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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Nov. 



half cents, and carrots at half a cent a pound, 

 &c. Consequently, proper allowance can be 

 readily made for the different values of these 

 articles in different sections and at different 

 times. The fact of the decrease of the cows 

 in flesh when fed on coarse meadow hay and 

 cornstalks seems to show that the value of 

 these articles compared with English hay is 

 usually placed too high. 



Fourteen Cows— From Jan. 1 to 20. 



6,085.60 lbs of meadow hay and stalks at Jc #■ lb $25 41 



6,600.00 lt)B carrots ^c -r ft 28 00 



162.00 lbs shorts lie rfc 243 



Making the cost of keeping 14 cows 20 days . $55 84 



The same cows gave, in 20 days, 3,570.40 lbs of milk, 



■which cost 15.64c the gallon of 10 lbs. 1 he food proved 



insuflicieut, and the 14 cows lost in 20 days 210 lbs in 



weight. 



Ten Cows—From Jan. 20 to Feb. 9. 



3,.588.80 lbs meadow hay ^.c^" lb $17 94 



4,000.00 lbs carrots 4c ■^ tt) 20 00 



500.00 lbs shurts l^c #" lb 7 50 



Cost of keeping 10 cows 20 days $45 44 



The same cows gave, in 20 days, 2 715 60 lbs of milk, 

 costing 16 ';2c the gallon of 10 lbs. The feed proving in- 

 eufficient the 10 cows lost in 20 days 244 fts of their 

 weight. 



Eleven Cows-From Feb. 10 to 29. 



3,100.60 lbs stalks ic ■If lb $15 50 



4,400.00 lbs carrots ^c #" lb 22 00 



550 00 lbs shorts 14c r tb . . • 8 25 



1,010.00 lbs meadow hay 6 05 



Cost of keeping 11 cows 20 days $50 80 



The yield of milk from these cows, in 20 days, was 

 3,787.40 lbs, costing 13.ilc the gallon of 10 lbs. The cows 

 gained 109 lbs in weight. 



Fourteen Cows— Prom March 1 to 20 



4.894.60 lbs of English hay, cut, gc ■T lb $36 72 



5,600.00 lbs carrots Ac •Tib 28 00 



700.00 lbs shorts l.|c^ lb 10 60 



560.00 lbs meadow hay |c #■ lb 2 80 



Cost of keeping 14 cows 2a days $78 02 



These fourteen cows gave, in 20 days, 5,445.20 lbs of 

 milk, which ccst 14.32c the gallon of 10 lbs. The gain in 

 •weight was 8j9 lbs. 



Sixteen Cows— From March 20 to April 9. 

 5,6.32.80 ttis meadow hay valved at Jc *>■ lb . . . . $28 J6 



3,200.00 Ib^ carrots ^c ■Tib 16 00 



3,200.00 lbs ruta bagas ^c 4?" lb 16 00 



1,920.00 lbs cob meal l|c ■^ lb 24 00 



Cost of feed consumed in 20 days $S4 16 



The milk produced by these cows, in 20 days, was 

 6,058.20 lbs, which cost 13.89c the gallon of 10 lbs. 8 lbs of 

 the hay were cut and mixed with 6 lbs of cob rneul, ami 

 given in two feeds to each cow dally. The feed in this 

 taial proved less nutritious than that consumed in the 

 last, and the cows lost in weight 890 lbs. 



Sixteen Cows-Prom April 10 to 29. 



6,lfi0.00 lbs English hay jc •Tib ^'^tl?-, 



1,600.00 lbs carrots ic •tf lb » 00 



1,600.00 1!>B ruta bas^as ^c 4^' lb » OU 



1,920.00 flji cob meal IJc ^ lb .24 00 



Cost of feed for 16 cows 20 days $79 70 



The same cows gave of milk, in 20 days, 5,591 lbs, 

 which cost 14.25c the gallon of 10 lbs. 8 lbs of the hay 

 were cut and mixed with the cob meal, and given twice 

 a day. These cows lost 314 lbs in weight. 



Sixteen Cows— Prom April 30 to May 19. 



6,196.40 lbs Knglish hay Jc ■^ lb $38 97 



1,600 00 ttis rulu bagas Jc if lb 8 10 



1,600 00 tl)H carrots ?jC r lb 8 00 



1,920.00 lbs Indian meal lic4f lb . ........ 28 hO 



Costof keeping 16 cows 40 days $83 77 



The same cows gave, in 20 days, 5,786 20 lbs of milk, 

 costing 14.47c the gallon of 10 lbs. Gain in weight 

 337 lbs. 



