60 



were purchased in Brighton, in June last. When purchased, 

 they were thin in flesh and were immediately put into good 

 pasture. The cost was as follows : 



Two pairs cost 60 dollars per yoke, . . . 120 00 



One pair cost 46 50 " " ... 46 50 



" " 47 00 " " ... 47 00 



" " 45 00 " " ... 45 00 



These cattle were put into a good pasture until the 20th of 

 November, when they were brought to the stall. From that 

 time until the 20th December, they were fed with hay only. 

 From that time until the first of January, they received six 

 quarts of provender each daily. From the first of January, 

 they received each eight quarts daily. This provender con- 

 sists of one half oil-meal, one quarter oats and one quarter 

 corn ; the two last ground together and the whole intermixed 

 when given to the cattle. 



The oil-meal in this case cost forty dollars per ton. It 

 weighs about forty-five pounds to a bushel. If ground very 

 fine, it will not weigh more than thirty-eight or forty lbs. to 

 the bushel. It is best, therefore, to buy it by weight. This 

 farmer is of opinion that his oxen, if now killed, would return 

 him one thousand pounds of beef each. 



He has likewise in his stalls several fine steers, from two to 

 three years old, which cost him in the fall from ten to twelve 

 dollars each. These will be well fed until the spring ; turned 

 into good pasture early and sent to market in June or July. 

 The average weight of them when dressed may then be from 

 six to eight hundred pounds. 



E. W. mentioned above, puts up his cattle in November, and 

 sells them in February, the average time, dnring which they 

 are stall-fed, being about seventy-five days. He prefers cattle 

 for the stall, whose weight, when dressed, will average about 

 eleven hundred pounds, to those which are larger, as being more 

 profitable in fattening ; and he deems it a great mistake on the 



