CURRENT FACTS IN AGRICULTURE. AAT 
A profitable cow.—in March, 1868, Mr. G. W. Wild, of Brighton, Massa- 
chusetts, bought a cow for $125. He fed her liberally, allowing four 
quarts of corn meal daily, and after milking her 568 days, (during which 
time she averaged ten quarts daily,) finding her in goot condition for 
beef, slaughtered her, obtaining 805 pounds dressed weight. The 
rough tallow weighed 77 pounds. She was giving seven quarts daily 
at the time of slaughtering. The exhibit of debt and credit account 
stands thus: 
Cr. 
By 5,620 quarts of milk, at 8 cents per quart .--.-. 2.2... 2a cee ee eens vee $454 40 
MR lanes cy Sap an os ote oS ea odds SEES pa eel. aaa! gbin's amb 116 00 
PURERMPEDCNIYUS! «=~ ~ Go an acoso cae o hema ee ase p se ates 4 ee on eo eines 570 40 
Dr. 
CEENGSIN cso oe cine nn ee ae cians «lap ienn tag ee Cams $125 00 
To keeping 568 days, at 40 cents per day.-...--.-.-.---------------- 227 20 
ME etek cp Ook tats oe sian aha eae ESEW ES. Hild - Ske sche eee ee 352 20 
DPI ose acs rem mo a on ae ante oe ine = = enn eae ne ee aan eenn 218 20 
This result shows a net profit of $140 22 per year. 
A grade Short-horn.—Mr. 8. P. Miller, of Fayetteville, Vermont, reports 
to the Department that he has a grade Short-horn cow, eleven years old 
‘in the summer of 1869, weighing about 1,100 pounds. From the milk of 
this cow he made, during the seven months from April 20, 1869, to No- 
vember 19, 1869, 311 pounds of butter, and during the same period sold 
142 quarts of new milk, besides supplying the milk and cream which 
were required for his family of five persons. The butter sold for 45 cents 
a pound, with the exception of that sold during the six weeks previous 
to June 1, which was marketed at a lower price. The cow received two 
quarts of corn meal and wheat middlings or shorts daily, besides hay 
and common pasture. 
Butter from Jerseys.—-The following exhibit is made of the profits from 
two thorough-bred Jersey cows belonging to a gentleman in Lewiston, 
Maine. The cows calved in the latter part of May, 1869. From their 
milk between June 15 and February 15, following, 504 pounds of butter 
were made, worth 50 cents per pound. The calves were sold at eight 
weeks of age for $16. The legitimate gross profits of the cows for the 
eight months are stated at $268. One of the cows calved again April 
10, 1870, and the other in May. 
Spaying for milk.—M. Vattemare, veterinary surgeon, reports that the 
spaying of cows at a proper age and period results in an inerease of 
33 per cent. in quantity of milk. Another expert testifies to similar 
results with twenty-seven cows, of ages ranging from six to fifteen 
years. 
FARM MANAGEMENT. 
An unprofitable harvest—A farmer in Olmsted County, Minnesota, 
states that in 1869 he raised 9,000 bushels of wheat, and 2,000 bushels 
of oats, and was obliged to sell part of his stock to pay expenses. Not- 
withstanding abundant crops, wheat paid little more than the cost of 
harvesting. 
A Southern example.—tin Stewart County, Georgia, in 1869, a farmer, 
assisted only by his wife, who also attended to her domestic affairs, cul- 
tivated forty acres of land, making eleven bales of cotton, eight harrels 
