PRODUCTS OF THE DAIRY 397 



SERVED TO CALF. 



No. 6, 132 00, . . . Apr. 10, 1856 April 8, 1857 



7, 34 00, . . . Mar. 3, 1856 Feb. 21, 1857 



8, 30 00, . . . Dec. 6, 1855 Nov. 15, 1856 



9, 17 00, . . . May 3, 1856 Apr. 20, 1857 



1273 00 



Average cost, $30.33. 



No. 5 was sold to be fattened. May 10th, for $23. 



No. 4 was sold for beef June 17tli, for $44.76. 



The cows were fed during the winter in the following manner : 



A trough about eight feet long, three feet wide and eighteen 

 inches deep, was filled with chopped straw, salt and meadow hay ; 

 this was wet with four pails of water, and one-half bushel of fine 

 feed or shorts was well mixed with it; this was their moDiing 

 meal ; at noon they had one peck of carrots each, and a feed of 

 whole hay. At four o'clock they had the same feed of chopped 

 hay as in the morning. At eight o'clock in the evening they 

 were fed with corn fodder. Twice in ^ acli day they were turned 

 into the yard to drink ; when the weather was mild they were 

 kept out a few hours. They were milked about four o'clock in 

 the morning, and at noon. During the winter they had but 

 little good hay ; after the middle of April until they went to 

 pasture, they had good English hay. 



Of the cost of feeding the cows during the winter I can give 

 no accurate statement, as much of the fodder consumed was not 

 merchantable. I bought two tons of shorts, at $30 per ton, and 

 two tons of salt hay, at $11 per ton ; the rest was grown upon 

 the farm. During the months of June and July they had only 

 what they could get in the pasture ; in August they were fed at 

 noon and at night with green corn stalks ; in September they 

 have been in fall feed, and have not been fed from the barn. 



It is an object with me to save as much of the manure as pos- 

 sible ; the cows are kept in the barn nights, all the year, and 

 the cellar beneath is well supplied with muck to receive the 

 droppings. 



It will be seen by the above statement that but five of my 

 cows have calved since the 1st of January ; three of the calves 

 were sold when a few days old for one dollar each ; two were 

 kept for veal, and sold for $8.50 each. No exchanges have been 



