Feeding Properties of Sioedes and of Mangold- Wierzel. 275 
The follmving fed on Mangold- Wurzd. 
Estimiilod Weight 
Dead Weii-ht 
Increase of 
when put in tlic 
of Carcass. 
Weight. 
Stalls. 
Stones of 8 lbs. 
Sts. lbs. 
Sts. lbs. 
No. 1. 
. . -74 . . 
87 6 . 
13 6 
No. 2. 
. . -76 . . 
92 1 
• 
16 1 
No. 3. 
. . 74 . . 
89 3 
15 3 
224 
269 2 
45 2 
Whole increase of weight 
Loose flit .... 
45 stones 2 lbs. 
25 stones 5 lbs. 
No. 4. 
No. 5. 
No. 6. 
The following fed on Turnips. 
Estimated Weight. Weight of Carcass. 
Stones of 8 lbs. Sts. lbs. 
. 76 . . 99 2 . 
74 . . 85 6 
74 . . 89 7 
Increase of Weight. 
Sts. lbs. 
23 2 
11 6 
. 15 7 
224 274 7 50 7 
Loose fat 24 stones 7 lbs. 
Increase of weight exceeding the increase 
of those fed on manorold-wurzel 
5 stones 5 lbs. 
According to this trial, the comparison of the nutritive qualities ap- 
pears to be in favour of swede turnips. My mind not being satisfied by 
this trial, I intend^ on the 1st of November, to try six other beasts that 
will have been grazed through the summer. The beast No. 1 disappointed 
my expectations ; I thought he would have increased quite as much, if 
not more, than any one of them ; but, proving in the stalls of uneasy 
temper, his increase of weight was, one excepted, the least. 
The weekly cost of the feeding of each beast was as follows : — 
s. d. 
10 lbs. daily of cut hay, at 3y. per cwt, . .20 
Linseed, 1 quart, boiled, cost at home . .16 
Barleymeal, 3 quarts daily . . . .20 
(These well mixed together, given in 3 feeds.) 
11 bushels (in 3 feeds), daily, of mangold or of 
turnips ...... 
2 6 
8 0 
The cost of keeping each for 16 weeks in the stalls, ,£6. 8*. 
Each beast sold for 4/. more than its value when put in the stalls : this 
is paying rather too much for the improvement of the manure ; still 
there should be some stall-feeding on what are called turnip-land arable 
farms. On some clay-land, if not very stubborn, mangold, with good 
cultivation, may be produced better than Swedish turnips. 
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