340 Comparative Profit of Cheese and Butter- Mahiiuj, Sfc. 



Expemes. £. g. ^^ 



Eent, 200 acres, at 40s 400 



Tithes, at 3s. per acre ; rates 2s. 6c?. on assessment .. .. 58 15 



Wages.— 5 men, at 40? £200 



2 lads, at 20? 40 



Extra men 26 



Harvestincc .. .. 30 



296 



Tradesmen's bills, 52?. 10s. ; grass-seeds, 22?. 10s. ; other) c\~ a a 



seeds 20? ^ Jo u u 



Paid on improvement account, including draining, 40?. ;( ^^r- a a 



boning, 60?. ; and rejiairs, 25? |- -o 



Contingent expenses 50 



1024 15 



Trofit £189 



For the object of comparing the relative profits of cheese or 

 butter making with those derived from milk-selling, I fortunately 

 am enabled to select a farm — the one last described — on which 

 both methods have been practised by the same tenant, who is an 

 excellent Jarmcr. It was managed as a cheese-farm up to four 

 years ago with the results stated above : since that time, in con- 

 sequence of the advantage of a railway-station within one mile 

 of the farm, and twelve miles from the market-town, the tenant 

 has. sold his milk, delivered at tlie station, at \s. lOr/. per dozen 

 quarts, keeping the management of the farm in other respects pre- 

 cisely as before, the stock and expenses remaining also the same, 

 except that reduction in the number of pigs fattened is reduced. 



The result, under the system of milk-selling, is as follows : — 



Produce. £. g. d. 



*Milk of 50 cows, at Is. 10(?. i)er dozen quarts 10(55 



70 lambs, at 27s. 6r? 96 5 



rrofit on 50 ewes and wool, at 15s 37 10 



15 acres of wheat, at 12? 180 



Profit on 10 pigs, at 5? 50 



£1428 15 



Expenses. £. g. d. 



As per statement in cheese-making accoimt 1024 15 



Add cost of exchanging cows to keep up supply of milk) -.^q q q 



at certain seasons ( 



1124 15 



Profit £304 



On the grazing-farm referred to the stock is 60 cows, 100 ewes 

 (whose lambs are fed off fat), 4 horses. 



* More milk is produced per cow in consequence of the supply being kept up 

 throughout the year by exchange of cows and artificial feeding. 



