t-1849.] 



THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



aXO, from selected cargoes (in Doel. 



^Sr^MEADOW AND PASTURE ^GRASS 

 *^(K«BBS*V beg'to °® e t ^\?^^^ c ^ r . al 



;d importers, who will supply the article^in any 



is matter contained, and as derived allowance must of course be re; 

 from analysis) to 200 lbs. weight of Swedish Tur- I mode of feeding adopted, and 1 

 nips, being about the quantity which an ox weighing the food is prepared. Over feeding is, no doubt, e 

 "~ ' ries imperial will consume per day, exclusive travagance and loss— liberal and judiciously n 

 allowance of straw, chaff, or other refuse of feeding, economy ; * 



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I tie agricultural <&u$tttt. 



SATURDA Y, JUNE 9, 1849. 



We We more than oncelflustrated the need of 

 iw Accounts to the economy of farm management. 

 aming is just like any other business, so far as this 



not keep such a record of I 



)le him to ascertain, at any time, when 

 7- wg and where he is losing. But it is ex 

 Jaely desirable, in order to the direction of mor 

 g attention to this subject, that forms of book 

 JJJ be devised which shall involve a minimun 

 iv Eof ° f skiU in their efficient « "i king. The 



i few and disti 



nt endeavour to classify actual i 

 receipts, and to keep a distinct record 



ined distinctions as shall bring c 



every field, or it may be every crop, 

 », and rent, and interest of capital, as 

 Ml money outlay, to those already well 



* which they _ v 

 E Mr. Edward Pond. This 

 «cimen given of his books with 

 wtterent branches of 



evauing among practical farmers 

 turiats and scientific men- 



.^standard * r ] b ° ld ste P to % down anything 

 'jJ^^Pintorlf" As the subject is, however, 





wing Tables have b 



id feeding 



I i 



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h 



-Pounds Avoirdupois -Stones I 



he average weight of food per day of the fore- 

 going Tables is 53 7 V lbs., containing ol nutritive 

 •• ■ 8f- lbs., or about one-sixth of the weight of 

 jd. Supposing the cardinal numbers to repre- 



descriptions of food stated, and estimating the cost at 



e prices, the value of food supplied would be 



r. dd., or about 9%d. per day per ox, or 5s. 6£tf. 



" The weight (60 imperial stones, or 62} stones 

 Dutch) is, perhaps, more than the average at 

 Scotch farmers in general stall 

 be used, court-yard their oxen, but it is not 

 the average to which they feed them. Sup] 



version to be most profitably accomplished 1 Cer- 

 >. supplying a ton of Turnip per week, 

 ■\t. would be sufficient; and this can 



Tables) 348 stones weight ot rood, yielding 

 tive matter 56 stones. Estimating that one-third i oi 

 the nutriment is converted into beef and fat, the 

 weight of the ox would then be, by four months ft 

 ing, 581 stones, being an increase of 181 stones, wh 

 at fe 6d. a stone, would allow about 7s. Ad. a w 

 for feeding, outlay of capital, risks, and other 

 penses, being about 33* per cent, beyond^ the actual 

 cost of feeding, as estimated fr< 

 little enough, considering the 

 farmers are exposed from diseas 

 the fluctuation of 

 crop, and atmospheric influence. 



i that an ox weighing from 50 to 60 stones 

 will consume a ton of Turnips per w 

 thriving well, will add 141 



feeding stock for 



? For the sake of testing the accuracy oi 

 3 rtion, take, for example, the: 



the cost of producing an acre of Turnips, 20 



/ that very few farmers make, 

 manufactured, so much as 7s. 6d. per 



i -' .-.v 



ven to their stock. When high feeding 

 and Bean-meal and Linseed are used in 



raise the value of the one to that of the other, 

 e money returns from the former would have to 

 iwn upon for the purchase of guano, 

 and other concentrated fertilisers. 



But we must not forget that it is with Mr. Pond s 



system of book-keeping, rather than with his ideas 



: i og, that we have now to do. And. our 



Portly is, that too large a demand is 



made by it on the time and skill of those who would 



adopt it. He follows the good plan of arranging 



which he would classify 



n parallel columns instead 



of on different pages ; but there are so many ot them, 



and so many supplementary books are spoken of 



besides, that the work of keeping them appears 



more than farmers severally would like to engage in. 



It is surely possible to devise a method ~ c ~ 

 ing all the expenditure 



labour and cash, and all 



mt 



S K id 



i stock, and landlord, and to keep 

 " heque books against all 

 d but ■ 



