900 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
[SEPTEMBER 17, 1864, 
be a difference of opinion as to whether the cattle | 
es receipts would be first from the cows. I milked 
idee measure, Dr. Voelcker's experiments give more 
861, 71 cows altogether. These gave cow than m3 ear pug pd here at 50s, a 
b er lb., 
Ms I have bot h, but prefer the latter. for dairy Zz fae diia of milk, or an average of 550 gallons Led cow. ont, "s essc erm ipis si prose it generally 
tock. Th d ita ched to 2,451 lbs. of nt or an average of 344 lbs. n | above the usual p: f p Where 
e mp 3 al Cum ply 32,312 Ibs. of cheese, or an average of 455 lbs. yar a ready sale of butter can be found, I am inclined to 
e arge, and and tnere | ^d in money 10681. , or on an average of 161. p think it is more profitable to make skim-milk ch 
should he nies water in every yar The 10687. was thus oblati e and butter, than to look only to the producties - 
The liquid manure from the yard sh hould be carried Butter sold an : .£130 0 8 disce of a beet quality.” Ha should kati dil 
to a tank from which, if possible, it may be conducted Cheese sold and eet À zT 2 0 ahd a rendy sála for the "chisto ad Wil Mà 
by gravitation over the aud; Pompas and rpg ds isa Lc = — E - E B; experience is that skim cheese is not nearly so salcibis ^ 
thé eost Whey and milk to pigs = .. . 862,0 rich cheese. 120 cows at 157. 10s. would ret 1860], 
on i The bern plan when en h £1068 6 6 4th. Single Gloucester cheese on ut 1 lb, per 
Tarot LAE cow per week, and. pi, "x ve A : stem T adopt 
ls Thirty-ti 1 bout As I have given you etails before, I n r 
y tie winter we find the advantage of some arable | y ‘weaned, thus , costing abo — ane the de sult is 152. per cow, or fo or] 1205 a 
and, the straw 
for the | 18002. 
ted me parts that the rowth of pe appears in the bv of agi stock 
eee: enpera abro s f d . I have selected this case, because I| 5th. : s ori a pig rie —Accordir 
cases possible to apply the streams of water run ning find that the average retu si co in nr pos heel Be to A vai er’s experime gallons of milk would 
h the fe ower for pulping and chaff- A Tn (including the whey and milk as abo 
eating Vieh tite e e done E" i " ry impor- | given to the calves and pigs), has been 15/., or exclusive p ene X a ab g PONERET a 22. Od, 
ant not to neglect i I have used for many years aj of the whey to the pigs which I rec at 12. p fient PH . E. 00 
email supply of water ‘in this manner with advantage ;/14/. This on PE cows gives 16 ro 100 Or for 120 cows at 161. 3. 
so Ne ma llo 
economically applied, and the saving auta: ude cd calf, 
rom all the data [ pe to form an oris in ths 
from chaffcutting 2nd pulping is undoubted, » th ubject, I am inclined to think that circumstan 
We find that our yearlings thrive well upon the a e to sell off 30 cows gery i in the T entirely de de cide the equ uestion of which system i 
è laie fo autumn at 127., or 3607., also pus bull, 3e $20 tha beste Sa. vary. mith. d epends npon the locality 
35 Ib. of hay, at 2l. per ton or .215d. per 1b. Tid.  |pigs A n E at 9L, and sold 10 se at 10s. that itd 1 pone to lay down arule; the bes 
300 Ib. of roots, at 6s. 8d. pet E or .086d. - 1b.. + 104d. per score at 5/.,) at 32, 3607. Thus vwd A the | will gen be to follow the system of the eigi 
8 Ib. oM Md, al bal. LGR RU | manure, ned 401. inet paying for the meal and whey | pou ses it he rule, and Ms modes on a small scij 
The two-year-olds out in the p hairis on e only take ome ? xu sheep would depend upon the ve the’ spr gs toma until you prove the decided superiority 
1 cwt. of hay per week, at 2s., or much the same as the | 
t how 
Th rà e stock we are supposing 
ey do no! 
