1 14) OF LIVE STOCK. 



24? Ib. per stone, or 860 Ib. of cheese, besides the flesh that 

 might be obtained by feeding pigs with the whey. In 

 point of profit also, there is no comparison, as the beef is 

 only worth 8s. per stone, of 14 Ib. each, whereas the cheese 

 sells for 12s., and sometimes as high as 14s. or 15s. per 

 stone, of 24 Ib. each. More valuable produce, however, 

 is necessary, as the dairy system is attended with more 

 expence.* 



The profits of the dairy must necessarily be extremely 

 various, according to the quality of the pasture, the age 

 and size of the cows, the mode of feeding, &c. ; yet, under 

 proper management, they are very considerable. An emi- 

 nent dairy farmer, Mr James Ralston in Galloway, states, 

 that every cow on his farm, about two years ago, yielded 

 annually her own weight in Dunlop cheese, then sold at 

 14s. or 15s. per stone, county weight; and, it is said, that 

 he would not keep a milch cow, that did not yield cheese, 

 in the course of the year, equal to her weight, and which 

 would sell at the price of the cow. Under less careful treat- 

 ment, an inferior return may be expected. When cows are 

 furnished, and the food provided by one man, and when 

 they are taken care of, and their produce sold by another, 

 from L. 12 to L. 15 is paid for each cow per annum. 



A farmer in the western parts of Scotland informs me, 

 that he keeps some cows of the Ayrshire breed, and that 

 they will yield, on an average, when the milk can be sold 

 sweet, as taken from the cow, from L. 1 8 to L. 20 per an- 



* It is said, that the 1800 pints of milk, is the produce of the whole 

 year, and that the 224 Ib. of beef, is the produce of the summer pas- 

 ture only. Besides, the value of the lean weight is considerably increa- 

 sed, when an ox is fattened. It is the calculation in Berwickshire, that 

 two cows, giving 1800 pints of milk each, will eat as much grass, a? 

 three oxen, of a moderate size. 



