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They were fed four times a-day in a similar manner to the last lot, 
but there was some difference in the price of oil cake and oat-straw, con- 
sequently the weekly cost varied a little, as appears by the following 
account : — 
s. d. 
4 lbs. of oil-cake each daily, at 9/. per ton . . 2 3 
4 lbs. of bean-meal each daily, at \d. per lb. . 2 4 
10 lbs. of cut oat-straw, at 2*. 6f/. the csvt. . . 1 5^ 
20 lbs. of turnips or beet, at 205. per ton . . 13 
Weekly cost for each . . 7 3^ 
On the nth of February they had 2 lbs. of hay for each beast in the 
rack at night, which added 6f/. to the weekly expense. I continued this 
kind and quantity of food until March 10th, when they commenced with 
1 lb. of Indian corn each, made into gruel and mixed with the cut stuflF. 
Having finished my bean-meal on the 24th of March, and the duty 
being lowered on sugar, I purchased some a little damaged at 2d. the 
lb., and treacle at the same price — the latter I preferred, being easily 
dissolved in water and mixed with the cut stuff. Red wheat was only 
selling here, good samples, at 6^. the TO lbs. ; I had some of mine there- 
fore only once winnowed and crushed, and gave 4 lbs. to each beast in- 
stead of the bean-meal, and ^ of a lb. of treacle to each daily cost ?>\d. 
weekly. On the 14th of April I discontinued the treacle and sugar, and 
gave 1 lb. of oil-cake and 1 lb. of crushed wheat extra to each beast. On 
the 21st of April they were weighed for the last time, when it appears 
from reference to Tables 3 and 4, that the average gain of each beast 
was 3031-^ lbs., at a cost of M. %s. l^rf. each in ten weeks and five days. 
Table, No. 3. £ ^ 
12 days, at Is. 2,\d. the week . . 0 12 6 
3 weeks, at 75. ^\d. „ . . , 1 3 4^ 
2 weeks, at 8*. A^d. „ . . . 0 16 9 
3 weeks, at Bs. Qd. „ . . . 16 0 
1 week, at 9*. 9J(/. „ . . . 0 9 6 
Total . . £4 8 H 
Table, No. 4. 
Thirty beasts gained from Feb. 5 to Feb. 17, 12 davs . 2184 lbs. 
„ „ Feb. 1 7 to Feb. 24, 7 days , 1531 
„ „ Feb. 24 to March 3, 7 days . 1036 
„ March 3 to March 10, 7 days 811 
„ „ March 10 to March 17, 7 days 648 
„ „ March 17 to March 24, 7 days 603 
„ „ March 24 to March 31, 7 days 554 
„ „ March 31 to April 7, 7 days ' , 539 
„ April 7 to April 14, 7 days . 527 
„ „ April 14 to April 21, 7 days . 566 
Total . . . 9111 lbs. 
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