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come out of the $1,830 the following items of ex- 

 pense : 



Interest on farm, value ..... $5,000 oo $300 oo 

 Interest on stock and depreciation on farming- 

 tools, value 1,500 oo 150 oo 



Interest on 13 additional cows, value . . 520 oo 



Interest on 100 sheep, " . . 400 oo 



Interest on stock of manure bought, " . . 325 oo \ in 70 



Interest on Silos, cash paid out, " . . 300 oo 



Interest on sheep-shed, " . . 150 oo , 



Total investment $8,195 



Wages and board of one hired man six months, at $25 . . 150 oo 



Repairs on buildings and fences . . . . . . 50 oo, 



Taxes and insurance . . , ... . 80 oo 



Bran and cotton-seed meal, four pounds daily to each cow when 



in milk 280 oo 



Grain for sheep and horses . . . . . . 150 oo 



Total expense ' $1,271 70 



"This leaves for you and Mary $558.30." 

 " Fhat ! $558 and 30 cints ! besides inthrust and all 

 expinses is it ? " asked Sylvester, who had been watching 

 me closely, " and no thanks to the conthractor ; wid but- 

 ther at tin cints a pound, and pork at three cints a pound, 

 wool at 30 cints a pound, and Cotswold Merriny lambs 

 at $4 apiece ! Shure, that is too low for the lambs any- 

 way. Your lambs, docther, of the same kind, weighed 

 over 100 pounds apiece whin only five months old ; for, 

 d'ye moind, I helped ye to weigh them meself." 



" That's so," I replied: " they will be worth from $5 to 

 $7 each ; so will the butter be worth more than ten cents 

 a pound, and the pork be worth more than three cents a 

 pound. I have put the prices low, in order to show you 

 what can be done by the system of Ensilage. Now, Syl- 

 vester, you and Mary take hold of this as you do of 



