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Dairy Management. 



My cow, average j-ield for 9 weeks, 14 quarts per day, at s. d. 



2cZ. per quart IG 4 



Gain of flesh, Gi lbs. i^er week, at Cc? 3 1^ 



Cost of food : — 



Hay, G3 lbs., at GtZ. per stone ; straw and sbells s. d. \ 



of oats. Is. ScZ. ; mangel, Is 4 G^l 



Eape-cake, 35 lbs. ; bran, 10^ lbs. ; malt-combs, ( 



lOi lbs. ; bean-meal, lu§ lbs. 



4 Oi 



Profit 



19 5i 



8 7 



10 10-i 



The richer quality of the manure will probably compensate for 

 the extra labour, cooking, and attention bestowed upon my cow. 



With a view of extending the comparison I give particulars 

 of the whole of my cows, the weights of which were registered 

 on the 8th of October, and which were still on hand, free from 

 calf, and in a state admitting of compai'ison. These were bought 

 at a neighbouring market in but moderate condition : indeed 

 with my mode of feeding I do not attach the same importance 

 to high condition as a town-side farmer would. A cow in full 

 condition attains her maximum yield in a week or so after calving, 

 whilst those in lower condition continue, by my treatment, to 

 increase their quantity up to about a month after calving. 



The dates of calving are not precisely those on which the cows 

 calved, but on which they were purchased as new calven cows. 

 The prices named are those paid for the cows without their 

 calves, except in one instance, the cow No. IJjeing bought a few 

 days before calving. They are what may be termed young cows, 

 having had two or three calves each. The prices will disclose 

 to those conversant with the subject, that the animals were not 

 in high condition nor of high breed. 



My COWS, during the period under consideration, Avere treated 

 follows: — During August and September they were on open 



