970 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [Оотовкв 10, 1863, 
Beotland, though somewhat less nutritive 
those produced i in England. They also show. hat | 
Trish Wheat-straw is often allowed to over-ripen, i 
by which a very large proportion of its nutritive 
u 
впоша be 
vi cesis before being u used. 
of tre 
An 
ing ipd is to reduce it > да 
t ong ас pd steam,* and m 
and oil- € è or 
т ра 
e X: cooked or | consumed, and even relished, by dairy and 
celient ч | fattening stock, 
f, doge d This, then, is the practical conelusion to whioh 
: еа 
o "ia with a certain proportion of green food m Swedes 
À che eape 
the straw with sliced roots, тоша the Ач with|or Mangel Wurzel give cooked straw chaff, with 
io rema 
water, and allow it 
ntil а diet which boiled Rape-cake or Linseed-meal, to the 
fermentation haa set in. This v effcotnally extent of from 21bs. to 810. according to the 
integrates, so to speak 
Wheat cut when green Án gr 
and thus grain, as straw, is ү W 
allowing the стор to Mat after it is ripe. 
Oat straw is generally more а АНЫ as fodder 
а Wheat, chiefly jer Aia e Oats a А not so often | e 
mitted to over-ripen as Wheat ey are 
pe^ quon being more liable to nu "their seed ; 
and when there is a greater br eadth — A in, 
т. СА 
South ampton, an 
actual results of the use of straw 
a 
this necessitates an early Es Mg; 
vii hen "p x + ses 
AMERON 4 at straw 
p white ышк р vus of 
er food : 
€ 
13 ys emt of fat-formers. In comparison with 
ay—taking into consideration the prices of both 
articles—Oat віта w also stan ds high, as will be 
meadow hay, and properly harvested straw :— 
EADOW HAY. OAT STRAW. 
G pr ) (4 analyses.) 
Wat E 14.0 
Flosh-foraing 'CConstituents ' и - 5.0 
Respiratory and ми. matters 43.63 54 13.3 
Woody fibre .. РЕ г, Ж “ 63.1 
Mineral matter т (ash) T "T 4.6 
; 00.00 100.00 
Аз to the woody fibre Fà hay and straw, it 
Iti 
Sa it incapable of contributing to the nutri- А 
п 
of animals. 
hood summer 
of | фени 
USSDORF, made а снае крон, form: 
E эу set c the stores of айо ша 
nvelopes 
woody fibre, | advanced Te T the fatting ra; is added daily 
erd. 
tters whieh | per head of the 
MERON proceeds to quote Mr. BLUNDELLOf| WHA T difference would it make to the manure 
d other үр men on the| Bien y London sewage should 
n cattle feeding. | prove capable of profitable utilization? Is Mr, 
: : | sI 
sized cow, — lbs, o " ne iod B day, | opposition of manure manufacturers, app ars to 
= ud ney |us 8 ea : k 
roots dao dm wh 
e fro e hea 
е ће tabulated pe e> A: of ee experim ments, | looking atit from LIEBIG’S, 
it 
LL gives |the opposition of manure manufacturers must, 
i e 
proving that, by the use of straw, there is to be | best t mony a sewage projector can desire—and 
obtained som: tning more than manure by the|unworthy, for everybody knows that Mr, Lawes 
feeding of stoc d ILBERT are listened to, not as manufac- 
Cosr оғ Fapa Ax. ox PER WEEK WITH STRAW, &C. türers, bulla de jentifin pet, 
"s аА МЕ B URL А: We are notaware, indeed, thatany sewageseheme 
з. d. | has been opposed by manure manufacturers, or 
Jon, of olrenke Dis бар ee P n par. wek,atlU. , | афар opinion оп ће impossibility of turning the 
64 ibs. оё roots ditto, or 4 cwt. ditto, at 13s. 4d. ditto 2 8 te of London to account has been published by 
20 lbs. of straw feedin i hS isl ewt, ditto, a 80s. ditto 110} | manure manufacturers as a bod ey know that 
0% “Хеш, è, P Бай Cah e eet at 158 ditto .. 01 |their judgment would be regarded (however igno- 
——— |rantly) by the general public as biassed by the 
ени ud id en hey have rdin 1y И ls 
У Рейты wEzs and Dr. GILBERT have 
6 | quxtiy written and spoken on the sujet, or Феу 
Increased value of ox pet "Е 
Deduct cost of feeding 
the other hand know that they stand before 
De 
m 
aor 
ооз] Ф 
TE 
a better position to form an ps nt judgment 
n such a subject. For з years experienced in 
1 other man— ofa al Commission which | 
has 
с 10 pan. of: задате дан ваб: рар iM- now for HERUM jum en e m rry 
e 
the hope 3c some economical solution 
and 
AUR ut Em 
cellulose* of the food of the sheep шын Ww that | that ^N farmer buys in a ton of it for 305, the difeuls whish surfound t вре 
eing that tl l 
kinds of cellulose— ligñine, in fact—are capable о 
assimilated by the Ruminants, The animals selected | 
ег i d et 
animal. The results of this inquiry are of importance, | following quantities of Fia material LPS ibs. 
