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LINSEED CONSUMED BY EACH BULLOCK. 



peas, according to the following plan : — To nine or ten pails of 

 water a bushel of Swede turnips, sliced very small, is added; 

 after having boiled a few minutes about two pecks of linseed 

 meal are actively stirred in : the mucilage is formed in about 

 five minutes. A hogshead is then placed by the copper, and 

 one or two skeps of chaff thrown in. Three or four hand-cups 

 full of jelly and turnips are next poured upon it, which being 

 mixed together with a three-pronged fork, are firmly pressed 

 down with a small rammer three feet long, and five inches 

 square at the bottom, with a cross handle at the top. The first 

 layer completed, a small quantity of the chafi", &c., is put into 

 the tub as before, till the copper is emptied. The mass, being 

 covered down a short time, is ready for use. 



It is impossible to say exactly what quantity of linseed a 

 bullock requires, as much depends upon size, the other ingre- 

 dients intended to form the compound, and the expedition with 

 which the animal is intended to be fattened: observation and 

 experience will be the best guides. At the present season of 

 the year, when scarcely any thing but straw can be had for 

 store-stock, and of that but a limited allowance, a pound of 

 linseed- meal a-day mixed with two or three skeps of chaff as 

 above, will materially advance their condition, promote their 

 health, and increase the efficacy of their manure. Under every 

 consideration, the cultivation of a limited quantity of flax must 

 be attended with profit, without the possibility of loss. New 

 editions of my pamphlets on these important subjects being re- 

 quired, I intend to republish them, with this series in a col- 

 lected form, when all particulars will be minutely described 

 and illustrated with engravings. 



I am, &c., 



John Warnes. 



Trimingham, Norfolk, 

 Jan. 29, 1845. 



