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pounds of chaffed stalks, to keep up his condition, 

 and fifty-six pounds of corn to fatten him. We now 

 find that fifty-six pounds of corn would give an in- 

 crease of weight to the animal equal to fourteen 

 pounds. If we suppose the farmer to charge his 

 corn at one dollar per bushel, and his stalks at six 

 dollars per ton, the account would stand thus : 



66 Ibs. of corn $1 00 



120 " " stalks.. 32 



$1 32 

 Deduct value of manure 60* 



72 



The farmer here gets fourteen pounds of beef at a 

 cost of seventy-two cents, which is equal to five and 

 one-seventh cents per pound, while the profit on his 

 corn and stover is, or ought to be, at the above prices, 

 over one hundred per cent. 



But to illustrate the principle above referred to, 

 and to show the effect of higher feeding upon the rate 

 of profit, if we suppose the quantity of food increased 

 in the above instance, in the right proportions, it will 

 be found that every additional pound of beef, made 

 by such increasing in the amount of feed, will cost 

 but four cents; and if the corn and stover were 

 charged at the cost of production, instead of at the 

 figures above given, then the cost of the beef thus 

 added would be about two cents per pound. 



* Some farmers consider the manure of a well-fed steer equivalent 

 to $1.00 per week. 



