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THE SHEEP ACCOUNT. 



Shoio'mg the respective Balances and Returns for Food Consumed. 



Forage Consumed. 



^\Tieat 



Barley 



Oats 



Pease 



Beans 



Buck-wheat 



Bran 



Malt-dust 



Oil Cake 



Eape Cake 



Hay 



Green and Eoot Crops. . . 



£ 



1 



5 



23 19 



6 17 



- 1 25 9 



^i 



s. d. 



19 10 



5 1 



7 



W 



^1 



29 12 5 



Stock Purchased (Per Ewe, 1/8) 



88 14 3i 



8 10 U 



242 10 8 



Eelative Sale Quantity. 



■^Tij Four and Six-teeth Wethei's 

 ISt'o Fat Ewes 



3to Inferior jNIutton 

 ■ 7t o Earns sold for Stock . . . 

 31ti; Lambs killed for ]\Iutton 

 20^ Lambs killed for Lamb 



2y^ Earns sold for INIutton 



0^ Stock Tegs sold for Mutton 



^xti Stock Lambs ... 



^Ta )> Culls 



2t?^ „ Ewes 



Wool, 533 lbs. ; being for each 

 Ewe 5 lbs. 5 ozs., including 

 Tegs reared to supply Flock 

 Hire of Earns 

 Skins ... 

 Increase in value of Inventory 



£ s. d. 



Being per Ewe £2 8s. 6d. per Annum, IMutton averaging 7id. per lb., and Wool 1/6 per lb., 

 or 23/8^ for Eoot and Green Crops, after deducting 23/1^ for Feeding-stuffs pmxhased. 



Average number of Eives kept jmr Annum— '21 -i: for 13 Tears. 



Lambs reared, per cent, on Ewes ... 103-85 I Fatting Ewes lost per cent. ... ... 0-33 



Breeding Ewes lost per cent 5-89 | ,, Tegs lost per cent 0-76 



