

COST OF BEEF MADE FEOM COKK 



THE neat cattle in the United States, in 1860, in- 

 cluding all kinds, amounted to over twenty-five mill- 

 ions. In 1 865 the beef consumed in Tew York city alone, 

 added to the quantity exported from it, made a total 

 of over one hundred and fifty million pounds. What 

 the entire consumption and export of beef for the 

 whole country amounts to, we have no means of de- 

 termining ; but from the amount required by a single 

 city, it is easy to see that the aggregate demand is 

 immense, and that, to supply this demand, the pro- 

 duction of beef by American farmers has grown into 

 a business of vast proportions. 



As Indian corn is a large element in the making 

 of beef, the best method of feeding it becomes, of 

 course, an important question, and interests alike the 

 producer and consumer. It interests the former by 

 determining, to a certain extent, the amount of profit 

 on his corn and other provender, and the latter be- 

 cause it involves the cost, and therefore affects the 

 price, of an article of daily consumption. 



The experience of farmers in regard to the profit 

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