COST OF KEEPING STOCK UPON ENSILAGE. 35 



ing the week in addition to your Ensilage, except a small amount of 

 bog or meadow hay of nominal value. 



The account for this week would therefore be for the six cows : 



54 bushels Ensilage (1,620 Ibs.), @ $.001 .... -$1.62 

 i bag wheat shorts 90 



$2.52 



The cows should be credited with 22 pounds of butter at 35 cents 

 a pound, and say 210 quarts of skim-milk at one cent per quart, which 

 I consider its value as feed for the pigs. 



22 pounds butter, @ $.35 . ,' ,, % v >. . $7.70 

 2 10 quarts skim-milk .01 , ' . . . . . 2.10 



Cost of keeping 



Profit . ..,;><_, -':. . : ;,..,:.>,;. . $7.28 



The flavor of the butter was excellent, and its color a good yellow 

 equal to that which sweet pasture gives. 



In the above brief statement I have confined myself strictly to facts, 

 and will make no comments, except to say that I am convinced that 

 your method of preserving green fodder for use in winter time is a suc- 

 cess, and will eventually be adopted in this part of the country. 



HENRY B. JUDKINS. 



Since receiving the above, Mr. Judkins informs me 

 that his cows shrank so that they gave but 20 quarts 

 daily, three days after resuming dry feed. 



This is about what they would have shrunk to by this 

 time, had the natural shrinkage not been arrested and an 

 increase caused by the one week's feed of Ensilage. 



I have a Jersey heifer 20 months old which has 

 doubled her yield of milk since I began to feed Ensilage. 

 I have one cow 13 years old which came in Dec. i, three 

 weeks ago. She is now giving 16 quarts daily upon 60 

 pounds of Ensilage and four quarts of shorts. I am 

 feeding 35 head of cattle and 100 head of sheep upon 45 

 bushels (about 1,350 pounds) of Ensilage, and 80 cents' 



