+-----+-------+---------+---------+--------+--------+--------------+--------+ | No. | | Weight | Weight | |Value of| Total Weight | | | Of | | of | of | | Gain | of Food | Value | |Sheep| Kinds | Ten | Ten | | taking | consumed | of Food| | In | of | Sheep, | Sheep, | Gain. | Mutton | in |consumed| |Each | Food. |1st Dec.,|1st Mar.,| | at 6d. | Three Months | per | |Lot. | | 1855. | 1856. | |per lb. | by each lot. | Ton. | +-----+-------+---------+---------+--------+--------+--------------+--------+ | | | st. lb. | st. lb. | st. lb.| £ s. d.|tons. cwt. lb.|s. d. | | 10 |Cabbage| 90 10 | 101 5 | 10 9 | 3 14 6 | 8 13 47 |8 7 | | | | | | | | | | | 10 |Swedes | 89 3 | 100 7 | 11 4 | 3 19 0 | 8 10 7 |9 3-1/4| +-----+-------+---------+---------+--------+--------+--------------+--------+ +-----+-------+----------+------------+----------+-------------+------------+ | No. | | Total | | | | | | Of | | Weight | Value | Extra | Free | Balance | |Sheep| Kinds | per | of each | Cost on | Value | in favor | | In | of | Acre | Crop | each Crop| of each | of | |Each | Food. | of each | per Acre. | per Acre.| Crop | Cabbage | |Lot. | | Crop. | | | per Acre. | per Acre. | +-----+-------+----------+------------+----------+-------------+------------+ | | |tons. cwt.| £ s. d. | £ s. d.| £ s. d. | £ s. d. | | 10 |Cabbage| 42 14 | 18 6 6 | 4 10 11 | 13 15 7 | | | | | | | | | 1 15 11-3/4| | 10 |Swedes | 26 12 | 12 6 7-1/4| 0 7 0 | 11 19 7-1/4 | | +-----+-------+----------+------------+----------+-------------+------------+ The furze is a member of the family _Leguminosæ_, which includes so many useful plants, such as, for example, the pea, the bean, and the clovers. There are three varieties of it met with in this country--namely, the common furze, _Ulex europæus_, the dwarf furze, _Ulex nanus_, and the Irish, or upright furze, _Ulex strictus_.