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Progress of a Short-horned Bullock. 



Sold when 3 years 6 weeks old. 



Total expense, 



Total weight, 65 stone, at 8s. 6d. per stone, - )t ,& r ..\ 



Life weight, sinking offal, which is the usual mode of selling fat 

 cattle, 



Total profit, 



.23 18 

 .27 12 6 

 23 18 

 .3 14 6 



It would be extremely interesting, to have similar statements drawn 

 up, of the expense of breeding other animals, from their birth, till 

 they were slaughtered. 



On the subject of profit, Mr Mason states, in a recent communica- 

 tion, that the calculation for keep, is made upon the principle, that 

 8s. 6d. per stone, will remunerate the breeder for the prices charged 

 per week. For instance, if an ox eat 15 stones of turnips per day, in 

 twenty weeks he will consume 30 tons at 8s. per ton. This will 

 amount to L.5, 4s. in all, within a portion of 5s. per week. This 



