152 AGRICCiTLKE OX TUE RHIKE. 



tening, and the ox be supposed to sell for 12/. 12s., 

 if of large size for slaughtering, the account between the 

 cost of stock holding and the return stands as follov.s : — 

 Cost of the calf . . £ 10 

 Three years' rearing .17 17 

 Three years at -nork . IS 19 6 

 Three months' fatteninff 3 



£39 11 1 

 From M-hich deduct — 



Three years' work 37/. 10s. 



Butcher's price 12 49 10 



Profit . 10 



Besides six years' dung at 1/. 10s. 7 10 



To realise this profit the price of fodder must be as low 

 as has been stated, and the ox must have full work, two 

 conditions that are not always realized, and for that rea- 

 son wc have stated the main inducement to hold stock is 

 now in the dung gained. 



In mountainous districts a Westerwald ox that may be 

 bought for 5/, at three years old, and which sells to 

 the butcher three years later for the same sum, will do 

 as much work as the heavier kind of cattle. An ox of 

 that breed requires but two-thirds of the fodder con- 

 sumed by the other, but gives only two-thirds of the 

 weight of dung. The balance is ultimately very much in 

 favour of the smaller animals under those circumstances. 

 A Westerwald cow weighing 500 lbs. may give in 

 three years 



6400 lbs., or 1600 Prussian quarts of milk 

 that sells in Siegeu at 2d. per quart 



Five years' dung at 1/. 



Three calves .... 



Butcher's price .... 



Carried forward £ 24 10 8 



