40 ECONOMY OF FARMING. 



The following are some of the results summed up by Veit. There were 5 

 experiments : the first with 28 ; the second with 16 ; tlie third with 4 j the fourth 

 with 60 ; and the last with 13 cattle. The averages were as follows : 



" 1. Average live- weight at the purchase, . . . 1080 lbs. 



2. " " " sale, . . . 1397 



" from the beginning to the end of 



3. " fattening, .... 1238.6 



4. " increase of weight in the whole time, . . 317 



5. " daily " " " . . . . 2.9 



6. Duration of fattening, 5.4 months, or 23 weeks, or 162 days. 



7 Average value of fodder consumed in a day, at hay value, 37.5 



8. Of this for conservation-fodder, 19.9 



9. " ♦' melioration-fodder, . . . 17 6 



10. Average amount of fodder for one ox, ... 5548 



11. " of this as conservation-fodder, . . . 3213 4 



12. " " " melioration "... 2334.6 



13. " quota of fodder on 100 lbs. live-weight per day, 3 



14. " conservation fodder " '• " " 1 85 



15. " increase " " hay- value of entire fodder, 5 57 



16. " " " « '^ melioration fodder, 12 



17. Average price of oxen, each, at purchase, . 72 florins = $34.56 



18. " •' " at sale 134 fl. = '64^32 



19. " surplus to cover cost of keeping the whole time. 62 fl. = 29,76 



20. " •' for the day ' 21 kr. = 18 



21. «• cost of purchase of 1 lb. live-weight, . . 4.04 kr. = 3.03 



22. " amount of nett proceeds. " " . . . 6 kr. == 4.5 



23. " entire cost of one ox per day, .... 13.2 kr. = 10 



24. Of this foi the fodder per day, 9 7 kr. = 7.2 



25. '• " " " « cwt 26.24 kr. = 197 



26. Proportion of cash value of fodder to a cwt. of hay value, 54.6 kr. = 40 8 



27. " " " " for the week, 2 fl. 22 kr. =1,12 



28. " « " « « day, 20 3 kr. = 16 



29. Clear profit in the whole, each, . . . 26 fl. 33 kr.=12,72 



30. " " on the 1 cwt. of hay value, . . 28.56 kr. = 22** 



On page 455, he says : 

 " The hve-weight is to the dead weight in the following proportions : 



IN 100 POUNDS LIVE WEIGHT — 



The fleshy parts, of less worth, as entrails, head and feet, are to the flesh of the 4 

 quarters : 



In lean cattle, 18—22 

 " half fattened, 15—20 

 " fattened, 8—12 to 100 lbs. 



The weight of the head is to 100 lbs. of flesh 9—18 lbs. ; with smaller rattle, the 

 larger, and with greater ones the lesser of these weights ; or in small animals of a 

 live weight ol 6—8 cwt, 40—50 Ihs. ; with middle sized of from 9—10 cwt, 55—70 

 lbs.: and with great one.s. of 11—16 cwt., 80—100 lbs. The price of fattened 

 ox-flesh, on an average of many years, is from 8—11 kreutzers, = 6—9 cts. : of 

 the cow 1^ to 2 kr. cheaper." 



The following are the results of the increase of weight in the case of a fattening 

 ox weighing, live-weight. 12 cwt 



