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On the Feeding of Stock. 
Mr. Horsfall states that a good beast, fairly fat, will give 
59 lbs. of meat for 100 lbs. of live weight ; but taking into account 
the condition of my beasts, the hour of weighing, and other cir- 
cumstances, an average of 51 stone is a fair estimate. Now these 
51 stone would be worth, 
s. d. £. s. d. 
At 8 0 per stone 20 8 0 
„ 8 6 „ , .. 21 13 6 
„ 9 0 „ 22 19 0 
We have seen that their cost hafe been at least 221. 9s. 8d., so 
that 8s. 6c?. is the lowest price that can save us from material 
loss even under these favourable circumstances. 
But in these estimates no account has been taken hitherto of 
the value of the straw eaten, the cost of cutting it into chaff, the 
cost of attendance, or of . insurance against risk (no trifling con- 
sideration in these days of pleuro-pneumonia) ; all these are out- 
standing charges against the manure account. 
And first, as to the expense of cutting straw into chaff, the 
author of our Prize Essay estimates this at 6s. per ton, and 
be is right in the main even where horse or steam power is 
employed ; he puts 4s. per ton as a minimum price when the 
work is done under the most favourable conditions. 
If then we assume that the beasts receiving no hay consume 
20 lbs. of cut straw in a day, or 140 lbs. per week ; the cutting 
this quantity at 6s. per ton would cost 4Jc?. per week ;* at As. it 
would cost 3d, or if done by hand Q^d. ;t and we must ask 
further, what is the difference between the value of the straw, and 
that of the excrement derived from the straw ? 
On this head, however, our information is very imperfect ; for 
.Ton. s. 
I : 6 : : 140 : ^ 
lbs. st. cwt. s. d. 
or 14 X 8 X 20 : 6 X 12 :: 140 : A. 
3 
^ X 12 X 4^ _ 12 
^ = -X4-X 8 X/iSl - ^ "8 
= 3 X - = - = 4jrf, 
+ Our custom is to pay for this by the score of fans at 3s. per score. The fan 
insists of six bushels, weighing about Gi lbs. a-piece, or 39 lbs. the fan. We 
consists 
have, therefore. 
s. lbs. 
39 X 20 : 3 : : 140 : A. 
s. d. 7 
_ 3 X 12 X -i-^e- 
^ " 39l< *5 
= — = Gjrf. nearly. 
