Management of Farm-Horses. 
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carrots only, or inerc4y for a short time, as, being very partial to 
these roots, they are apt to refuse other food. 
I have before observed that horses will generally eat very 
few swedes, but they differ in their tastes in this respect. They 
may, however, be allowed to eat what quantity they choose, as 
being at least equal to carrots with regard to nutriment, swedes 
are decidedly an economical diet. 
Linseed has been proposed as economical feeding for horses, 
and in a few instances it has been tried. Linseed at 11/. 13s. 4d. 
per ton is just lid. per lb., or about one- fifth dearer than oats. 
Estimating it in the same ratio as hay, we find that 100 lbs. con- 
tain of — 
d. s. d. 
Albumen &c. 20 lbs., which at per lb. makes 2 6 
Fat, &c. 20 „ „ li „ 2 6 
Starch, &c. 36 „ „ 1 „ 3 0 
Making for 100 lbs. of linseed . . .80 
Now if to this we add one-fourth as in the case of 
beans . . . . . . .20 
We have 10 0 
Which is very near 10*. bd., the cost of 100 lbs. of linseed at l^d. 
per lb. 
It thus appears that linseed is somewhat dearer feeding than 
beans, a difference however which may readily be met by the 
superior value of the manure made from linseed. However 
valuable the large per centage of oil may be for fattening purposes, 
it is doubtful whether this oil is equal in value to albumen for a 
horse in work ; and if not, beans must have the preference. The 
peculiar value of linseed is, however, to assist other nutritious food, 
such as straw, and thus by being made into a jelly and poured 
over and mixed with the straw when cut into chaff, to render it 
not only more palatable but more nutritious and better adapted 
for the animal ; so that when hay is dear or scarce the use of 
linseed is exceedingly desirable. So likewise when hay has been 
deteriorated from being made in unfavourable weather, the addi- 
tion of linseed-jelly makes it both palatable and nutritious. 
The value of barley-straw, estimating it at the same ratio as 
clover, may be put down at 21. 13s. 4d. per ton for feeding horses. 
As, however, it is, in proportion to the nutriment contained, con- 
siderably more bulky than hay, and therefore involves more mus- 
cular exertion and a greater effort of the digestive organs, it will 
be proper to estimate it as much lower, as we value hay lower than 
corn in proportion to the nourishment contained. Accordingly 
we must estimate it at only 40s. per ton, unless indeed it contains 