8 they clearly prove that even the hardest | of oil, 90 Ibs f flesh-forming materi al, wt. of|* 
f being | starch а d 
were two e ers, aged respectively five and six years. за has been receiving— we 
They were fed— а t, upon hay alone; 2nd, upon ha ay ay AAEE esh -forming ubrtanes, кш ч is likely to form а e md m moro b eo 
and Жени; 809, upon һау‹ pd! the sawdust of P Poplar oil and 761 lbs. of gum, sugar, &e. , and 74 lbs. opinion on it than LAWES. g how 
LE "XI iod aca ETAT f fibre, Не pays 11/. for 2000 1bs. of nutriment | generally this is under етой, and iat weigh 
А d ох wd a "liue LÍ di, E the eake, and ven for 1000 lbs. of nutriment in | ecordingly attaches to the judgment he pronounces, 
ud —€— x вкш, to which the straw. ^ Straw is relatively deficient in the the d = & poy ar sed - uns thai 
and salt; Spruce. sawdust, нра dires flesh-forming нти s, and abounds in the Een t- | London sewage have not failed to RT er 
hay, pulp T Jinen rs "(тош the [3 тыйат) : ming elements—of which, how the the opinions on this subject of the manutac gs 
and bran experiments cry e, oil, is the least ындан E therefore of artificial manures are worthless on the п 
from. July un "Nor ove mber, excepting. a short time, we add to it а due proportion of some substance |9 Personal bias. And even the great Germa 
during which the animals were turned out on pasture | yery гіс sh-formers and oil, the compound Кү золи has condescended 
lant: id сае": foin. tho ийиш effects. of Фе | wil] possess, in nicely adjusted Барон all |° ind. Не does indeed аё 
ЯАМ. sirita. 06 txpotimenta r- -— duced probably by | the elements of nutritio Perhaps the be: t kind | gener ally, , but it в with жег oppo 
ma тею et e Pone. The animals, ту with | oe food which we could employ for this purpose i personal intention ; and although his attack, so far 
а M Дей, | were weighed daily. Tinseed meal. 16 contains Nt ыз per cent. of : does not requi Ls 
The amount of cellulose i 9) the food жаз ki шры 
p» the proportion of t t eu ubstance in the ejecta w 
ascertain: ей; ; ап 
een the if amounts, ib was evident 
ce represented the weight of the 
the рет T it 
per 
— 
order to render a larger portion ad this eella- 
A nd lignine digestible, Dr, CAME 
mends that straw should be Агум ап ] this 
recommerdation is quite in accordance with the 
experience of farmers. 'íWhen straw in an 
unprepared state is consumed, a large 
ti 
n 
protects, Me en ing them, the soluble an 
the action of the gastrio juice. Не therefor 
* Cellulose is the term applied to the chemical substance 
which forms A fibre. ‘fhe latter is made up of very 
minute spi tubes. In and suceulent plants 
g 
iu are Зо гроб lined yith 
many Le of develo; ment, 
substance Кони фо са - very hard, and is rud 
i |24 per cent. o m, su dar asd: 
possesses д properties 
junet to 
` | steam 5 lavor 
small quantity of 
man 
Linseed 
Tages snp the addition, koai P r pea 
al nding tendeney of which is well | 9 
—to a ай EE of Linseed, wi 
ыыы кысы: 
з a] 5 
st Beans, it Win t be eet 
i its weakn 
lage. з | manufaeturers generally, and their alleged oppo- 
d "ot be | unos а Ща пробе for utilising sewage, 
nsider 
bie * t the vahjeot, Ease 
ii |t е Фермі possible carrier of (Аа it Tia 
solution or — The sewage he 
if ERA any use, must carry itself to 1 
n р ace of its пойан. It will never den to 
its contents by а bul po 
tation, к after proper desie- 
HE by rai r x. fields а 
v 
hundred Ва Е It must be pumped UP 
. LAW: 
за is follo 
— er fattening, they consume, per head 
haff mixed a e just k "half a Көз ча of pulped а 
; that is to sa; 
NOE, of Cirencester, describes his plan of 
ing —“ We e d that, taking a score of blocs 
di 
r 
em, 8 bus. 
y, rather more {һап personal interest whatever in the solution of the 
and ti 1 
а Aey сз heir opposition might be. 
3 
M M Adjoining ais isa not be regarded by th manure 
iro E ba К 5 ав Even 
ме tank of sufficie i tain one feed for the 
bulloc! i 
n state ; this is thoroughly mixed 
thre e grained. "e ог, and pressed do 
р ар 
—— found entirely absorbed by rS chai: w 
softened, and prepared 
for ready digestion," 
bility would not b 
ed aiy with very friend] interest. 
down si | енин жебе F Itis 
= 2 which uce 
Eod | to бг ras sd жт the level at which it can be 
uam т 
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