supplying Milk for the Poor. 159 



Three months have now elapsed since I had the honour of submitting to the 

 Board a detailed account of my experiments in the feeding of milch cows, and as 

 the period of 220 days, upon which the calculation was found, is also completed, 

 I beg leave to add the subsequent proceedings, and the improvements in some 

 particulars, which I have been able to effect. Having erected an apparatus for 

 grinding of oil-cake, I have been enabled, for the last two months, to make a sav- 

 ing of one pound per day, in the feeding of each milch cow ; and I find, that, when 

 ground and boiled with caff, it has been more productive, and increased the quan- 

 tity of milk. 



The expence is now reduced to ^\d. per day for each cow. 



d. 



Two stone of gi ecn food _ _ - - o|- 



Tv/o stone oi chaff boiled - - - - _ 2 



Two pounds of oil-cake - _ - . s 



From six to eight pounds of straw _ _ - 4 



The quantity of milk up to the 20th of April, when eleven of the worst of the 

 cows were sold, exceeded 180 quarts per day, which was beyond my expectation. 



Forty thousand quarts and upwards of new milk have been sold up to the 1st 

 of May. 



The actual receipts for milk amount to somewhat above 

 Calves - - _ . _ 



Manure, much undervalued at is. 6rf; 



The expence, at the present actual cost of ^\d, per head, on 30 milch 



cows, for 220 days, will amount to - - ' - 



Attendance - _ _ _ - 



Loss upon 11 of the worst cows already sold, at ^2. .105. each 

 Probable loss on the remaining ig cows, estimated sx £i. each 



