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On the Farming of Suffolk. 



one of the best mills for crushing linseed, oats, &c. ; but whatever kind 

 are used, they should admit of being driven by horse-power or by steam. 



The mills are placed over the chaff-machine, and can be worked at 

 the same time, and driven by the same power, as the chaff-cutter. 



The following is the actual time of crushing, the mills being each 

 driven by one horse, the increase of bulk by crushing, and the cost. 



Parsons' and Clyburn's V. mill crushes 1 qr. of peas or beans in 40 

 minutes. 



h. rn. 



Hurwood's mill, 1 quarter of linseed in 1 20 

 1 , , barley , .10 

 1 , , oats , .10 



Whole. Crushed, 

 lbs. lbs. 

 1 bushel of linseed weighs 51 32 

 1 ,, barley ,,54 36 

 1 ,, peas ,,67 49 



1 , , oilcake , , — 45 



The cost for the labour of attendance, horse, and wear and tear of 

 the machinery is about Sd. per qr. for oats and barley, \0d. for linseed, 

 and about Qd. for peas. 



Though grain cannot be ground to powder by these mills, yet their 

 use is a very great saving on the practice of sending grain to be ground 

 by the miller, whose charge is about '2s, 6d. per qr. Oats may be 

 ground as well by a steel mill, and linseed much better than it can be 

 done by stones. 



It would be an endless task to attempt to describe all the different 

 ways of preparing compound adopted by different farmers. Linseed 

 being the foundation upon which the compound is based, the other 

 substances employed are barley, peas, beans, gold of pleasure, and 

 a cheaper compound of boiled linseed and cut hay, straw, &c. As a 

 general maxim, the constituent which forms the largest proportion in 

 the linseed compound is that which bears comparatively the lowest 

 price in the market; thus, in 1845, when barley was at a low price, a 

 great quantity was made into compound : it also affords a ready means of 

 converting dross and inferior grain into a nutritious food. 



Estimate and tnanner of preparing a Compound of Peas, Linseed.^ 



and Barley. 



A 100-gallon boiler of compound is prepared in the following 

 manner : — - 



Stone lbs. 



2 bushels of crushed peas weighing 7 0 

 2 , , linseed , , 4 8 

 6 barley ,, 15 6 



27 stone of 14 lbs. 

 64 gallons of water weighing . 45 



Total . . 72 

 Sixty-four gallons of water being pumped into the boiler, 2 bushels 



