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Expense of attendance on milch-cows and other stock for 200 days. 



£. s.i 

 Dairy maid's wages - - - - --500 



Board wages - - • - - - 900 



One man and horse for sale of milk, and leading green food, at 45. 6d 



per day _--._« 



One labourer, at 9*. per week . - - 



Cost of feeding milch-cows per day. 



4 stone of green food, at irf. per stone 



4 lb. of oil cake, at id. per lb. 



8 lb. of straw _ . - - 



The feeding cattle had 7 lb. of oil-cake, which made the expense of these 15. 

 per day. The dairy maid's wages were wholly charged to the milk account, 

 though by much the greater part of her time was employed in the farmhouse. 

 Some occasional assistance in milking was given, but by no means equal to what 

 is overcharged to the dairy on her account. 



Twenty pounds of butter were made per week, by which, I am very confident, I 

 was a considerable loser. The skim milk was included in the butter account, and 

 the quantity sold not ascertained. New milk was sold for 2c?. per quart, wine 

 measure; skim milk for id. 



There were sold during the whole period 17,410 wine quarts; on an average 

 87 quarts per day. The demand was so great that the cart was met before it 

 reached the town, and the whole disposed of, morning and evening, in little more 

 than an hour. 



The forward condition of my heifers made them sell early in the spring, and 

 with less loss than I expected. I have estimated it at what I am told would be a 

 fair average, one year with another. The price of cattle depends upon the season, 

 and the quantity of fodder which remains on hand. 



It was allowed by the dealers and others, there was no stock in the neighbour- 

 hood, however fed, that were in any thing like the condition of mine. To be able 



