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300 bushels oats 150 00 



134 bushels peas and oats 71 32 



60 bushels barley 42 00 



Oil meal 76 12 



40 tons hay 320 00 



Salt 20 00 



Attendance one man 120 00 



Expense of selling 61 12 



Total $2,309 56 



This amount, $2,309 56, added to cost 4,674 65 



Makes a total for the fatted sheep $6,984 21 



SALES ACCOUNT. 



April 7, 1870 247 coarse-wool sheep, weight 37,860 pounds, at 



9i cts.net $3,502 05 



April 14, 1870184 coarse-wool sheep, weight 28,320 pounds, 



at 9c net 2,690 40 



180 fine-wool sheep, weight 19,730 pounds, at 9|c. net 1,800 36 



2 sheep with lambs 20 00 



8 sheep butchered and sold 85 00 



4 sheep died lost. 



Total sales $8,097 81 



Net profit, besides manure $1,113 60 



The manure, judiciously used, forms DO inconsiderable 

 item in the above calculation. In this case, though not by 

 any means a fair test, the owner derived a profit on the 

 whole lot of about $1.80 per head, but on the fine wool 

 sheep it was about $2.47 per head, and they were only fed 

 two months. In the above case it may be observed there 

 was no stint of feed ; on the contrary, they received as much 

 again as would be necessary in our milder climate. It is 

 true the proximity to a large and favorable market caused 

 a big price to be received for them, but at the same time 

 here the sheep could have been bought for less than half 

 the price paid, and the provender would not have cost more 

 than one-third the amount it cost there. On the whole, the 

 profit, considering the duration of the investment, was ex- 

 tremely fair, and it can be made here at the same or a bet- 

 ter ratio. 



