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MANAGEMENT OF GRASS LANDS. 



Statement to 1st of May, 1836. 



November 15, 1835, bought two steers, estimated at 1750 Ibs. dead 



weight cost - $11000 



Commenced stall feeding them on the 1st of December and con- 

 tinued 150 days at 27 quarts per day, or 126 bushels at 70 cents, 



They consumed two tons of hay at $16, 



The grain consisted of equal parts of corn and oats, ground; or 

 corn and "mill stuff," or wheat bran. On the 1st of May, 1836, 

 turned them on grass with a pair of oxen, estimated weight 1850 

 Ibs. and valued at - 



Statement from 1st of May, 1836. 



Cost as above of the four cattle 



Pasture during the season for the four 

 Commenced feeding grain on the 1st of October, twice a day, till 



the 1st of December, and then three times per day till the 1st of 



May, 1837, equal to 190 days full feeding of 2 bushels per day, or 



380 bushels as above, at 70 cents, 

 100 bushels mangel-wurtzel beets at 25 cents, 

 5 tons of hay at 816, - - 



8820 

 3200 



23020 

 $15000 



$38020 

 8000 



26600 

 2500 

 8000 



Grass during the summer of 1837 ... 



Commenced feeding grain on the 1st of September, 1837, twice per 

 day till the 1st of December, and then three times per day till the 

 19th of February, say 140 days full feeding, or 280 bushels at 70 

 cents, - 196 00 



100 bushels mangel-wurtzel, at 25 cents, - 25 00 



3$ tons of hay, at $12, - 42 00 



$1174 20 



On the 19th of February, 1838, sold them to the victuallers for 1200 dollars. 

 In the spring of 1836 the two steers would have sold for 240 dollars, and in the 

 spring of 1837 I estimated them at current market price as worth 750, and if 

 then sold there would have been an apparent loss; but it should be remarked 

 in explanation, that the stall feeding extends to the 1st of May, whereas the 

 season for selling is the middle of February to the 1st of March, when their 

 cost was about what I estimated them as worth to the butcher. 



RECAPITULATION. 



First cost of the four cattle, - - - $26000 



Pasture during two seasons, ' - - 160 00 



Grain fed to them 786 bushels at 70 cents, - 550 20 



Mangel-wurtzel 200 bushels at 25 cents, - 50 00 



7 tons of hay, at $16, - 11200 



3j tons of hay, at $12, - - - 4200 



$117420 



And being sold for 1200 dollars, gives, as before stated, the manure for straw 

 and labour, leaving a balance of 26 dollars, and paying me a liberal price for 

 the produce of the farm; about two-thirds of the grain consisted of equal mea- 

 sure of corn and oats, and one-third was corn and mill-feed. 



By the foregoing statement it appears that the average increase in value of 

 each animal was about 100 dollars per annum. 



STATEMENT OF WEIGHT AND GIRTH. 



Live weight. Dead weight. Girth. 



STEERS No. 1. 2422 Ibs. 1671 Ibs. 9 ft. 1 in. 



No. 2. 2324 " 1613J " 8 " 9J " 



OXEN No. 3. 2555 1691 " 9 " 2$ " 



No. 4. 2261 " 1533i " 8 " 9 "~ 



