the Farming of the Duchies of Schleswiq and Holstein. 339 
18 D. lbs. meadow- ov clover-hay, equal to 14 — 16 D. lbs. best hay. 
2 skpr. turnips and carrots .. .. „ 12 — 13 „ 
2 D. lbs. mixed corn-meal .. .. ,, 4 — 5 „ 
1 D. lb. rape-cake „ 2 — 2i „ 
li D. lb. palm-cake „ 3 — 4 „ 
2 D. lbs. bran „ 4 „ 
'J'otal 39— 44i D. lbs. best hay. 
Later on the cows got only clover-hay and an additional 2 D. lbs. of 
coarse meal, which made the daily fodder equal to 45 — 51 D. lbs. of hay. 
The meal was about one-fourth rye, one-fourth barley, and the remaining half 
a mixture of barley, oats, and tares. 
The order of feeding is as follows :— 
At 5 A.M. hay is given ; sweeping and milking are done. 
At 7 A.M. water is given in the troughs, which are emptied before next 
feeding-time. 
At 7.30 A.M. artificial food (meal, oil-cakes, &c.) is given, mixed with a 
little chaff and cut turnips. After that the stalls are cleaned. 
From 9 until 11 a.m. the stalls are closed. 
At 11 o'clock a large allowance of spring-corn straw is given. After that 
milking takes places, and the sheds are closed. 
At 1 P.M. hay is given, and sweeping is done. 
At 2.30 P.M. watering takes place. 
At 3 P.M. artificial food is given again, after which the stalls are cleaned. 
From 4 until 6 p.m. the cow-sheds are closed. 
At 7 P.M. a large allowance of straw is given, generally of winter com, 
the cows are milked, and the stalls are swept. 
In the spring an extra portion of hay is given in the afternoon. 
All the turnips and artificial food, with a little chaff, are mixed together in 
the fodder-box, where it all remains from eight to sixteen hours until it is used. 
By this means the turnips are prevented from freezing, and the fodder takes 
up less room. 
Last year the following quantities, besides straw, were consumed by the 
milking-cows, of which there were an average 3f thirty-six : — 
£ s. d. 
24,553 D. lbs. meal, at 3 sk. (= nearly 243 cwt., at 7s.) 84 18 3 
18,678 D. lbs. bran, at 2^ sk. (= 135 cwt., at 5s. lOrf.) 54 0 9 
5,532s D. lbs. rape-cake, at 3s sk. (= about 54J cwt., 
at 8s. M.) 23 19 6 
10,219 D. lbs, palm-cake, at 3 sk, (= nearly lOlJ cwt., 
at 7s.) 35 9 6 
Total for artificial food ,. .. 198 8 0 
13771 tdr. turnips, at 40 sk 63 15 3 
403i tdr. carrots, at 40 sk 18 11 6 
90 loads of hay, at 9 rdls 90 0 0 
Total 370 14 9 
Each milking-cow thus received, on an average, artificial food to the value 
of 5Z. 10s. ^d. ; roots and hay to the value of 4?. 15s. 9c?., or, altogether, fodder 
to the amount of \0l. 6s. 
This calculation, however, is based upon thirty-six milking-cows, and if the 
food of an average of four cows not giving milk be added to the foregoing list, 
the value of the fodder per milking-cow will be about 10?. 13s. 6d, 
