360 LIVE-STOCK RULES AND RECORDS 



For twenty miles 

 Capt. McGowan, roan h., pedigree unknown ..... 1865 58 : 25 



For thirty miles 

 Gen. Taylor, gr. h., by Morse Horse 1857 1 : 47 : 59 



For thirty-two miles 

 Chancellor, gr. h., by Chancellor 1831 1 : 58 : 00 



For fifty miles 

 Black Joke, bl. g., pedigree not traced 1835 3 : 57 : 00 



For one hundred miles 

 Conqueror, b. g., by Bellfounder 1853 8 : 55 : 53 



Fastest records at different decades since 1800 



Yankee 1800-1810 2:59 



Boston Horse, ch. g 1810-1820 2 : 



Bowery Boy, p., pedigree unknown .... 1820-1830 (2 miles) 5 : 



Drover, p., b. g., pedigree unknown . 

 Unknown, p., ch. g., breeding unknown 

 Pocahontas, p., ch. m., by Cadmus . 

 Billy Boyce, p., b. g., by Corbeau 

 Sleepy Tom, p., ch. g., by Tom Rolfe 

 Johnston, p., b. g., by Joe Bassett 

 Star Pointer, p., b. h., by Brown Hal 

 Dan Patch, p., br. h., by Joe Patchen 



1830-1840 2 : 28 



1840-1850 2 : 23 



1850-1860 2 : 17 



1860-1870 2 : 14 



1870-1880 2 : 12 



1880-1890 2 : 06 



1890-1900 1 : 59; 



1900-1910 1:55] 



Profit-and-loss Figures 

 Profit or loss in dairy cows (Conn. Agric. Coll.) 



The cow is charged with the cost of food eaten at regular market 

 rates, in the locality where the herds were tested. The prices for 

 the year averaged as follows : Hay $16 per ton, silage $3.50 per ton, 

 and grain $30 per ton. Besides the cost of food, each cow was sub- 

 ject to a fixed charge of $45 for conducting the business, obtained as 

 follows : 



Bedding for one year $2.00 



Service of bull 1.00 



Labor 27.00 



Interest on investment 6.00 



Taxes 60 



Insurance .40 



Depreciation 8.00 



$45.00 



It was estimated that one good man would do the work for 20 

 cows, including milking, feeding, handling of the milk, and delivering 

 it to the depot, washing all utensils used about the barn, etc. Such 



