132 Stocking Land. 



instead of straw as bedding for cattle. I have also used a com- 

 pound meal (the ingredients of which 1 subjoin*) as the principal 

 accessory to the grass and hay. The turnips I have purchased 

 were all used for the sheep ; none for the bullocks and horses. 

 The oats and straw bought were for the stables. My practice 

 has been to charge the whole cost (including labour) of the stables 

 to the farm, and to credit the farm with 125. per week for every 

 horse used for riding or carriage. In order to increase my hay- 

 crop, I hired some other grass-land, the rent for which is included 

 in the charge for fodder. 



Statement of Farm Accounts on the Glebe, West BucMand ; from Oct 1st, 

 1863, to Oct. 1st, 1864. 



A. Cost of Stock. 



By Valuation Oct. 1863 :— 



Bullocks, 



£. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. 



2 Kerry cows in-calf 10 



4 Devons 40 



3 Yearlings 19 10 



1 Calf 3 



78 10 



Jlwses. 



2 Brood-mares 62 



2 Cobs, 4 and 5 years .. .. 66 



2 Carriage-iwnies 40 



1 4-ycar-old filly 25 



3 3-year-old fillies 76 



2 2-year-old (colt and filly) .. 30 



2 Yearling colts 20 



5 Sundry ponies 37 



350 



Sheep. 



45 Ewes, at 59s 132 15 



32 Old ewes, at 50s 80 



41 Ewe-lambs, at 35s 71 15 



40 Ram-lambs, at 60s 120 



3 Rams, at 100s 15 



419 10 



848 



By rurchase during the year : — 



BidlocJcs. 



7 Dairy cows and 4 calves 113 2 6 



Carryforward £961 2 6 



* Cattle-food.—l have for four or five years been in the habit of buying linseed, 

 ■wheat, peas, beans, maize, barley, and oats, and grinding them in about equal 

 proportions with one cwt. per ton of aniseed and fenugreek. The present cost of 

 my mixture is about 11/. per ton. 



