On the Feeding of Stock. 
221 
1855 to Michaelmas, 1856. 
Keep per daj'. Per week. 
s. d. £. ,<t. (/. 
Barley-meal, h peck 2 0 
Cake (rape or linseed), 3 lbs 1 9 
Eoots, &c 0 G 
52 weeks' keep at 4 9 = 12 7 0 
1856. Valuation, 0 head at 14?. ; the best worth 15Z. : loss, 
51. lis 20 11 0 
1856 to 1857 — Keep to Michaelmas. 
Per day. Per week. 
A', d. 
J peck of bean meal 4 8 
4 lbs. of oilcake at 15rf. per stone 2 6 
Turnips 0 10 
52 weeks' keep at" 8 0 = 20 16 0 
1857. Valuation (nominal) 35Z 41 7 0 
1857 — ^Keep from Michaelmas to December. 
Per day. Per week. 
s. d. 
1 peck of meal 7 7 
() lbs. of cake • 3 9 
Turnips, 1 bushel at 2Jt/. 1 6 nearly. 
Hay 10 
9 weeks' keep at 13 10 = 6 4 6 
Price made — ?.=47/. 10s Total cost £47 11 G 
2 
The price put upon the barley-meal in the year 1855-6 is 
calculated as follows : 4 bushels of barley (worth with grinding 
about 16s.) will give about 22 pecks of meal. To fix, therefore, 
the value of 3^ pecks of meal, we have — 
Pecks. s. Pecks. 
22 : 16 : : 3-5 : A. 
s. d. 
. 16 X 3-5 56 „ „ , 
A = — = = 2 6 nearly. 
At this price I think the barley-meal cost more than it was 
worth, but it is not set above its value at that time. 
The price of the bean-meal is thus arrived at : it is reckoned 
that 4 bushels of beans will give between 19 and 20 pecks of 
meal. The sack of beans and cost of grinding are valued at 
between 195. and 20s., so that one peck of meal is taken to cost 
nearly Is. 
