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of crushed peas are put in, and the fire lighted. The peas will require 

 boiling from 2 to 3 hours, till the mixture nearly resembles pea-soup, 

 and the peas feel soft and mealy ; one person now sprinkles 2 bushels 

 of crushed linseed gradually by hand into the boiler, while another stirs 

 up the mixture. Tlie stirrer, or " rudder," is similar to those used by 

 brewers ; the stirring part may either be made of wood or iron. When 

 the linseed is dissolved, the 6 bushels of crushed barley are gradually 

 stirred into the boiler, until the whole is well mixed and incorporated 

 together. The fire should now be put out by closing the damper ; this 

 wall be of great use throughout the entire operation in regulating the 

 fire. The copper-lids are put on : if the compound remains in the 

 boiler it will be cool enough for the cattle the following day. The in- 

 gredients thus made will fill a 100-gallon copper, and will weigh about 

 68 stone, showing a loss of 4 stone by boiling. 



From 1 to 2 stone of this compound is given with chaff to each bul- 

 lock per day, at 3 baits. For sheep, a quantity is removed from the 

 boiling-house to the field or shed in which the sheep are fattening, and 

 it is given night and morning at the rate of about 2 lbs. per sheep per 

 day ; but this of course varies with the size and condition of the sheep. 



Average estimate of cost of 68 stone of compound : — 



£. s. cL 



7 St. peas 070 



15 St. 6 lbs. barley ...... 0 15 0 



4 St. 8 lbs. linseed 0 6 6 



Attendance and fuel . . . . • 0 1 6 



£1 10 0 



This will be rather over oid. per stone, or 31. lOs. *]d. per ton. 



2. Clay Walling. 



Throughout the heavy land of Suffolk cottages and farm-buildings are 

 principally, and farm-houses very often, constructed with clay walls. Clay 

 houses whitewashed, plastered, or stuccoed, are not only neat in appear- 

 ance, but are warm and durable. 



Clay walls appear peculiarly adapted for the walls of sheds and for 

 enclosing farm-yards ; they are cheap, warm, never give out damp, and, 

 if kept dry at top and bottom, will last for a great length ot time. I 

 have seen some that have stood 50 years with very slight repair, which 

 were in every respect as good as when first put up. Cattle are not liable 

 to injury by rubbing against them, as they are with rough stone walls. 

 Clay walls are placed on a stone or brick pinning of from 2 to 2^ feet 

 high, or about as high as the manure rises in the yards ; when com- 

 pleted, the walls are covered to prevent their being washed down by the 

 rain, the material used being a brick coping, slate, boards, thatch, &c. 

 The cost of building a wall 14 inches thick is 9d. per square yard, the 

 stone pinning Qd. per foot run extra, the thatching about \s. 6d. per yard 

 run. This does not include the straw, or the cost of raising clay. The 

 whole expenditure for a 14-inch w^all is about 1^. a square yard. For 

 further information as to the preparation of the clay, &c., see the Bev. 

 C. Hill's ' Essay on Cottages,' Journal, vol. iv., p. 356. 

 He ng rave, Bury St. Edmunds. 



