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The work was continued for five years, from 1891 to 1894 

 inclusive, but the experiment was broken in the period 1893-1894, 

 many animals having to be slaughtered then on account of their 

 being affected with tuberculosis. 



Thirty cows were kept on the lot, but, with this number, 

 quantities of other feeds had yearly to be transferred from the general 

 farm, and this feed being considered according to its value, the 

 number of cows which is was found possible to feed on the produce 

 of the forty-acre lot exclusively was as follows: 



1891-1892 14 cows. 



1892-1893 23 " 



1893-1894. broken period. 



1894-1895 25 cows. 



1895-1896.. .. 24 " 



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After the beginning of the experiment, no manure other than 

 that produced by the animals on the forty acros was applied to the 

 land. 



In many cases, two crops a year were taken off some portions 

 of the land, and in some seasons the total amount of pasturage was 

 increased by allowing the cows to feed on the aftermath of a crop, 

 the area of which is given under some other head, and thus the 

 total area as cropped is in no case exactly 40 acres. 



Following are the different crops raised on the lot during the 

 period this experiment was carried on. The areas allotted to each 

 are given, together with the weight of crop obtained where it was 

 possible to determine this. Furthermore, the total cost of growing 

 the crops is stated. This included rent of land at $3 per acre, the 

 labour for cultivation, seed, sowing, harvesting and delivering them 

 at the barn, root house, silos or stable, threshed or cut and ready to 

 feed. It also included an allowance for a proportion of the time 

 of the farm foreman, but it did not include any allowance for 

 the use of farm machinery (except the engine), nor did it include 

 any amount as an equivalent for the exhaustion of the soil or the 

 application of manure. The time of a man was reckoned at $1.25 

 per day, and the time of a man and a team of horses at $2.50 per 

 day. 



