248 FARMING ON FACTORY LINES 



The two rations are almost identical in feeding 

 value, as gauged by their respective chemical composi- 

 tion and digestibility, but they are far from being 

 identical in cost. Using the same basis of valuation 

 as was adopted in the case of the winter dairy experi- 

 ment, the cost of RationE per lunar month may be 

 set down as follows : p=r~ mnil 



£ 8. d. 

 14 lbs. meadow hay per day=28 stone per lunar 



month at £3 per ton . . . . 10 6 



4 st. of swedes per day= 14 cwt. per lunar month 



at £1 per ton . . . . . 14 



5 lbs. linseed cake per day= 10 stone per lunar 



month at £20 per ton . . .15 



4 lbs. maize meal per day= 8 stone per lunar 



month at £19 per ton . . . 19 



Total cost of Ration per lunar month .£386 

 With Ration F., the cost would be as follows : — 

 £ st. mea<Jow*hay per day =21 st. per lunar month 



at £3 per ton . . . .07 11 



I st. vetch and cereal hay per day= 14 st. per lunar 



month at £3 per ton . . . .053 



8 st. of rape or kale per day= 28 cwt. per lunar 



month at 3s. 6d. per ton . . . 4 11 



Total cost of Ration per lunar month . £0 18 1 



Now the Norfolk or Scottish feeder would be well 

 satisfied, if in feeding Ration E to his stock, the cattle 

 increased at the rate of 2 lbs. per day, live weight, 

 or \ cwt. per lunar month. A good class of store beast, 

 weighing, when bought in, about 8 cwt. live weight, 

 would therefore, at the end of three lunar months, 

 with the above increase, weigh 9| cwt. live weight. 

 Anybody in the cattle business knows that a difference 

 of 5s. per live weight cwt. between the purchase, price 

 of a store and the selling price of a finished beast, is 

 considered on the average, a good margin. At the 

 present time good quality stores are costing about 70s. 



