Management of Farm-Horses. '27^ 
s. 
The corn is recUiced to one hushcl . . .3 
Green food ad libitum, whicli is very difficult tol ^ 
value, but say ..... J 
Making per week . . . . . .8 
As tlie wheat-sowing approaches, the same feeding is given as 
in the spring, costing, as then, \2s.2)d. per week. $. d. 
Thus we have for 3 months the weekly expense of 8 4 per week. 
, , 3 ditto d'itto . . 12 3 , , 
, , 3 ditto ditto . .80 , , 
3 ditto ditto . . 12 3 
£2 0 iO 
Averaging per week . . . 10 2:^ 
Or £25 8*. Qd. per annum. 
This amount varies of course with the value of oats and other 
provender, and is more frequently below than above the estimate 
I have given. The horses thus fed are kept in good condition, and 
are able and willing to perform any work they are required to do. 
Of course there is some variation as to the time at which these 
changes of feeding begin or end, according to various circum- 
stances : green-food, for instance, usually lasts a month or two 
longer than the time above stated, but the difference of expense 
is not material. 
On another farm the following is the system of feeding 
adopted: — s. a. 
13 weeks on 1^ bushel of oats . . 4 6 
2 pecks of beans . . 3 0 
H cwt. of hay . . . 6 0 
13 6 
13 weeks on 22 bushels of pollard. . 2 \^ 
2 pecks of bruised beans . 3 0 
Straw . . .19 
70 lbs. of swedes . . 0 8 
8 6i 
13 weeks on 2^ bushels of pollard . 
3 
H 
2 pecks of bruised beans . 
Ij cwt. of hay . 
3 
0 
6 
0 
12 
_li 
13 weeks on 2 bushels of bran 
2 
0 
1 peck of beans 
1 
6 
Cut clover, tares, and pasture 
4 
6 
8 0 
