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side makes it very pleasant, and I feel sure equally piofita- 

 ble. I have used a liberal supply of bedding consistiiifi? of 

 fine cut thatch which I find is the cheapest bedding Ihat I 

 can obtain. 



From the above estimate it will be seen that tlie entire 

 amount of feed to each cow for the year is as follows : 

 1500 salt hay, 87.50; 1500 other dry hay, fOOO ; 4| tons 

 ensilage, f 22.50 ; 11 bush meal, -^7.00; 11 bush, cotton 

 seed meal, •'i?<8.25 ; ^ ton Brewer's screening, $1.00 ; pastur- 

 ing, (two-thirds enough,) $7.50; making the total cost of 

 feed per cow for the year, #68.75, to which if we add !i>l5 

 for care, f2 for bedding and *i^l for depreciation. \vc linve a 

 total cost of #8(3.75 each. The yield of milk for Hie ycnr is 

 as follows : April, 3418 quarts; May, 3663; June. 3534; 

 July, 3193; Aug., 2883; Sept., 2593; Oct., 3039; Nov., 

 2437; Dec, 2517-^ Jan., 2313; Feb. 2338; March, 3l!il ; a 

 total of 35,119 qts., or an average of 2,601 1-3 (|ts. for each 

 cow ; and as I have sold the milk for 6 cts. a qt. in town, it is 

 worth 4 cents at the barn, making the value of milk per 

 cow, •i>104.05, to which if we add i24 for manure and $1 

 for the calf sold at three days old. we have the total 

 receipts per cow of sit^l 29.05, deducting sii<86.75, Ihe cost 

 of the year, and we find a balance of !!'42.30, as the profit 

 on each cow, and as the herd has averaged 13|, we have 

 •$544.05, as the profit on the herd for the year. No clinrge 

 has been taken for capital invested as each can estimate 

 that as he thinks right. In conclusion I would say that 

 my herd has been entirely free from sickness for the year, 

 and the cows when dry are fat enough for the butcher. 

 All of which is respectfully submitted, 



John Q. Evans. 



Salisbury. 



