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great fuperiority in the effea that is produced ; and it can 

 only be employed where the oil is cheap, and to be had 

 with convenience. l - .u 



Linfeed and barley mixed and ground together, in the 

 proportion of two pecks of the former to two bu(hel= and a 

 half of the latter, have been found very beneficial >n Hall- 

 feeding, in Suflex, when given to fummer-foiled or pallured 

 animah in the yards, in the beginning ot the winter feafon. 

 Of this mixture each ox has two bufliels in the week given 

 him, befidcs wheat-chaff and hay. They fatten rapidly, it 

 is faid, in this way. . 



And another article, equal, if not fuperior, to any ot 

 thefe laft kinds, in this fort of fattening, is that of oats, 

 which msy be given either in the ftraw or when threfhed ; 

 for neat cattle it is probably bell given in the former Itate, 

 but for (lieep in the latter, in (hallow troughs or cribs made 

 for the purpofc, lo as to prevent its being blown out of 

 them. The confumption, in this fort of food by (heep, is 

 ufually from two or three to four or more pounds each per 

 day, according to the fize and kind which are fattened ; but 

 with neat cattle it muft be proportioned to the animals in 

 different nfpeCls. 



Where barley or other meals are employed, they are belt 

 made ufe of in their dry ftates for .Hieep, in mixture with 

 the cut or other matters that are given at the fame time in 

 their cribs or bins ; but for neat cattle they are fometimes 

 mixed up and blended with liquid materials in different 

 forms. Thefe fubftances have much effeft in promoting the 

 fattening of the animals j but they can feldom be made ufe 

 of with much profit, except for the beft fort of cattle or 

 flieep. Where (heep are fattening on the turnips, thefe 

 forts of food are alfo excellent in correfting the watery pro- 

 perties of that root. Several other fubftances of the dry 

 kind have hkewife been employed in the ftall-feeding of dif- 

 ferent forts of animals, fuch as the dull and combs of malt, 

 cut pea and bean-haulm, and other fimilar matters, which 

 have been found highly beneficial. 



Alfo, in this practice, the ufe of food in a four ftate hal 

 been advifed by fome ; as in this condition, it is faid, ex- 

 perience has (hewn it to be ufeful in the keeping and fatten- 

 ing of fwinc. But experiments are ilill wanting on this 

 fubjeft. And on the fame principle, it has been recom- 

 mended as a food for large cattle, which has been done by 

 fermenting rye, flour, and water, into a kind of pafte, and 

 then diluting it with water ; and alfo, when thickened with 

 hay, cut fmall, it is faid to fatten quickly. This praftice 

 chiefly prevails in France, whence it was introduced into 

 this country. But concerning the efficacy of acid food in 

 ftall-fattening animals, there is much difference of opinion. 



It may be itated, that it is now found that the walh or 

 refufe of malt, remaining after diftillatiou, which was for- 

 merly applied cxclufively to the feeding of fwine, may 

 be ufed in this way with prolit ; and that it has, of late 

 years, been applied v.'ith much fuccefs. The cattle fed 

 in this manner are affcrted, not only to repay the expence 

 of their keeping, by fattening fpeedily, but alfo to yield 

 a large quantity of valuable manure. This fubftance 

 has been extenfively and fuccefsfuUy applied in ftall-feeding 

 by MclUs. Hodgfon and Co., the proprietors of Boling- 

 brokc-Houfe di'.lillery, Batterfea, near London, where the 

 proprietors have erefted ftalls for fattening about 350 head 

 of cattle at one time, with wafh and grains, and a certain 

 portion of hay per diem, with the view~of enabling them to 

 chew the cud. They are faid, between Odober and April, 

 which 18 their regular working feafon ij^ the diftillery, to 

 fatten about 600 bullocks; having generally about 300 



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in the houfe tied up at one time, and about 100 in an ad- 

 joining orchard to take in, to replace fuch as are fold off, 

 or in confequence of any expectation of an approaching ad- 

 vance in meat. They have no ftated period for fattening 

 thefe bullocks, being regulated entirely by the ftate of the 

 markets ; but from ten to iixteen weeks are about the ufual 

 time, and the cattle are found to gain, upon an average, 

 from three to four Hone per week. 



Another fubltance has been employed in this way with 

 equal fuccefs, which is that of moloffes or treacle ; though 

 the expence incurred by the ufe of this article will probably 

 prevent its general application. It was firll ufed in the 

 Weft Indies by Mr. Millington, who found it, in combina- 

 tion with farinaceous fubftances, and, when thefe could not 

 be procured, with cane-tops, oil-cake, and other articles of 

 dry food, together with a little hay, or not too green fod- 

 der, greatly to expedite the fattening of cattle in general, and 

 of old and decayed oxen in particular. He gave from half 

 a pint to a pint of moloffes twice in the day to very ftarving 

 animals, which had been exhaufted by continual and fe- 

 vcre labour for a feries of years. In adopting this article, 

 a gallon of oats, or other damaged grain, roughly ground, 

 or the fame quantity of potatoes, (hould be boiled in a fuf- 

 ficient proportion of water to form a thick walh. It mull 

 be well ftirred while on the fire, to prevent it from burn- 

 ing or (ticking to the fides of the veffel ; and when it be. 

 comes cool, the mixture is to be formed into balls of about 

 one pound weight each. Thefe balls are divided into two 

 equal portions, which, being previoufly immerfcd in the 

 treacle, arc given to the beafts morning and evening. They 

 will devour them with eagernefs, and will fpeedily thrive 

 and fatten by the addition of a little hay, or any green 

 fodder, that is not too fucculent. Farther, one or two 

 fpoonfuls of fait may be diffolved in the compolition, which 

 will contribute to prcferve the health of the animals ; and 

 in cafe corn cannot be conveniently procured and ground, 

 pulverized oil-cake, diluted in water, and feafoned with a 

 fmall quantity of fait, with the fame proportion of moloffes, 

 may be advantageoudy fubftituted. And there are pro- 

 bably many other refufe faccharine or fweet fubftances, 

 formed in different manufadtures, that might be employe^ 

 in the fattening ot cattle in this way. 



Where this lort of bufinefs is condufted on an extenfive 

 fcalc, it is of the greateft utihty to have a machine for the 

 occafional weighing of the cattle, as they advance in their 

 fattening ; as, without fuch affiftance, there are but few 

 perfons who are capable of judging whether they go on in 

 a profitable manner or not. But by weighing them from 

 time to time, at the diftance of every eight or ten days, in 

 the morning before they are fed, this may be correftly alcer- 

 tained ; and where they fall off, or do not advance in a fuf- 

 ficient degree to the preceding weighing, fuch changes may 

 be made in their food, water, and management, as are the 

 moft likely to promote their fattening in the mo(l perfeft 

 manner, and witii the greateft profit. 



STALLAGE, Stallagium, in our Old Writers, the 

 liberty, or right of pitching and crefting ftalls in fairs and 

 markets, or the money paid for the fame. 



STALLATI, in Geography, a town of Naples, in Cala- 

 bria Ultra ; i mile E.S.E. of Squillace. 



STALLED, in Rural Economy, a term fignifying tired 

 with eating in animals, or a kind of loathing of food in them. 

 It alfo fignifies fet fail m a Hough or bad road with carts or 

 w'aggons. 



STALLING, in jigrlculture, a term applied to the 

 practice of foddering, feeding, and fattening neat cattle 



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