50 ON THE FEEDING OF STOCK 



" Let ns next compare their cost. 



First Method of Feeding. 



.1. (1. 



IO5 lb. of linseed at 7*. a bushel, of 56 lb., or \\d a lb 1 3} 



35 lb. of bean meal, at 1*. a stone 2 6 



100 lb. of coal dail)'', at 14*. a ton, or As. b\d. a week, for twenty 



bullocks, or for each per week 2% 



Extra wages, 4s. a week, or 2-^^d. a head, say 2^ 



Cost per head, per week 4 3 



Second Method of Feeding. 



a. (1. 



21 lb. of oil-cake, at 10/. a ton, or 15^7. a stone 1 10^ 



21 lb. of bean meal, at Is. a stone ...•• 1 6 



20 stones of turnips extra, say llj 



Cost per head, per week 4 4 



By the above calculations, it appears that the cost of the two 

 methods is about the same. I have, however, to observe, 

 that, to avoid raising- the expectations of those who wish to 

 try your plan too hig-h, I have throughout the two estimates 

 favoured the old system rather than the new. The price of 

 the linseed is decidedly above the average. Coal can, in 

 most situations in the north, be had for less than 14.s\ per 

 ton ; and the charge both for coals and wag'es would be 

 lower, per head, if I had made my calculation for forty 

 bullocks instead of twenty. On the other hand, had I in 

 the second estimate valued the oil-cake at what I have given, 

 on the average, for the last five years, viz. 11/. per ton (for 

 the best English-made cake, including- carriage), and esti- 

 mated the turnips at lO.s. per ton, instead of 7-5?. Qd. (a very 

 low value), the comparison between the two plans of feeding- 

 would have been very decidedly in favour of the new system 

 in point of economy. 



" Before leaving- this part of the subject, I would wish to 

 remark, that, thoug-h I have given an estimate of the cost of 

 the food for seven days, I really only use it six da3's out of 

 the seven, as, if the steamer were kept going- on the Sunday, 

 the men in charge of the cattle would have to work as hard 

 on that day as on any other day of the week. I conse- 

 quently substitute linseed-cake for the prepared food on 

 Sundays, and arn of opinion that this slig'ht change of food 

 is rather beneficial than otherwise. The cost of the linseed- 

 cake is so nearly equal to tliat of the prepared food, that I have 



