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Splenic Apoplexy at Coldham Hall, 
time mixed straw and a little meal. From that time until the 
middle of March each animal had 3 lbs. of meal and 2 lbs. of 
linseed per day, at a cost of about 4s. per week ; after which, until 
the 7th May, they had 7 lbs. of meal and 2| lbs. of linseed, at a cost 
of about 75. per week. From that time until they were sold 
their cost was about 95. per week. They consumed daily about 
2 bushels of chaff each, part of them having one-tenth hay and 
nine-tenths wheat-straw, and the others no hay at all. They 
have paid from the beginning of January, on the average, from 
about 81. 10s. to 9/. per head ; 14 of them being sold in May 
and the last three on the 25th July. One went wrong, and made 
only 31. 1 had reason, so far, to be satisfied with the result. 
As to my remaining cattle, fed as before stated (1 lb. linseed 
and 1 lb. meal), the yearlings I had to spare went out at 91. 
each, and I never had my two-year-old heifers and steers look 
better ; their allowance of artificials had been a little more 
liberal, costing about 3s. per week ; still they had no hay, but 
only mixed straw (wheat and oat) for their chaff. I learnt, too, 
what I dare say many have long known, — that linseed is an 
exceedingly good thing for milking-cows. I gave it them until 
April, when, having some grass, I substituted it and meal for 
the boiled linseed, and the milk was immediately reduced in 
quantity and in richness. I cannot conclude without saying that 
1 believe that pits or boxes for feeding cattle are very much 
better than any other description of stall. They save litter, 
prevent any waste of valuable manure, and the cattle are quieter 
and feed quicker. 
I am, yours very truly, 
W. J. Edmonds. 
SoutJirop House, near LecMade, 27th July, 1871. 
XX. — Report on an Outlreak of Splenic Apoplexy at Coldham 
Hall, near Wisbeach. By Professor G. T. Beown. 
Sir, — In compliance with your request, I proceeded to Coldham 
Hall on Thursday, June 8th, for the purpose of investigating an 
outbreak of a fatal disease among cattle and sheep, and I have 
now the honour to report the results of the inquiry for the infor- 
mation of the Council of the Royal Agricultural Society. 
The malady which has destroyed cattle and sheep at Coldham 
Hall, and on the adjoining farm, is known as " splenic apoplexy," 
a disease which has much increased of late years in various parts 
of the country, particularly in those districts where the "forcing 
