The Express.
London, England, 1848-01-13 00:00:00

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PROVINCIAL.

HAMPSHIRE,

POST-OFFICE ON SUNDAY.-7he mayor of South-
ampton has received a communication from the Postmaster-
General, in which hi; lordship states that the memorial sent
by his wonhip on the part of the inhabitants, for the closing
of the oust-office daring the greater part of Sunday, has hem
complied with.
CORNWALL.

FARM MEMORAND.Z7L—TIte following account of Ty-
warnhayle Farm, near Redrnth, was given by Mr. Karkeek,
at the late maxima meeting of the Cornwall Agricultural So-
ciety, as reported in the Gardeners' Chronicle. Mr. liar-
keek stated that Mr. Trethewy, Mr. Treaties:us, and himself,
went out to Messrs. Davey's farm, for the purpose of seeing
the method of feeding cattle lately introduced there. The
farm was taken in by the Messrs. Davey, but a few years
shim, from the common at Tywarnhaye. The plan consists
in feeding ca'tle in loose hones, on a compound of linseed and
ryemeal, prepared as fellows :-231be. of crushed linseed is
gradually mixed with 21 gallons of boiling water in u copper;
after which Bilbs. of rye meal and a handful of silt is ad,li d ;
the mixture, having been wall stirred, is cast into moulds,
forming cakes of 71bs. each. The quantities of ingredients
above mentioned will make 36 cake., and the whole can be
manufactured by a man and two girls in about one hour.
One of these cakes, with 1 cwt. of Swede turnips and a bushel
of straw and hay chaff (which last is also mixed with linseed
mucilage), is given to an ox in six meals per day. The
method of preparing the linseed and chaff is by dissolving
121bs. of bruised linseed in 24011.. of boiling water; this is
poured on straw, chaff, and day. equal to 60 bushels, in a
shallow cistern; whilst one person gradually pours the boil-
ing mucilage over the chaff another person turns and beats it
witk a beater till the liquid be perfectly absorbed. The ex-
pense of feeding an ox in the manner here described is about
is. per day. The consumption of the compound is gradually
increased in quantity. Same feeders give from 14 to 211 be.
per day, being nearly in the same quantities that linseed
cake is given. The advantages derived from the use of the
compound over the oilcake are very considerable. The oil-
cake costs, on an average, from RN. to 121. per ton ; whilst
the linseed compound can be manufactured with either pea,
bean, barley, Indian corn, or rye meal, at from 60e. to 70s.
per ton. Again, from the various trials which have been
made by practical farmers, of the feeding qualities of the
two articles, the advantages are in favour of the compound,
weight for weight. The utensils required for manufaeturing
the compound are a 30 or 40-gallon copper, a hand-null for
crushing the linseed food 605.), a half-hogshead or two,
half a dozen moulds, a hand cup, a three.pronged fork, and
a wooden rammer, the whole of which may be pun Used for
30s. Mr. Kerkeek next de•cribed the Messrs Davey's sys-
tem of boxsfeeding. The boxes are about 9 feet square, sunk
3 feet (2 feet, it is said, is quite sufficient) below the surface,
in one continuous excavation, and having sliding bore be-
tween the boxes, and a sliding trough placed in the boxes
for holding food and water. The ben and troughs are made
to elide upwards, as the manure accumulates underneath.
Messrs. Davey'. settle had been placed in the oozes and fed
in this manner for six weeks up to Saturday last; and there
was scantly the slightest Matilda arising from the dull&