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14 Ibs. afternoon was specially tested towards the end of 

 March 1906, and found to be as follows : 



The charges per cow per week work out, for (a) food, 

 about 1 33. ; () attendance, 2s. ; (V) depreciation, 43. (being a loss 

 of 8 on a cow milking nine months) ; or a grand total of 193. 



The narrowness of the margin of profit to the cowfeeder 

 may be realised, when a yield of 3 gallons per day, sold at lod. 

 per gallon, realises only i/s. 6d. per week for milk disposed 

 of wholesale. When sold at is. per gallon, the profit of 2s. is 

 too small to support a successful business, so that a larger 

 yield than 3 gallons per day or a larger price than lod. or is. 

 per gallon is a necessity, if the flagging town dairy industry 

 is to revive. Probably the best solution of the difficulty, 

 taking all interests into consideration, would be a Government 

 Order prohibiting the keeping of cows in populous areas 

 within city boundaries, where they require to be confined 

 under artificial conditions, and necessitating their transfer to 

 the wholesome surroundings and cheaper and more natural 

 food-supply in the country, where milk of the finest quality 

 can be produced at the cheapest rate without sacrificing the 

 lives of the cows before they have passed the maximum period 

 of production. This arrangement would ultimately lead to all 

 milk being delivered cold to consumers and to more of the 

 work of the dairy being done within the ordinary hours of 

 day labour. 



Draff consists chiefly of brewers' grains. Distillery grains 

 are worth about 33. a ton more, but being heavy to digest 

 and more liable to spoil by fermentation, are used only two 

 days a week. There are considerable variations in the 

 analyses of different samples of draff, especially distillery 