The whole loss of weight made by the cows, in these 

 seven trials, was 1,658 lbs; the whole gain was 1,255 lbs; 

 leaving a balance of loss in the 140 days of 403 lbs. This 

 loss is probably due to the change from green summer 

 to dry winter teed. If so, it would appear that the feed 

 consumed by the cows has been equal to sustaining 

 them in the same condition they were In at the com- 

 mencement of the 140 days' feeding. The average cost 

 per day for feeding each cow in these trials of 140 days 

 was 24.62c. 



Sixteen Cows— Prrm May 9 to June 8. 



Feed was pasture grass only. They increased their 

 milk in 20 dajs, 853.86 lbs, or a fraction over 2 66 lbs 

 daily for each cow. Estimating pasture land at $40 the 

 acre, and five acres to the cow, the cost of keeping each 

 cow would be the interest and taxes on five acres of 

 land, valued at $2o0. 



Intel est on $200 one year $12 00 



Taxes one year 1 00 



Cost of keeping one cow half a year . . . .$13 00 

 Thirteen dollars divided by the number of days in 

 half a year, gives 7.15 cents the day for keeping one 

 cow, and $22.88 for sixteen cows 20 days. Those six- 

 teen cows gave, in 2U days, 6,640.03 lbs of milk, which 

 cost 3.46 cents the gallon of ten lbs. The gain in weight 

 was 484 lbs. 



Eighteen Cows— From June 8 to 28. 



Eighteen cows gave 8,200.20 lbs of milk in 20 days 

 — feed, pasture grass only. Cost of keeping, for 20 

 days at 7.1-5c #■ day, $25.74. Cost of milk in this trial 

 a fraction less than 3.20 cents the gallon of ten lbs. The 

 cows gained in weight 17 lbs. 



Twenty-three Cows— From June 29 to July 18. 



Costof keeping twenty-three cows at 7.15 cents per 

 day, $32 89 for 20 days. The yield of milk of the same 

 cows Was, in 20 days, 9,257 lbs, which cost 3 56 cents 

 the gallon often lbs. The twenty-lhree cows gained in 

 weight 210 lbs. 



Twenty-two Cows— From July 18 to Aug. 7. 



Twenty-two cows gave in 20 days 7,197 lbs of milk. 

 Feed, pasture grass, only. Cost of beeping twenty-two 

 cows 20 days, estimating pasture grass as in former 

 trials, $31.46, making cost of milk in this trial 4.37 cents 

 the gallon often lbs. The cows gained 61 lbs in weight. 



Twenty -one Cows— From Aug. 8 to 28. 

 Twenty-one cows gave daily 309.37 lbs of milk. In 20 

 days their yield was 6,187.40 lbs. The feed was pasture 

 grass, and 20 lbs each cow dnily, of green torn fodder. 

 The corn fodder was considered by the Committ-.e to 

 no more than make up for ihe defflciency. occasioned by 

 the dry weather, in the pasture feed, and the cost would 

 probably be no more than grass. So the costof keeping 

 would be $1.43 each cow, for 20 days, or $30.03 for 21 

 cows 20 days, making the costof the milk in this trial 

 4.85 cents the gallon of ten lbs. The cows gained 142 lbs 

 in weight. 



Twenty-one Cows— Prom Aug. 28 to Sept. 16. 



In this trial the twenty-one cows gave, daily, 279. 7!" lbs 

 of milk. Their yield for 20 days was 5,595.80 lbs. The 

 feed was pasture and twenty' lbs each, daily, of green 

 corn fodder, the same as in the last trial. The cows 

 were the same, and their feed for 20 days cost $30.03, 

 the same as in the last trial, but there was a falling off 

 in milk, and the cost in this 20 days is 5.36 cents the 

 gallon of ten lbs. The cows gained in weight 485 fts. 



Sixteen Cows— From Sept. 17 to Oct. 6. 

 The yield was 187.41 ll.sof milk daily, equal to T., 748. 20 

 lbs in 2) days. Cost of keeping, eslimaiing the after- 

 math to be more than equal to good pasture, $1.^3 each 

 cow for twenty days, making $22.88 for sixteen cows 

 20 days. Cost of milk, 6.14 cents the gallon of ten lbs. 

 Loss in weight 314 lbs. 



Fifteen Cows— From Oct 7 to 27. 



Fifteen cows gave in this trial 186.69 of milk daily. In 

 20 days their yield was 3,733,80 lbs. Co!-t of feed equal 

 to good pasture, $1.43 for each cow, 20 days ; for tifteen 

 cows, 20 days, $21.45. Cost of milk, 5 72 cents the t^al- 

 lou of ten lbs. The cows guiued 257 lbs. 



