186 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



First dairy, 30 cows, product 6,000 lbs. 

 Second dairy, 20 cows, product 12,000 lbs. 



In the first only a quarter of the food consumed is converted into 

 milk ; in the second, one-half. Suppose cheese to sell for eight 

 cents per pound, the larger dairy will work a constant loss to the 

 owner, while the other will yield a handsome profit. Whether the 

 exact cost of keeping, or of the extra amount of food to produce a 

 hundred pounds of cheese, is accurately represented here or not, 

 the principle is not invalidated. It remains proportionally the 

 same for every imaginable case." 



Another dairyman gives the following statistics of the facts re- 

 garding the five best and five poorest cows in his dairy in ISSY : 



Five best credit by an average of 554 gallons of milk each, 

 which realized in butter and cheese sold, 11| cents per 

 gallon, $63 11 



Dr. to 2| tons hay, at 8 per ton, * $20 00 



30 weeks pasturing, 7 50 



2 cwt. ground feed in spring, 3 00 



10 per ct. interest on cow, (say $45,) 4 50 35 00 



35 00 

 Net profit of each cow, 28 tl 



Five poorest cows credit by an average of 243 gallons of milk 



which realized as above, 11 ^ cents per gallon, 2*7 95 



Dr. to cost of keeping as above, 35 00 



Loss on each cow, T 05 



Five cows paid him a profit of $143.55, and five others involved 

 a loss of $35.25 during the season. Of course he did not keep the 

 poor ones another season. His dairy of 43 cows averaged 450 

 pounds of cheese each. 



Management. — Without attempting to discuss the details of feed- 

 ing and treating dairy stock, I will notice briefly some of the 

 points to be kept in view. No matter how good cows are pro- 

 cured, stingy feeding and shiftless management will soon run 

 down the stock and dissipate all hopes of profit. " What is worth 

 doing, is worth doing well f and "what is worth having, is worth 

 taking care of." There is no worse economy, than neglect and in- 

 difierence to the comfort and health of the animals from which we 

 look for profitable produce. Care and attention may secure all we 

 desire, while neglect will surely nullify all the advantages which 

 might be looked for from the possession of the best facilities. 



