154 ^^'■« Curwcn on the Means of 



s. d. 

 ~ioo Stone per day, irf. per stone - - - 84 



Expences - - • - - -53 



Clear gain - 31 



I have obtained an account of an experiment made last year by a very accurate 



friend of mine, of tbie feeding of four milch cows for 204 days, where hay in part 



was given : 



£. s. d. 

 896 Stone of hay consumed by the four milch cows in 204 days, cost, 



at ^d. per stone - - - - - 



10 Winchester bushels of ground oats, at 4$. - 



64 Bushels of bran, at 1313?. - - - - 



48 Stone of carrots, at 6d per stone _ _ _ 



Half an acre of cole-seed _ _ - - 



Attendance ____-- 



£. s. d. 



By milk, &c. sold 54 8 o Profit by milch cows 



Manure - 500 



Four calves - 800 Risk and depreciation in value, rg.") 



, '^'^ U2 o o 

 per head - ' i 



£.67 8 o 



Clear gain - £.15 19 4 



This gives a profit, within a fraction, of ;^4. each. Each cow appears to have 

 given 8 quarts of milk per day, wine measure. 



Cost of feeding, without attendance, is ^^d. per day. 



The Quantity of Food given to each Beast, was : 



Hay 



Green food 



Ground oats • 



