398 On the Feeding of Stock v^it/i prepared Food. 
for thirty-four days, viz. 8 st. 2 lbs., with the increase of the same bul- 
locks when fed on your plan for thirty-one days, viz., 14st. 5 lbs., the 
superiority of this method is very apparent. 
Let us next compnre their cost. 
First Method of Feedinq. 
lOi lbs. of linseed, at 7*. per bushel, of 56 lbs. s. d. 
'or lid. per lb. . . . .1 3^ 
3j lbs. bean-meal, at I*, per stone . .20 
100 lbs. of coal daily, at 14s. per ton, or 4s. 
per week, for twenty bullocks, or, for each, 
per week . . . . 0 2| 
Extra wages 4s. per vrcek, or 2|Vf/. ]icr liead, say 0 2^ 
Cost per head per week , ,43 
Second Method of Fecdinr/. 
21 ll)s. of oil-cake, at £lO per ton, or l.'xA per 
stone . . . . .1 lOi- 
21 lbs. bean-meal, at Is. -per stone . • . 16 
20 stone of turnips extra, say . . 0 114 
Cost per head per week . .44 
By the above calculations it appears, that the cost of the two methods 
is alout the same. I have, however, to observe, that, to avoid raising 
the expectations of those who may wish to try your plan too high, I 
have, througliout the two estimates, favoured tlic old system rather than 
the new. The price of the linseed is decidedly above the average. 
Coal can, in most situations in the north, be liad for less than I4s. per 
ton; and the ciiarge both for coal and wages would be lower per head, 
if I had made my calculation for forty bullocks instead of twenty. On 
the other hand, had I, in the second estimate, valued the oil-cake at what 
I have given, on the average, for the last live years, viz., 11/. per ton 
(for the best English-made cake, including carriage), and estimated the 
turnips at lOs. per ton, instead of Is. 6d. (a very low value), the com- 
parison between the two plans of feeding would have been very decidedly 
in favour of the new system, in point of economy. 
Before leaving this part of the subject, I would wish to remark that 
though I liave given an estimate of the cost of the food for seven days, 
I really only use it six days out of tlie seven, as, if the steamer were 
kept going on the Sunday, the men in charge of the cattle would have to 
work as luud on tliat day as on any other day of the week. I conse- 
quently substitute linseed cake for the prepared food on Sundays, and 
am of opinion that this slight change of lood is rather beneficial than 
otherwise. The cost of the linseed cake is so nearly equal to that of the 
prepared food, that I have not thought it necessary to make any differ- 
ence in the calculation on that account. 
I have now given you the result of my trial of two different systems 
of feeding, and also estimates of their cost, and will next endeavour to 
