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EXPENSES OF BOX-FEEDING. 



the money in the purchase of guano, &c., especially salt for making the 

 lime-mixture recommended to me by that excellent practical farmer, 

 John Benett, Esq., M.P. for Wiltshire. 



To me the undeniable success of your box-feeding system has been 

 peculiarly satisfactory, having, as may be seen in the Reports of the 

 former Agricultural Society, of which Sir John Sinclair was the 

 respected President, obtained, on the 9th of February, 1810, the Gold 

 Medal offered by the Society to the most satisfactory experiment in 

 summer-soiling. I mention this circumstance as corroborative, to a 

 limited extent, of your very much better system. 



Mr. Daubuz's calculation of time required to fatten a lot of beasts 

 with compound perfectly accords with mine, viz., that three lots of 

 bullocks can now be fattened in twelve months. Not so Colonel 

 Wyndham's account, whose advantage in the new system over the old 

 appears to be one-third. But, for the sake of clearness, I subjoin 

 the two calculations as forwarded to me. Of course the condition of 

 the cattle when put up ought to be taken into account ; also age, size, 

 and other circumstances, of which men of experience will take cogni- 

 zance. All I aim at proving, for the public good, is, that we return 

 many more fat cattle, and make more manure, and of superior quality, 

 than heretofore. 



Mr. Dauhuz of Offington^s calculation of the expense of fattening eight 

 Devon oxen on Mr. Warnes's box-feeding system. 



Offington House, July 17, 1847. 



lbs. Per lb. 



Linseed (home-grown, at 7s. per bshl.), 57 at 7s. per bshl. is . \\d. 



Pea-meal . . . 63 at 6s. 6<i, per bshl. is . \\d. 



Barley-meal . . . 45 at 5s. per bshl. is . \\d. 



lbs. s. d. 



22 linseed, crushed, at \^d. . . . . .29 



33 pea-meal, at lj<i. . . . . . .3 5;^ 



33 barley-meal, at l^d. . . . . .3 5^ 



240 or 12 gallons of water 



328 will make 40 cakes, 7 lbs. each . . . .9 7^ 



280 forty cakes, labour in making . , . .06 



48 Evaporation . . . . . .03 



Total cost of 40 cakes . . . lo 4^ 



Each cake costs 3i|iJ. 



The evaporation accounted for by continuing to boil the linseed five minutes 

 after the pea-meal is stirred in, previously to mixing in the barley-meal. 



Each bullock consumes, in addition to the compound, 1 bushel of steamed 

 hay-chaff per day, and 1 bushel of white carrots and Swedes (before cut), 

 mixed. 



