COST OF MUTTON MADE FKOM CORN. 269 



Then, if we assume that in feeding sheep four 

 pounds of corn will produce, on an average, one pound 

 of flesh, though it is nearly certain the result would 

 be better than this, we shall have one pound of corn 

 as the cost of a pound of mutton. 



Supposing the corn to cost the farmer thirty cents 

 a bushel, this would bring the cost of the mutton at 

 half a cent a pound, and if we add for attendance, 

 etc., as much more, the entire cost would be one cent, 

 which, after allowing a liberal profit to the farmer, 

 would still leave this meat accessible to the million, 

 at a price that would render it the most economical, 

 as it is the most healthful, description of animal food. 



In computing four pounds of corn, in the above 

 estimate, as equal to one pound of flesh, it is not, of 

 course, designed to make corn the exclusive feed. The 

 principle intended to be illustrated may, perhaps, be 

 more clearly stated as follows: In the use of any 

 variety of healthy food, judiciously blended, and com- 

 prising a due proportion of corn, an amount of it 

 equal in nutritive value to four pounds of corn will 

 produce a pound of flesh. 



