69 •• l|ri»eed cake.
I<ls •• wheat bran.
109 -• rve bran
167 -• wheat and net chaff.
179 •• rye and barlev ehaff.
An ox requires 2 per rent, of lux live weight
in hay. per day ; H lie work*. 2 I 2 per cent
A milch cow. 3 per cen'. A fattening «<. 5
per cent, at first, four per cent, when half fat.
Bud afterw arils Sheep, whe.t grown. 3 1-2
per cent, of their lire weight, in hay. per day.
Tuv Time*. —One of 'he be,' proof* of 'he
improvement *»f 'l-e time*, is the advance
which ts'akmg place in the wages - f journey
men in ihe useful iradea. Ihe tailors have
aheadv re- etved an advance-and ihe shoe
maker* expect one. When employers consent
to such a measure, there can be rm mistake in
the cause*. A it** "f wages must always
spring fr -m the improvement <>f general bovi
ne**. Yet a very aingular anattmly re i.ain*.
The government i« discharging "It 'he men
employed at the Navy Yards. Thi*i*caused
by had legivlafi-n entirely-and prove* 'hat
while the bu’ine** people are Ro"ing right,
the govern cent is worse managed than ever
m fact they are mere hung'ers. We must
have a change.—N. \ I* ■.. <
An Eartiiquaks i« Ma-*alhw.tts.—The
hooare in »he town "f <!am<«o. Shsr n. Stough
ton. Easron an ! S ,<i'h Dedham, were shaken
on Tuesdiy morning. »• 'he people
bv an earthquake. Tl» firit sound W*» I'ke
a heavy explosion, hot it eoti'inued like the
rumbling of thunder for upwards of a minute
and then died away. The house* were sen
stbly shaken, the door* jarred open, and dt*h
e* on the brcakf*ai table rattled.
From the New York Herald.
