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FEEDS AND FEEDING 



it to cattle, were taken by the writer from the accounts kept on his farm in 

 1915, after 3 years' use of silage. The farm comprises 105 acres of arable 

 second-rate heavy land, and 45 acres of pasture. 



Cost of growing one acre. 



£. s. d. 



Rent I . o. o 



Basic Slag 12.0 



Ploughing 10. o 



Harrowng 1.6 



Seed (i ^/2 bush, of tares, ^ bush, of beans, i bush, of oats, 



I peck of rye) i . o. o 



Seeding , 2. o 



Rates 4. o 



Steam Cultivating twice after crop is removed i. o. o 



Rolling 9 



£ A- 10. 3 



Cost of cutting and getting ready one acre for carting . 1 1 . o 

 Cost of filling silo i6ft. by 39ft., capacity 20 tons: 



& s. d. 



8 men at 4s. per day for 6 days 9. 12.0 



3 boys at is. 6d i. 7.0 



5 horses at 3.< .). 10. o 



Engine and driver f>t £ i per day for 6 days 6. o. o 



Silage Cutter at 15s. per day for 6 days 4. 10. o 



Coal 2. 0.0 



Beer 2. 18. o 



* 



£ 30.17.0 

 13 acres filled the silo to the top, and the cost of fill-in': per acre 



acrr = £30 17s. ad. -f- 13 = £ 2. 7- 6 



Total cost of silage per acre. 



£ s. d. 



To grow .(. 10. 3 



To cut 1 1 . o 



To fill , 2. 7. f> 



Interest and depreciation of silo at 10 per cent i. 3.0 



£ 8.11.9 



Ration given to dairy coivs from 1st October to ^ist December 1915. 



60 lb- Silage 3. 66 rf. 



24 lb. Turnips i. 28 rf. 



1-6 lb. Concentrates (maize gluten 



at £ 10 per ton) i.yi d. 



6. 65 d. 



This ration given to 17 Red Poll cows, prodticed during the first three 

 months 32,254 lb. of milk or an average of 2 gal. per day, at a cost of 3.32 d. 



