STOCK FATTENED ON LINSEED. 



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Wilkinson, rector of North Walsham, where a large marquee 

 was pitched and coppers erected for making Compound. Also 

 samples of linseed, with flax in straw, turnips, mangold 

 wurzel, carrots, potatoes, &c., were exhibited. 



The show of stock was extremely confined. A few bullocks 

 were shown by Mr. Warnes, as proofs of the fattening proper- 

 ties of the Compound ; and, as much difference of opinion was 

 expressed respecting the weight, two were killed on the spot, 

 viz., a Devon steer and a yomig home-bred heifer. 



The following are the particulars of the cattle slaughtered : 

 — The Devon bullock, purchased on the 8th of January, at 

 9/. 15^. ; killed on the 28th of October following; weighed 58 

 stone 10 lbs. (loose fat, 8 stone 7 lbs.) ; value of the carcass, at 

 Ss. per stone, 231. IQs., from which, after deducting the cost 

 price, and 81. lis, for compound, leaves a balance of 5/. 4,?. 

 with the manure, for turnips and grass, the real value of vfhich 

 was trifling, on account of the small quantity consumed. 



The home-bred was only eleven months old, and was pur- 

 chased in May, at 3/. It weighed 29 stone 12 lbs. (loose fat, 

 4 stone 2 lbs.), value of the carcass, at 85. per stone, 12/., leav- 

 ing a balance of 91. for compound and grass ; latterly it had a 

 few potatoes and turnips, but no milk or any other food what- 

 ever. 



The great points of attraction were, the process for making 

 the different compounds, and exhibition of flax from various 

 parts of the county, with linseed of home and foreign growth. 



The varieties of these productions gave rise to much ani- 

 mated conversation. It was generally agreed that the culti- 

 vation of flax for the intrinsic value of the seed would repay 

 the cultivator ; that in a grazing country like England, from 

 which large sums are annually sent for foreign oil- cake, the 

 growth of linseed on a limited scale must be highly remune- 

 rative. It is proved by the various crops which have been 

 grow^n in the district, that in productiveness Mr. Warnes' esti- 

 mate is borne out. It has been tried on all sorts of soils; on 

 Mr. Cubitt's sandy loam at Witton ; on Mr. Partridge's moor, 

 at Hockham; on Mr. Warnes' stiff soil, at Trimingham; on 

 Mr. Atkinson's clay loam, at Walcot ; on Mr. Amies' and Mr. 

 T. Allen's light soils, at Frettenham and Buxton. The pro- 



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