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Assuming the cost of whole milk to be 4f d. per gall. ; 

 separated milk, id. per gall. ; cod-liver oil, 5s. 6d. per gall. 5 

 linseed meal, 173. per cwt. ; maize meal, 6s. per cwt., the 

 cost of food during the first twenty weeks works out 

 as follows : 



During the last two weeks of the above period 

 each calf received i to J Ib. maize meal while being 

 weaned. 



First Winter. This period extended over twenty- 

 four weeks, when each calf got an average daily ration 

 of i Ib. linseed cake and I Ib. of crushed oats, in addi- 

 tion to rye grass and meadow hay ad lib. 



Second Summer (twenty-nine weeks). Linseed 

 cake and crushed oats continued, but no hay was given 

 after 26th April, the cattle being allowed to graze from 

 1st April 1904. 



The following table gives the average increases per 

 lot during the seventy-three weeks, in addition to the 

 amount realised when the bullocks were sold at 

 i, 6s. 5|d. per cwt. (unfasted live weight), which is 

 equal to i, 8s. 4|d. per cwt. fasted live weight. The 

 balances show what amount is left in each case to pay 



