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best judge for himself; and I urgently invite every farmer engaged 

 in rearing such stock, to make the closest and most accurate cal- 

 culations possible. 



The average of the above estimates is $37.13, to which if we add 

 $1 as the value of the calf when dropped, we have an outlay of 

 $38.13, predicated upon the assumption that hay should bring $10 

 per ton and that milk for the dairy is worth two cents per quart, 

 as the cost of rearing up to the fall after it is two years old ; the 

 age at which so many are sold to go out of the State for about half 

 that sum. 



Now let us compare this with another use to which the same 

 hay, pasturage or other forage could be put. 



The product of a good cow, well fed, during twelve months, sup- 

 posing her to calve towards the end of March, and the calf to be 

 put away as soon as the milk is fit for use, and to go dry during 

 two months, was estimated by the same practical men as follows : 



First Estimate. 



During April and May, say 60 days, 12 qts. per day, . . 720 



June and July, " 15 " ... 900 



August and Sept., " 9 " . . . 540 



October and Nov., " 5 " . . . 300 



December and Jan., " 2 " . . . 120 



727 gallons, 



2,910 



