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THE DRINK TRADE AND THE FARMER.

Before stating how the farmer would be benefited generally by the suppression of the drink traffic, we will Bhow to what better purpose than brewing his barley . may be appiied. Everyone who baa given bat a little attention to the aabjaot knows that barley is a moat wholeßome and nutritious food, wbioh might be much , more largely Introduced Id to domeatio use ' than It la at present ; and some considerable puaatUy of the barley now used for brewing would, on the Buppreaslon of that Industry, go without doabt Into consumption for mllliDg purposes. It Is, however, as a food for horaes and cattle that barley would be la greater demand. In a diaoußaion of this subjeot a writer m the " Mark Lane. Express " gives the following reanlt of experiments In the fe9dingf o horsaa.with barley:— The keep cf horaea upon whloh the experiment was made had been one bushel of beans, one bu?hel of oata, and one bushel of bran eaoh per week. The beam and oats were discontinued and boiled barley supplied Instead, of whloh one bushel was found to nafEoe. la other ro*p?ots the food of the horaes was the saim »a hey had been used to, and they performed the same heavy work upon the road, travel ng a weekly average of 140 miles. At the end of five months the animale were as healthy and active as they oould possibly have been upon beans and oats, and were m "high condition." In a pecuniary p >lnt the saving effected by the change (Inohidlng the expense o€ boiling;) was full £1 per week. Again, It la stated th%t some forty years x ago experiments were made on behalf of the English Government to ascertain the comparative v*lue of malt and barley for feeding cattle. The results of the experiments were Bammed op thus:— The total Inoreaae of eaah bullock In the 46 days wan : — That fed on malt, J.4(Hlba. (31ba o|oz daily) ; and that on barley, 204! ba (4ibs 6oz .daily); proving onmalted to ba superior to malted barley In feeding by 63£1b8." Like experiments were made to test the comparative value of malt and barley for the yield of milk and butter. The re* suits were found to ba the following .•- The oo wb were losiog weight and strength dally under the malt regimen, while tbey gained weight and strength when fed on barley. After the barley experiments they were found to be BOlba heavier, after the malt trial 42lba lighter —the difference being 1221b5. "These trials, oontinued over three months," Bays Professor Thompson, "leave no doubt that barley is superior to malt, weight for weight.

It may ba objected that these latter experiments only show tha comparative value of malt and barley for feeding. They do that, bat they do more. . They show the losa of nutrition consequent on the conversion of barley into malt, but they prove also the great value of barley as a food for either dairy oows or bullocks fattening for the batoher : and show again with how great advantage the barley, now worse than wasted m its use for brew lpg, might be applied for feeding purposes. It la not here alone, In finding a market for hia barley no louger uaed for malting} that the farmer would reap the advantage of the altered condition of things Incident to the suppression of the liquor traffic, and the consequent better expenditure of £2,000,000 of money per annum. The farmers would, as vre have already stated, participate very largely m the general prosperity of the Colony. Under the new conditions, many now hungry would be fed, many now scantily furnished with indifferent food would be able to obtain full supplies of good and wholesome food ; many naked would be clothed. — rags and wretchedness would give place to plenty and comfort ; homes now bare and empty would be furnished and made attractive. This would create, first, and before any other, an increased demand for farm and | dairy produce. Bread, milk, butter, eggß, poultry," beef, mutton, and wool, and every other article the farmer can send into the motket would be m constantly increasing demand. The generally increased industries of the country would ralso the demaed for grain to feed thb extra number of horses brought iuto uae, and the farmer would be thus the first to feel the rUiDg tide of prosperity.— "Economics of Drink"

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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1821, 21 April 1888, Page 2

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THE DRINK TRADE AND THE FARMER. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1821, 21 April 1888, Page 2

THE DRINK TRADE AND THE FARMER. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1821, 21 April 1888, Page 2

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