354 Statistics of Live Stock and Dead Meat, and Wool. 



rearinj^ calvos, fattins: pigs, or making cliecse with the skim-milk, 

 a further sum of 4/, 4s. per cow may possihhj be secured. This 

 makes 15/. per cow, or about 6fc?. per gallon. Every extra 

 penny in the price per lb. of the butter, adds I65. 8(/, to the 

 yearly return. 



7. By fatting calves for the butcher, hd. to ^d. per gallon may 

 b(^ realised with less outlay and trouble. 



8. The profits made I)y rearing first-class Herefords for the 

 butcher (cow and offspring, after running together, being sold fat) 

 are probably far below those derived from dairying. 



1). The exhaustion of the soil by the sale of cheese or milk is 

 not to be overlooked ; l)ut neither are our modern resources for 

 the enrichment of our pastures by artificial means to be for- 

 gotten. 



10. Dairy expenses vary between 1/. to 2/. per cow. 



11. Supplementary food to the value of 4().v. nmst generally 

 be given to the cow to secure a first-rate return of produce. 



Hollington, Uttoxeter. 



XXVIIl. — Statistics of Live Stock and Dead Meat, and JFooL 

 By Robert Herbert. 



Compared with several previous years, the supplies of English 

 beasts on sale in the great metropolitan market have been limited, 

 and the condition but middling. The foreign imports, however, 

 have continued to increase ; hence the total is very little below 

 that of the corresponding period in 1864. The want of con- 

 dition in nearly all breeds, and the great consumption going on, 

 have considerably inlluenced prices. At one time the best Scots 

 and crosses could not be purchased under .l.v. Ad., and even 5a-. i)d. 

 per 8 lbs., and it is now pretty certain that those special breeds 

 have not seen their highest range. The great abundance of 

 pasturage food, and the prospect of a very large growth of roots, 

 may add considerably to the weight and quality of the stock 

 brought forward during the remainder of the year. Nevertheless, 

 when we consider the inroads that of late years have been made 

 upon our stock of cattle in the United Kingdom, more especially 

 in England, it seems difficult to determine at what point the 

 upward movement in prices will be arrested. 



Fortunately, very few losses have been sustained by disease in 

 any of our leading grazing-districts, but we understand that just 

 at the end of June a kind of gastric fever broke out amongst the 

 cows and heifers in various parts of the ccjuntry, which, unless 

 speedily checked, is likely to lessen our supplies materially. 



