252 FEEDING ANIMALS. 



parison of the situation here and there. On page 241 an 

 estimate is made for first-rate keep for such young animal 

 during the first 12 months in the Western States, and the 

 cost found to be $12.88 for the first 6 months, and $14.11 

 for the second 6 months; making 12 months cost $26.99, 

 with an addition of 20 per cent, for the Eastern States, 

 making the cost in the latter $32.38; whilst the food alone 

 cost $56.18 to the English farmer. Perhaps many readers 

 will desire to see in detail the cost of a " baby bullock " of 

 71 weeks in this country, calculated on the same plan of 

 feeding as given in Mr. Evershed's formula. We will 

 calculate this for the West, which will require an addition 

 of 10 to 20 per cent, to the grain ration to adapt it to the 

 Eastern States. That it may have more than a temporary 

 value, it will be estimated on average prices for a series o f 

 years, and not on the present high figures for grain. 



Purchase of calf $ 5.00 



4 weeks' new milk, 14 Ibs. daily, at Ic 3.92 



10 weeks' skim-milk, 16 Ibs. daily, at %c. ; 2 Ibs. oats or finished 



middlings, at %c 4.02 



16 weeks, to about 1st of November, on a daily diet of 10 Ibs. 



skim-milk, 2 Ibs. oil-cake, at l^c. ; 2% Ibs. oats or middlings, 



and grass or clover 10.00 



22 weeks, to the end of first year 10 Ibs. hay, 2 Ibs. oil-cake, 



2 Ibs. oats, 2 Ibs. corn-meal 17.32 



19 weeks, to end of feeding 71 weeks grass, 30c. per week; 3 Ibs. 



cake, 5 Ibs. corn-meal, daily 16.67 



Attendance, 71 weeks 8.00 



Insurance 1.00 



Total $65.93 



Our estimate shows the cost of such a young bullock to 

 be 92 cents per week. It will dress about 600 Ibs. in the 

 quarters, weighing, on foot, about 1,200 Ibs., and will bring 

 on an average, in our market 6K cents on foot or, say $75. 

 If we count the value of the manure as 20 per cent, of cost 

 of food say $10 the account will stand thus : 



