Mr. Blundell gives us also the tabulated results of one of his experiments, which prove that by the use of straw there is to be obtained something more than manure by the feeding of stock:-- COST OF FEEDING AN OX PER WEEK WITH STRAW, ETC., ACCORDING TO MR. BLUNDELL. s. d. 4 lbs. of oil-cake per day, or 38 lbs. per week, at £10 per ton 2 6 64 lbs. of roots ditto, or 4 cwt. ditto, at 13s. 4d. ditto 2 8 20 lbs. of straw feeding, or 1-1/4 cwt. ditto, at 30s. ditto 1 10-1/2 20 lbs. of straw litter, or 1-1/4 cwt. ditto, at 15s. ditto 0 11 Attendance, &c., per week 0 1 ---------- 8 0-1/2 Deduct value of manure, per week 1 3-1/2 ---------- 6 9 Increased value of ox per week 10 0 Deduct cost of feeding 6 9 ---------- 3 3 If we now turn to the study of the composition of straw regarded from an economic point of view, we shall find that the theoretical deductions therefrom harmonise with the results of actual feeding experiments. Let us assume that 100 parts of oat-straw contain on an average-- 1 part of oil, 4 parts of flesh-formers, 10 parts of sugar, gum, and other fat-formers, and 30 parts of digestible fibre; and if the price of the straw be 30s. per ton, we shall have at that cost the following quantities of digestible substances:-- ONE TON OF OAT-STRAW, AT 30s., CONTAINS:-- lbs. [31] Oil 22·4 Flesh-forming principles 89·6 Sugar, gum, and other fat-forming substances 224·0 Digestible fibre 672·0 ------- 1,008·0 [32] Total amount of fat-formers, calculated as starch 952·0 Add flesh-formers 89·6 ------- Total amount of nutritive matter 1,041·6 We shall now compare this table with a similar one in relation to the composition of linseed cake, which will place the greater comparative value of straw in a clearer light. A fair sample of linseed-cake contains, centesimally--