69 



Cost of the oxen, 65 00 



Hay as before, . . . . . . • 11 00 



Half bushel of corn per day, for 88 days, amounts 



to 44 bushels, at 60 cents, . . . . . 26 40 



102 40 



Proceeds of the sale, . . . . . • 92 30 



Loss by this feeding, . . . . . 10 10 



The hay consumed in this case was matter of estimate, but 

 from experiments above recorded it will appear to have been 

 greatly underrated. 



I am furnished likewise with some other accounts, from a 

 farmer on whose accuracy I confidently rely, which I lay be- 

 fore the agricultural community. 



Example 4. — Account with one pair of steers, four to five 

 years old, bought April 2d, and sold the ensuing 24th March. 



Cost 2d April, . . . • . . . 68 50 

 9 weeks keeping at hay and meal, at $2 50 cents 



per yoke per week, . . . . . . 22 50 



25 weeks pasturing, at 50 cents, . . . . 12 50 



Interest on cost 11^ months, at 6 per cent, . . 3 95 



Keeping in stall, 6 quarts meal each per day, at 3 



cents per quart, and 25 lbs, hay to each per day, 



at $10 per 2000 lbs.. Ill days, at 30 cents per 



day, ...... 



Commissions on sale at Brighton, . 



Supra Cr. 

 By 54 days' work, at 33 cents per day, . 

 Return of sales, 1868 lbs. at 5| cents, . 



Loss on above, ....,, $52 82 



