132 Mr. Curwen on the Means of 



Expense of feeding stock upon fifteen acres of green food. 



Estimated cost of 15 acres of green food, zi £ 10. per acre 



Eight three-years old heifers intended for breeding, fed with oil cake 



4 lb, per day each - _ - _ - 



Three cows fattening, 7 lb. ditto per day each 

 Carting turnips to the above, and wintering stock 

 Interest on value of the above estimated at 400, expense of purchasing 



included - - - - _ 



Gain upon stock _ - - - 



Manure, from feeding with oil-cake, is of double the value of common cow- 

 dung. 



Gain upon sale of the stock on 200 days feeding. 



£. s. d. 

 Three cows fed 200 days, cleared £"13. each; cost of feeding £"10.; 



profit £3. - - - - - 39 O o 



Twenty wintering Highland heifers, cleared ^^. 10s. each ; cost of 



feeding £^1. 105.; profit £" 2. - - - - 70 o o 



Fifteen fat ditto killed in six months, cleared £^. each ; cost of feed- 

 ing /"i. 105.; profit £'2. 105. . - - - 



Sixty sheep, cleared los. each ; cost of feeding 6s. -, profit 4 J. 



Eight three years old heifers, fed equal to milch-cows, supposed to 

 make an advance of £"10.; feeding £'j.; profit £^3. 



One bull, feeding £10. supposed advance £5. 



300 carts of manure, at is. 6d. per cart > 



Half an acre of Swedish turnips for horses 



The feeding stock, after the rate of the three years old heifers, can never answer 

 at the common prices of cattle. 



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