supplying Milk for the Poor. 131 



Value of the land 405. per acre. 

 Poor cess under is. 6d. in the pound. 

 Expense of feeding twenty-two milch-cows for 200 days ; each acre is supposed 

 to produce 1 5 tons, or 2400 stones. 



Allowing four stones of green food to each cow per day, for 200 days, would 

 require seven acres. 



Seven acres of green food, at ^10. per acre - - - 



Four pounds of oil cake each, for 22 milch cows 200 days 

 Straw ditto, at id. per day ditto . « _ - 



Attendance, at 405. per head - « - _ 



Interest on capital, valuing each beast at £"13. £8.; expense of pur- 

 chase 35. £^. 6s. . - - _ « 

 Risk and loss by resale, after the rate of 305. per head 

 By profit of milk ..--.- 



£■293 3 4 



Had the cows been tolerably well managed, the profits would have been double 



at least. 



Money received for the produce of twenty-two milch-cows for 200 days. 



£' s. d. 

 By milk, butter, and calves, sold - - - - 22400 



Two calves reared with milk • - - - 20 o o 



Supplyingfivepersonsinfarm-house, at one quart each per day - 4 3 4 



6oocartsof manure, at 15. 6rf. per cart - - - 45 o o 



£-^9Z 3 4 



Oil cake is too costly to be given with advantage, except to cows in full milk. 



The eight spring calvers so fed, at a cost of £26. i^s. 4c?. gave so trifling a 

 quantity of milk, that three parts of this expense might have been saved, and made 

 the profits above £"60. Six calves were lost, which was a further deduction of^i2. 



It will appear obvious, from the sum charged for rearing two calves, that breed- 

 ing cannot be attempted with a view to profit, where milk can be sold at zd. per 

 quart wine measure. 



