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per live weight cwt., whilst well finished beef is sell- 

 ing at about 75s. per live weight cwt. Using the above 

 data, we can set down the profit and loss obtainable 

 by using Ration E or Ration F. 



^A jj^. "« Mi wmmm t s. d. x a. a. 



Purchase price of store beast, 8 cwt., 



at 70s. per live cwt. . . 28 



Cost of feeding, 3 lunar months, on 



Ration E, at £3 8s. 6d. per month 10 5 6 

 Value of finished beast after 3 lunar 



months feeding, 9£ cwt., at 75s. 



live cwt. . . . 35 12 6 



Leaving loss . . . . 2 13 



£38 5 6 £38 5 6 



Feeding on the above ration, there is a dead loss per 

 beast of £2 13s. Od. On the other hand, feeding 



Ration F, there will be a gross profit of £4 18s. 3d. per 

 beast, as follows: — 



£ b. d. £ b. d 

 Purchase price of store beast, 8 cwt. at 



70s. per live cwt. . . 28 



Cost of feeding, 3 lunar months, on 



Ration F, at 18s. per month . 2 14 3 

 Value of finished beast, after 3 lunar 



months feeding, 9£ cwt., at 75s. 



live cwt. . . . 35 12 6 



Leaving profit of . . 4 18 3 



£35 12 6 £35 12 6 



As is the case of the winter dairy experiment, re- 

 ferred to in the previous chapter, the price at which 

 the winter greens — rape or kale — is charged against 

 the animal, will, by the general reader, be regarded 

 as very low. This is because so very few farmers 

 realise what enormous crops of this type can be grown, 

 by the adoption of proper methods of cultivation, 

 manuring and seeding. 



