146 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Nineteen tons of hay, eaten from January 1st to 



May 15, at $12 a ton $228 00 



Pasturing fourteen cows, at $5 per cow 70 00 



498 00 

 Leaving a balance of $229.69. 



Now let us compare the making of butter with making cheese. 

 I will take the months of June and July in which Mr. Merrill made 

 butter. 



June 236 lbs. 



July 260 lbs. 



496 lbs., at 25c., $124.00. 



During those months the milk required for one pound of butter 

 will make two and one-half of cheese. The cheese at the South 

 Paris factory sold foi- thirteen and a half cents per pound. Had 

 the milk of June and July been made into cheese it would have made 



1,240 lbs. cheese, at IS^c $167 40 



Less 1 ^ cents per pound for making 15 50 



151 90 



This is more, after deducting the making, than was received for 



the butter by $27.90. 



Statement of W. C. Hobbs, Norway. 



This statement commenced March 1st and ended November 1st. 

 Four cows. Number pounds of butter made, 508 ; sold at an aver- 

 age price of 34 cents. 



Cr. 

 508 lbs., at 34c $172 72 



75 lbs. cheese made, at 20c 15 00 



Calves raised and sold 27 50 



Estimated value of skimmed milk 10 00 



225 22 

 Dr. 



Grain fed from March to November. . . $68 00 



Hay from March to June, at $12 43 20 



Pasturing 4 cows, at $5 20 00 



131 20 

 Leaving a balance of $94.02, or $23.50 per cow. 



