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water ; the moister of the potatoe will be found suf- 
ficient. You may now begin to realize the value of 
your potatoe fallows; your beef cattle will fatten 
faster than in the usual method, upon meal and pro- 
vinder, and your corn may be saved over for the 
spring and summer markets, which always com- 
mands cash, and a good price. Your cattle kept for 
labour, will pay you in their appearance, in their ex- 
tra labour, and in the saving of your hay, if you 
give them one peck a head each day. Your cows, 
also, will repay you in their milk, as well as in their 
appearance, and saving of hay, if you 'give each one 
a peck of potatoes each day ; but this is not all, they 
will make you more butter from the same milk, and 
pay double the next summer in your dairy*. 
I have before me an experiment upon fattening 
beef, published by Mr. Nathan Landon, of Litch- 
field ; in which he states, that he fattened an ox, and 
a three year old heifer, without either corn, or pota- 
toes, for a less expense than even a common feeding, 
and in the following manner, viz. “ I boiled about 
two quarts of flax-seed, and sprinkled on to cut 
straw, which had been previously scalded, and sea- 
soned with salt, tocether with some oil-cake, and 
oat-meal ; working them in a tub, with a short pitch- 
fork, until the whole became an oily mush. I fed 
the heifer regularly in this way, about two months, 
when she had eaten about one bushel of flax-seed, 
with the other ingredients in proportion. When she 
was butchered, she weighed 384lbs. ; 84lbs. of which 
was tallow. She would not have sold for more than 
* One acre of potatoes properly fed out to your stock, will afford 
you manure to dress two acres well the next year ; the profits on 
your stock, and on your extra crops, from your extra manure and 
tillage, will be your second profit j the increased value of your land, 
will be your third profit ; and again, the. increased quantity of stork 
thi." will enable you to keep, and thus, in a chain, augment your 
wealth, together with the value of your farm, will be a constant pro- 
fit ; this may not only be witnessed in the case of Mr. Bakewell, but 
in the case of every farmer who will practise it. Try and see. 
