1040 Notes on Feeding Stuffs for February. [Feb., 



" I have gone carefully into the day's mixing for the whole 

 of the food. We do this one day for the next, so that the food 

 stands in a heap 24 hours. We boil the linseed in a large copper, 

 enough for three days each time of boiling. 



" The treacle is mixed in cold water and thrown on the 

 top of the food just before mixing. We use probably 25 buckets 

 of water or so in the linseed and treacle altogether. 

 " The daily heap consists of: — 

 32 st. Straw chop. 

 12 st. Swedes. 



12 st. Ground corn (wheat and oats). 



6 lb. Linseed. 

 12 lb. Treacle. 



This heap is for 50 beasts. Each beast gets a server full 

 twice a day and in addition a feed of hay. 



" The proportion of treacle and linseed seems small, but it is 

 sufficient to answer the purpose, causing the cattle to relish the 

 food; singular to say, however, some of them refused to eat all 

 up in the first week of feeding, but after that they cleaned up 

 every bit, and there is not the slightest waste since. 



" As to cost, this works out as follows : — 







£ s. d. 



Chop 



4 cwt. at 4s. 



... 1 12 



Swedes ... 



1^ cwt. at 2s. 



... 3 



Corn 



1^ cwt. 



... 12 



Linseed ... 



6 1b. ... 



... 13 



Treacle ... 



... 12 lb 



... 10 







£2 9 3 



This is practically Is. per beast per day (excluding hay). 



' ' In thinking this matter over I came to the conclusion that 

 two things would be required in forming a substitute for roots; 

 the first was water, as you are well aware that there is a very 

 large percentage of this in roots, and this is supplied by the 

 addition of water. In the 25 buckets used, each cow would 

 get half a bucket. 



The second thing required is something to keep the stomach 

 in order and to prevent waste. This is amply done by the 

 treacle and linseed, the feeding properties of which are greater 

 than those of the roots. 



" My idea of a first-class feed is one to keep the cattle in 

 good health and growing steadily at reasonable cost, and I think- 

 that you will agree that in the above method, we are fulfilling 

 this to advantage." 



