Horses and stables / by F. Fitzwygram.

  • Fitzwygram, Frederick, Sir, 1823-1904.
Date:
1886
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Horses and stables / by F. Fitzwygram. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and meal, of which, indeed, their bulk is principally composed. Locust beans, the different oil cakes and Indian corn, form the basis of these cattle foods so often paraded before the public, with which sundry stimulants, making a kind of curry-powder concoction, are mixed up. This, though it may be highly agreeable, yet at the price above stated, forms a most costly addition to the ordinary feeding cost, and an animal once pampered on such material can hardly fall back on ordinary food; hence the price of fattening is greatly enhanced, but without any increase of the saleable carcase, for there is a natural limit in this direction. “ A compound at £40 a ton will make no more flesh than oil- cake at £10; but if the farmer approves of, and will have, the compound, let him simply mix the materials himself. There is no secret in the composition, for the test is at hand in a simple analysis. “ The following is the ordinary formula— “ ‘ To make one ton of meal.’ Cwt. qrs. lbs. £ s. a. Locust Bean, finely ground, at £6 a ton GOO 1 16 0 Indian Corn at £7 a ton .900 3 3 0 Best Linseed Cake at £10 a ton .300 1 10 0 Powdered Turmeric at 8d. a lb. 40 1 6 8 Sulphur at 2d. a lb. 40 G 8 Saltpetre at 5d. a lb. 20 8 4 Liquorice at Is. a lb. 27 1 7 0 Ginger at 6d. a lb. 3 1 6 Aniseed at 9d. a lb. 4 3 0 Coriander at 9d. a lb. 10 7 G Gentian at 8d. a lb. 10 G 8 Cream of Tartar at Is. 8d. a lb. 2 3 4 Carbonate of Soda at 4d. a lb. 6 2 0 Levigated Antimony at 6d. a lb. . 6 3 0 Common Salt at Id, a lb. 30 1 a Peruvian Bark at 4s. a lb. 4 1G 0 Fenugreek at 9d. a lb. 22 16 G Total . . 20 0 0 12 18 5