

FOODS AND FEEDING 103 



Coimbatore. 



(In milk 10 months, 304 days.) 



RS. a. r. 

 Cotton seed, 1 lb. a day, 304 lb. at Rs. 95 a 



ton ... 12 14 3 



Groundnut cake, 1 lb. a day, 304 lb. at Rupees 



78-12-0 a ton 10 11 



Dholl husk, 2 lb. a day, 608 lb. at Rs. 1-3-0 for 



50 lb 14 7 



Green cholam fodder, 40 lb. a day, 9,680 lb. for 



242 days at 300 lb. a rupee 32 4 3 



Green grass, 60 lb. a day, 3,720 lb. for 62 days 



at 500 lb. a rupee ... 7 7 



Salt, 1 tola a day, 304 tolas for 304 days or 1\ lb. 



at 6 pies a lb 3 8 



Total ... 77 15 2 



(Dry two months.) 



>ry cholam fodder (straw) 20 lb. a day, 1,220 lb. 

 for 61 days at 250 lb. a rupee ... ' 4 14 2 



82 13 4 



Attendance* 18 



Depreciation at 10 per cent per annum on Rs. 80. 8 



Interest at 5 per cent on Rs. 80 4 



Contingencies ... 1118 



Total ... 

 Deduct — One-fourth value of artificial food 

 chargeable to manure 



Net cost per annum ... 



Cost of feeding calves. 



First year. 



[ilk for the first two months, 30 Madras 

 measures at 4 annas a Madras measure ... 7 8 



Groundnut cake, i lb. a day for 10 months, 76 

 lb. at Rs. 78-10-0 per ton 2 10 9 



* One man on Rs. 8 and one boy on Rs. 4 a month of 

 very eight cows. 



