lowing figures:--

FOOD CONSUMED.

L s. d.

5 cwt. oil-cake, at 10s. 6d. per cwt. 2 12 6
6 cwt. hay, at 3s. per cwt. 0 18 0
16 weeks' attendance, at 6d. per week 0 8 0
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L3 18 6
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Gained 16 stones per week, at 8s. per stone 6 8 0
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Balance to pay for 90 cwt. of roots 2 9 6

The manure obtained afforded a good profit.

The seed-pods, or, as they are termed, the _bolls_ of the flax,
have been recommended as an excellent feeding stuff. They are not
so nutritious as linseed, but they are cheaper, and when produced
on the farm must be an economical food. Mr. Charley, an intelligent
stock-feeder in the county of Antrim, and an eminent authority in every
subject in relation to flax, strongly recommends the use of flax-bolls.
He says:--

The cost of rippling is considerable; but I believe, for
every L1 expended, on an average a return is realised of L2,
particularly on a farmstead where many horses and cattle are
regularly kept. The flax-bolls contain much more nourishment
than the linseed-cake from which the oil has, of course, been
expressed, and they form a most valuable addition to the warm
food prepared during winter for the animals just named. I believe
they have also a highly beneficial effect in warding off internal
disease, owing, no doubt, to the soothing and slightly purgative
properties of the oil contained in the seed. The change made in
the appearance of the animals receiving some of the bolls in their
steamed food is very apparent after a few weeks' trial; and the
smoothness and sleekness of their shining coats plainly show the
benefit derived. Is it not surprising, with this fact before our
eyes, that many agriculturists--indeed, I fear the majority--persist
in the old-fashioned system of taking the flax to a watering-place
with its valuable freight of seed unremoved, and plunge the sheaves
under water, losing thereby, _in the most wanton manner_, rich
feeding materials, worth from L1 to L3 per statute acre?

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