49 



The product of a cow is thus stated by this excellent manager : 



Cow, Cr. 



400 lbs. new milk cheese, at 8 cts., . . . $32 00 



Calf, (killed at 3 days old,) ... 1 00 



50 lbs. butter, at 161., . . . . 8 33 



Whey and butter-milk, make one hundred lbs. pork, 8 00 



$49 33 



Supra, Dr. 

 Winter keeping, .... 

 One acre of land costing $50 will pasture the cow, 

 Salt 25 cts., 3 bs. bran $3, 

 Int. on the value of cow at $25, 10 per ct. 

 Labor of milking, making butter, cheese, &c.. 



Balance in favor of the cow, . . $24 OS 



The quantity of land estimated for pasturage in this case seems 

 small. It must be small for a general rule ; another farmer in the same 

 town assured me that he kept one yoke of oxen all the season, and 

 one horse half the season, on two and a half acres of land, which 

 he showed me. The land had been greatly benefited by plaster. 



7. In JWic J\Iarlboro\ the yield of a cow is estimated at 300 

 lbs. new milk cheese ; 4 hogs are kept to 20 cows ; 2 tons of hay 

 are deemed requisite for a cow ; value of hay sold $10 ; but if the 

 farmer can realize $6 per ton for it used on the place, he deems it 

 better than to sell it. Eight to ten acres of land here, with the use 

 of plaster, is deemed sufficient for the pasturage of four cows. 



8. In Great Barrington, 9 cows produced 1900 lbs. new milk 

 cheese and 800 lbs butter. In another case from 8 cows were sold 

 of butter 200 lbs., of new milk cheese 1225 lbs. In another case 

 5 cows through the season, and an additional cow half the season, 

 from 1st. June to 10th Nov., produced 651 lbs. butter — and 200 lbs. 

 new milk cheese. In this case the weekly returns were given. 

 The same farmer says, that his cows will average one pound of but- 

 ter per day through the season. He states his cow account thus : 



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