360 



LIVE-STOCK RULES AND RECORDS 



For twenty miles 

 Capt. McGowaa, roaa h., pedigree unknown . 



For thirty miles 

 Gen. Taylor, gr. h., by Morse Horse 



For thirty-two miles 

 Chancellor, gr. h., by Chancellor 



For fifty miles 

 Black Joke, bl. g., pedigree not traced 



1865 58 : 25 



1857 1:47:59 



1831 1 : 58 : 00 



1835 3 : 57 : 00 



Fo:- one hundred miles 

 Conqueror, b. g., by Bellfounder 



1853 8:55:53 



Fastest records at different decades since 1800 



Yankee 



Boston Horse, ch. g 



Bowery Boy, p., pedigree unknown . 

 Drover, p., b. g., pedigree unknown . 

 Unknown, p., ch. g., breeding unknown 

 Pocahontas, p., ch. m., by Cadmus . 

 Billy Bovco, p., b. g., by Corbeau 

 Sleepy Tom, p., ch. g., by Tom Rolfe 

 Johnston, p., b. g., by Joe Bassett 

 Star Pointer, p., b. h., by Brown Hal 

 Dan Patch, p., br. h., by Joe Patchen 



1800-1810 



1810-1820 



1820-1830 (2 miles) 



1830-1840 



1840-1850 



1850-1860 



1860-1870 



1870-1880 



1880-1890 



1890-1900 



1900-1910 



:59 



:48^ 



:04^ 



: 28 



:23 



:17l 



:141 



• j2- 



:0q\ 



: 59\ 



:55i 



Profit-and-loss Figures 

 Profit or loss in dairy cows (Conn. Agric. Coll.) 



The cow is charged with the cost of food eaten at regular market 

 rates, in the locality where the herds were tested. The prices for 

 the year averaged as follows : Hay $16 per ton, silage $3.50 per ton, 

 and grain S30 per ton. Besides the cost of food, each cow was sub- 

 ject to a fixed charge of $45 for conducting the business, obtained as 

 follows : — 



Bedding for one year $2.00 



Scrvifo of bull 1.00 



Labor 27.00 



Interest on investment 6.00 



Taxes 60 



Insurance .40 



Depreciation 8.00 



$45.00 



It was estimated that one good man would do the work for 20 

 cows, including milking, feeding, handling of the milk, and delivering 

 it to the depot, washing all utensils used about the barn, etc. Sucli 



