KEEPING ONE COW. Ill 



I found that, although the cow lost flesh under my keeping, and 

 a good deal of it too, she gave quite as much milk as she was rec- 

 ommended to give, and at the time she was sold, her account 

 stood as follows, no account having been made of the milk used in 

 tae family, then consisting of three persons : 



OR. 



By sale of Milk, at 6 cents per quart $74 20 



do. Calf 503 



do. Cow, November 1 18 00 



$97 



DR. 



To purchase, April 2d $35 00 



do. Hay 1200 



do. Service 50 



do Pasture 15 00 



$62 50 



Net Profit $34 70 



I was so well pleased with this result, notwithstanding the unfa- 

 vorable circumstance of having started with a fat cow, that the 

 next spring I repurchased her at the same price paid the spring pre- 

 vious. But instead of a fat cow then, she was thin enough to 

 afford a good study of animal anatomy. She had had no other 

 feed than corn stalks, for the two months that she had been dr}-, 

 and was as much thinner than when I sold her ; as she was at that 

 time thinner than when I first bought her. In fact, she had been 

 subjected to a gradual system of depletion for a year. 



I sold her on the first of October, following, when her account 

 stood as follows, no account having been made of the milk used in 

 the family, numbering three persons, as before : 



DR. 



To purchase $35 00 



Hay 12 00 



Service 50 



Meal 6 00 



Pasture, the same as the previous year 15 00 



$68 50 



CR. 



By sale of Milk, at 6 cents per quart $51 30 



do. Calf, two weeks old 300 



do. Cow, October 1 12 00 



$66 30 



Loss $3 20 



This difference in profit was occasioned solely by the difference 

 of the yield of her milk m the two seasons. The yield for the sec- 

 ond season averaged full three quarts per day less than the first, 

 and, at the same time, the quality of the milk was deteriorated in 

 the same proportion as the quantity. 



