 20 that give a farm gular 'plousnman will never do, * as in every establishment 
ainder at 8 o’clock, when the men 4 es clean and do shies horse as much 0 grains as he can 8 i his fodder others in good conditi 
up for the night, The — of the Oats and Turnip twine is indifferent, —— i L can never be ke ept 9 with this arrangement, the food i s given in either larger o 
a day = the — bowery about 8d., and the boiled food | state ; this may be accomplished by the use tti smaller r aan as the constitution of the horse or the 
ing in 
a day 
ture o 
last six years, ave y hues hay alone, or in a certain propor maintain. Mr. Fi ed his s ki at, 
condition, and always speedy for their work, wor ring heen from in either case, he will find that — ants will e Then a: as with regard to the annual expenditure required for the orse, 
daylight to dark in the winter months (except when they are | to the bruising of the grains: and nee vg 2 o more th p with the details given by Mr. Gibson, 
e middle of the day); and, when prevented from attention to the solid excrement of t rse ? and as appear- He (Mr. F.) considered, , however, that Swedish T y 
ons by the weather, they go to Edinburgh for dung, | ance will require no further demonstr alion to prove that grain | too laxative a nature for the e horse, and he had made use of 
and seldom or, I may say, never return, with less than 30 e giv tire produces the loss of a very large proportion of nu- | boiled Peas, Before the Potatoes e so bad, he had been 
ss. Previous to boili sed to steam Turnips — . Po- | trition, some allege a tenth part, I would b much more, but | in the habit of using parts of Turnips to one of Potatoes, 
tatoes, but 3 8 of 40 horses, — — “scat I comme ced | at a ee a goo But, in th ain, he was disposed to corroborate the state- 
e e 
It is, 
I think, unece 
— e iron dollar th 
vm deal, will be seen voided 1 ving 
— — ssary to o is poinh 
Leith Walk, which I find to 
ng of the year, in- e. | 
and gettin A 
making more emase and sa ving 
A may mention pre the. late — Scoon, tenant at 
Pentland Mains (an adjoining farm to mine), used to feed his 
i ds b ts a day, and at me —— got raw 
re lifted pe — house 
9 yea 
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ore in ete oy with the laws o nature, w 
p between 
wiil admit that either 
or steaming the roots, is indis- 
their — + but I 3 say further, that it is 
è 
pur- 
sure 
ject Biei system of the n 
ors 
account for on is, that — B 
eed treatment, to study the * most congenial for him u 
harder, — 
nder such 
Housox, of —— said: 
The course I have adopted for meny y years | has been N 
viz, : during the summer month 
6 lbs. each, with Grass; and duri 
months, t} 
consisting of S 
clean chi 
* 
g the winter and: spring 
ts, with a boiled feed at night, 
wedish Turnips, 3 with Beans, Barley, and 
to each horse, using salt and 
is mode — 2 
farm horses, dis 
bles. Care 79 1 Be taken that 
As it 
wn in 
uantity of U the 3 
e 13 * ira 3 
o be sa fely aioe Totan tant as is the 
ood allotted to ‘a 8 not less 3 pa * kind 
and ‘quality a the age ad * Da the > accompanimen t; = 
possible, pot fodde y r 
e same ye chat! is to say, t the 
should ob hag the supply over the a — of 1849. At this period 
of the season, the al ich prod 
tion nde N stomach of oe horse is exh: 
1849, * aved 3 
to be see 
legs eg backs, deep-ribbed, broad-c 
bone 
ne — days; — were mostly all blacks, with short 
a 
circumstances ; ani I sane it can hardly 
hested, wit ood flat ind, and 
after exposure to cold, 
ifthe 
be disputed, th at 
wet, that a — ec 
per of 3 warm cooked ing au and Potatoes, we 
med with 
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farmers give two fe sary fe bo 
at I have no objection ; * one I would 
that ti the horse, during th 
wish to m 
and if it is n 
Beans or Pe 
work. Before disposing o: cane straw-cutter and 
I may Merey remark — Mr. Diki is mot my m 
I may points to me peno eof o terp: 
u will alway 
— the — — and with good appetites, 
is a great loss h 
unprepared state, 
ale ed 2 „ roots per day, ka 
months, should 2 at 2 
t found p 
table to give either 2 —.— 2 Turuibe, let a boiled 
nd t at the close of his won 5 
bruised — pis 
Some 
aintain i 
ro- | 
f 
| from are ‘bow 
nh cea 2 * 
gards 5 
eee 
r, 
Spake en of was 1 to the 
e other side, filled w or 
straw, as horses Dr oat N lying. 
“s, Swanston 
‘predispose h ins 
groome . — 
3 — menie de a allowed to hirer wha 
mpty stable 
oon 5 
5 of —— plants, age — into bunches, and let the size and Dunbar of those 
as in 
nd must ts obtained, 
s, When cut, zega vs 
be 
ose 
sider it t expe All 
1 bs. of | hay, 1 + Ibs. of br 
a 25 Ibs. of boiled Turnips per day, duri 
— which at present prices in my ocelity w 
18. 6d. per da lay a | consider boiled Turnips, whan 
ciously t toc a most “so 
vessel. I e it of the greatest * g 
— Bood condition, = yee iat, 
food, 
that its value wasn 
be ap- 
the spring mout ths, 
food. The 
want food, — an early hoor he in the morning N 12 o'clock 
