Suggestions for Stock-feeding in the Winter of 1893-94. 491 
has the great advantage that it does not foul the land so much 
as hay. 
Cattle in Hampshire are not nearly so important a consider- 
ation as are sheep, therefore the question of cattle food does not 
cause so much anxiety in this part of Great Britain as, unfor- 
tunately, it does elsewhere in the island. Certain mixtures of 
cattle fodder have been already indicated, but, in addition to 
these, Hampshire stock-holders may find the following of service. 
Setting aside the hay, which it is advised should be disposed of 
by sale, and remembering the entire lack of silage and the 
scarcity of roots, a good food may be obtained by a mixture of 
40 lb. to 50 lb. of straw chaff, nearly 2 lb. of boiled linseed, and 
about 3 lb. of such home-grown ground-up wheat or barley as 
may be found unfitted for the market. The mass should be 
allowed to remain about twelve to sixteen hours before being 
used, as, in that time, fermentation will arise, making the 
whole more agreeable and more easily digested. It may here 
be noted that, where straw has been carted in bad condition, 
steaming will rob it of all flavour of mustiness, and convert it 
into a palatable food. 
Where the farmer has been fortunate enough to secure a 
fair supply of roots, he will, as usual, pulp these, using about 
20 lb. per head, and will mix the pulped mass with about 30 lb. 
of straw chaff, in addition to 2 lb. or 3 lb. of unsaleable home- 
grown wheat or barley, reduced to meal. 
For all kinds of stock, however, required to be fattened, 
straw chaff and hay, in equal proportions, are generally used ; 
but it is possible to fatten cattle by the use of a mixture of about 
12 lb. of hay. 3G lb. of straw, and artificial food — consisting of 
crushed oats, bean meal, and linseed cake in equal proportions — 
increased from 7 lb. to 14 lb. per head daily. 
Horses have not been so much affected by the drought as 
other live-stock, as some of the variety of fodders of service to 
them have escaped its effects ; but, as oats are now somewhat 
expensive, it might be found advisable to substitute in great 
part ground maize for these, using, perhaps, about ^ bushel of 
oats to 1 bushel of maize and ^ bushel of beans per head weekly. 
Since so liberal a use of straw for feeding purposes has been 
advised, it becomes necessary to indicate a material w'hich may 
be found equally as useful as the straw for litter. Undoubtedly, 
peat moss, a product of the Yorkshire moors, is the best of these 
litters at present known. It lasts longer than the straw itself, 
retains more manurial properties, and, important also to notice, 
it requires less labour in carting and spreading on the fields. 
Dried fern also, though not so capable an absorbent, will be 
