Carlisle Patriot 18 May 1844 Farm Horses | Farm Horses |
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| Carlisle Patriot - 18 May 1844 | ||||
Page 1 of 2 THE FARMERS' SCRAP BOOK. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FARM HORSES. At a recent meeting of the Loughborough (Leicestershire) Agricultural Society, the subject of farm horses and their food occupied a good deal of attention; and we learn from the Leicester Journal that the following interesting and useful papers were submitted to the meeting by Mr. KILBY: - Calculation of the different kinds of food given in the following tables, reduced to the nutriment of Hay. The price of the articles and their value in hay at 2s 6d per cwt. Shewing what each horse would have cost per week, had it been fed entirely upon hay, instead of the food used. Mr. LACEY, one horse one week. All Steamed. s. d. lbs. of Hay 112 lbs of Potatoes ........................ 1 0 per str., eq. to 69½ 179 " Chaff, Clover, & Dills .... 2 0 per cwt " 103½ 44 " Beans ............................ 3 3 per strike " 97¾ 33½ " Hay ............................... 2 6 per cwt " 33½ 33½ " Malt Comb .................... 4 0 per cwt " 33½ ------- 402 - equal to 3 cwt 1 lb of hay, at 3s 2d per cwt. 9s 7d the cost of one horse. Mr. KILBY, one horse one week. 265¾ " Clover and Rye Grass cut 2 6 per cwt " 265¾ 37¼ " Oats in straw ................... 2 6 per cwt " 37¼ 32 " Peas boiled ...................... 4 6 per strike " 71 2 " Cake boiled in 8 gals. of water, and mixed in the above when cut ................ 8 0 per cwt " 3 ------- 337¼ - equal to 3 cwt 1 qr 13 lbs of hay, at 2s 8½d per cwt. 9s 2d the cost of one horse. Mr. STOKES, No. 1, one horse one week. 32 " Beans ............................ 4 6 per strike " 73 147 " Clover not cut ................ 2 6 per cwt " 147 28 " Bran ....................... £4 10 0 per ton " 24 48 " Hay cut .......................... 2 6 per cwt " 48 14 " Turnips .......................... 7 0 per ton " 4½ 48 " Straw cut ....................... 1 0 per cwt " 12¾ ------- 317 - equal to 2 cwt 3 qrs 1 lb of hay, at 3s per cwt. 8s 3d the cost of one horse. Mr. STOKES, No. 2, six horses one week. 896 " Clover not cut ........ 2 6 per cwt " 896 224 " Clover and hay cut . 2 6 per cwt " 224 224 " Straw cut ............... 1 0 per cwt " 60 392 " Clover and Hay ...... 2 6 per cwt " 392 168 " Bean meal .............. 1 0 per stone " 373 84 " Turnips ................... 0 9 per cwt " 27 --------- ------- 6) 1,988 6) 1,972 --------- ------- 331 - equal to 2 cwt 3 qrs 1 lb of hay, at 2s 9d a cwt. 328 8s 0¾d the cost of one horse. Mr. STOKES, No. 3, six horses one week. 250 " Hay cut ..................... 2 6 per cwt " 350 350 " Straw cut .................. 1 0 per cwt " 93 252 " Bean meal ................. 1 0 per stone " 560 190 " Hay .......................... 2 6 per cwt " 190 392 " Pea Straw ................. 1 6 per cwt " 256 224 " Turnips ...................... 7 0 per ton " 72 --------- ------- 6) 1,758 6) 1,521 --------- ------- 293 - equal to 2 cwt 1 qr 1 lb of hay, at 2s 11d. 253½ 6s 7d the cost of one horse. Mr. WILD, No. 1, six horses one week. 1774 " Clover ...................... 2 6 per cwt " 1774 209 " Pulse ........................ 1 0 per cwt " 172 199 " Beans ....................... 4 6 per strike " 442 --------- ------- 6) 2,282 6) 2,388 --------- ------- 380 - equal to 3 cwt 2 qrs 6 lbs, at 2s 10¼d. 398 10s 2d the cost of one horse. Mr. WILD, No. 2, seven horses one week. 1568 " Hay .......................... 2 6 per cwt " 1568 210 " Oats ....................... 22 0 per quarter " 356 56 " Chaff ........................ 1 0 per cwt " 33 --------- ------- 7) 1,834 7) 1,957 --------- ------- 262 - equal to 2 cwt 2 qrs of hay, at 2s 10d per cwt, 279 the cost of one horse per week. Mr. WILD, No. 3, six horses. 681 " Clover ...................... 2 6 per cwt " 681 313 " Oat Straw, uncut ....... 1 0 per cwt " 160 337 " Ditto cut ........ 1 0 per cwt " 172 202 " Oats .......................... 1 0 per stone " 342 64 " Beans ........................ 4 6 per strike " 146 --------- ------- 6) 1,597 1,501 --------- ------- 250 - equal to 2 cwt 26 lbs, at 2s 11½d per cwt, making the cost of each horse 6s 8d. The above calculations are made from a table "On the comparative value of different kinds of fodder, by the Rev. W. RHAM," at page 78 of the first part of the third volume of the Royal Society's Journal. It was published in France by M. ANTOINE, at Nancy, and is the result of experiments made by the principal agriculturists of the Continent, - THAER, GEMERHANSEN, PETRO, RIEDER, WEBER, KRANTZ, ANDRÊ, BLOCK, DE DOMBASLE, BOUSINGAULT, MEYER, PLOTOW, POHL, SMÉE, COUD, SCHMERTZ, and PABST. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ More to follow about the feeding of horses..... Petra |
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