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FOOD FOR CATTLE. 
Means and I bpiieve I should be warranted in stating the actual loss of 
feedin*^catfle dairymen at 5l. per head on his stock, in the neigbbour- 
with Steamed hood of London, by their present mode of management. 
* 00<1 * Suppose my estimate correct of 1 8,750 milch cows, valuing 
them at 28/. one with another, would amount to 337,500/. 
If I have succeeded in my endeavours to impress upon the 
Society the magnitude apd importance of the object, I shall 
feel I have done some service. 
I have the honour to be, with great respect. 
Dear Sir, 
Your obedient and bumble Servant, 
I.C C DR WEN. 
Workington’ Hall, Nov. 1 5ih, 1S11. 
To C. Taylor, M. D. Spc. 
Letter from Mr. Frankly n on the same subject. 
I feel it a duty incumbent on me, as it may benefit the pub- 
lic at large, and likewise as a tribute of grateful respect to my 
honoured friend, Mr. Curwen, who first recommended to me 
the use of steamed food for my cattle, to inform you, that I 
have made a long and decisive trial thereof, and have found it 
to answer, both in respect tp the carcase and milk of my cows. 
They daily increase in quantity, and the quality of the mills: is 
• far superior to any I ever saw. 
I give steamed food once a day to my horses, namely, in 
the evening when they have done work, and I find it to answer 
much better than dry food. 
I was accustomed to feed my cows with grains, hay*, and 
green food, but since I have given them the boiled bay, they 
have not had any grains noy green meat, and I find the cost of 
their keep to be less than when I fed them with grains. In 
short, I feel myself so well convinced of the advantages re- 
sulting from the use of warm food, that 1 do not intend ever 
again tp have recourse to grains. 
The liquor or deqoction from the hay, which is taken from 
the 
