506 = 240 
Practical Agriculture. 
economy, and its good results, but, nevertheless, is materlall 
improved upon by more complicated preparation and cookinc 
more particularly the pulping system, which I shall come t 
presently. 
Another A large cattle feeder in Northumberland adopted another mod 
example of fication of Mr. Warnes' system, differing from Mr. Russell's, in th; 
feeding. boiling water and a close vessel are used for incorporating the me; 
and chopped straw, instead of wetting and turning upon a floo 
The cattle are fed with turnips, bean-meal, oilcake, and ci 
straw. The first thing in the morning they get the mixture, the 
turnips, and at 1 o'clock the mixture again ; afterwards turnip 
He found that a 3-year-old steer will consume (if fed on th 
alone) from 16 to 18 stones of turnips daily. The mixtui 
given is 2 lbs. of oilcake, 2 lbs. of bean-meal, 4 lbs. of cut strav 
and 1^ oz. of salt daily. This can be purchased and prepare 
for about \d. per lb., or 2s. per head per week. When catt 
have this mixture, they consume at least 1 cwt. less per day ( 
turnips. The mixture is prepared in the forenoon by the byn 
man, and keeps perfectly sweet for 36 hours. In preparing tl 
mixture to serve 24 cattle for 24 hours, 48 lbs. of oilcake, 48 lb 
of bean-meal, 96 lbs. of cut straw, and 2 lbs. of salt, are, in tl 
first place, well mixed together in a trough ; 36 gallons of boiiic 
water are then added ; after which the whole mass is well turn€ 
and incorporated together, and pressed down, and in an hour < 
two is quite ready for the cattle. The troughs in which tl 
mixture is made are 6 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 2^ feet dee 
A trough of this size will contain mixture for 24 cattle, ar 
the time occupied by the man in preparing one full trough 
not more than half-an-hour ; the cut straw, meal, &c., being a 
ready. I 
Mr. Lawrence's Mr. C. Lawrence, of Cirencester, recorded his experience : 
practice. j^j^^ Society's ' Journal ' thus : — " We find that, taking 24 bullocl, 
together fattening, they consume per head per diei^ 3 bushels 
chaff, mixed with just ^ cwt. of pulped roots, exclusive of cal 
and corn ; that is to say, about 2^ bushels of chaff are mixe 
with the roots and given at 2 feeds, morning and evenin 
and the remainder is given with cake, &c., at the middle-d!. 
feed. Thus : we use a steaming apparatus of Barford, of Petei 
borough, consisting of a boiler in the centre, in which the stea 
is generated, and which is connected by a pipe on the left-har 
with a large galvanised-iron receptacle for steaming food 
pigs, and on the right-liand with a large copper, surrounded 
steam-tight compartment, in which the cake, mixed with w 
is made into a thick soup. Adjoining, there is a slate tank 
sufficient size to contain one feed for the 24 bullocks feedin 
Into this tank is laid the chaff, about 1 foot deep, upon which 
