50 



$42 00 



Supra. Dr. 

 Wintering, 2 tons of hay, 

 Pasturing, 25 cts. per week, 26 weeks, 

 Int. on cost of cow $20 at 10 per ct.. 



Profits of a cow, .... $17 00 



9. In Jilford^ the actual yield of a cow was as follows : 

 Butter, 240 lbs. sold. 



Cheese 100 lbs. do., besides using what milk and butter were re- 

 quired by two persons. She had her own skimmed milk, but no 

 meal or grain. She consumed, as ascertained, two tons of hay ; 

 and her pasturage was 25 cts per week. 



10. In West Stockbridge the report given is 300 lbs. new milk 

 cheese to a cow ; $40 are often obtained from a cow ; $30 are 

 deemed an average yield. 



11. In Stockbridge, the proceeds of a dairy of twenty cows 

 are thus given : 



20 cows. 4000 lbs. new milk cheese sold at 9 J cts., $380 00 



1000 lbs. skim milk, " " 6 " 60 00 



600 lbs. butter, " " 25 " 150 00 



$590 00 

 This gives $29 50 cts. to a cow. 

 No account is made in this case of the supplies of the family, nor 

 of the amount of pork fatted, both which items would greatly have 

 increased the result. 



12. In Lenox, the return of a dairy of 15 cows, was of new 

 milk cheese 1200 lbs. ; of butter ISOO lbs. 

 The return of another dairy is as follows : 