such i proe in the spri eg € 
e in- cavers, by year olds, also i in the fields, consume 
ay 
€ thrive so well or show | 
they ‘would give us sa 
1i cwt. of ha 6d., or with attend- Ibs, of wool at 1s. 6d. — 307. We may reckon on 110 
ance about 25. bd. bees at about 255., say 1407. And we might make 15s. 
per 
e cows in open cour and sheds eat T ie for | 
dry 
ON CONDITION IN LAND.—No. VI. 
Bic proceeding to consider Condition with pp 
e to G room for a 
. lines iu farther elucidation of the most m ‘i 
Bs wi head upon the sheep the difference between the | brought out b, and also to correct 
8 TRA - yt ru ar. ibi: X We as E e | price, buyin in in the autumn, and selling fat the | some errors in figures, for which either I or the printer 
Sie Quo Rape es esa ee tas RA Lys | following year, or 757. owe an wate gy. Tn: the LI for July 25, p. 614, the nei 
PY |. From the arable land w * S cineca Tage allowance for a ton of hay should bo N . 22]b. or 
à | fro acres of Wheat a aa i 32. ushels per e^ 1ls. mr for oileake 35e. In the No. for J il 16, 5 
Wh be Dn ee EE =32,000 at m gy ss acres of Beans, at 32 bushels | the second column is the amount of Mies. R per 
Em Aus Wt s Were ede. c contained in the food consumed in the column, 
y at 2s. "T oe 20 di be itin 
34 cwt. in roots, at 4d. bint Pre 12 - ‘som grown wit 
r, with attendance, about 3s. 6d. per wes! 
From "m data it is easy to apap rade be T 
requiremen ai the stock for the and t 
probable umption 
substi - for the 
€ of these items is :— 
rom cows, 120, at 147. 
dum 100 calves, at dis. 
Barren cows, 30, at 1 
Bull, 1, at 
Difference on. ‘purchase and sale : of 120 pigs, at 3L, .. 
Sheep: Wool ES 
eio 
liba A ped —We have next to consider the 
aM prt an and rol vrei MY farming. The out- NE 
75 difference on purchase and sale 
The a Tr fari "S sys Two have supposed suit- Arable E: Wheat T T. 
able for diisyite pre rearing young stock, we may take 
at 45s. an acre, or on 600 acres 1350/, 
The rates, taxes, and i hoards, at about 1507. 2x 
Meroe Rel with locality, but should ame the ren 
Total of receipts .. 
Total of payments 
.. . . .. 
Potatos may 
tage in i plate of part of vier "DR and Oats or Barley column. 
Wheat. 
0 STO | cient correct: 
dades 
Fred 
ness to reimburse an Mae tenant fi 
accordingly. Leaving m m 
The labour on a dairy farm will vary immensely | as the tenant’s s profit and 4» eet expenses of h 
according as there is or is not erable ae or whether | keeping, after paying 5 pe prs on the capital. 
the stock is kept through h not. On a|rent of a Sars © land, odo 
farm : ec oc TOOL ped the iboi would be | as 50s. a hich would reduc 
about] r annum. On pasture | to 35 Ola a - 
farms, without any sj arable iid; the labour per acre is| The first item of receipts, viz., that from dairy cow: 
probably not half of this. ill vary much under different systems of teneas 
the deterioration on the dead stock we de To 
such as w 
e the tenant’s profit 
2 Ae 
|w 
| or selling it simply as mi 
eae for a few -— nutes. 
In considerin jns the disposal of t 
y I will ass 
This is probably n not far 
ius when "rs feeding is not e dinary. 
e I will draw your 
he milk given by the 
rà feðra it 
lo: ons. 
the first year charge 
ano atgoin: ng : 07, le dd strike | that sum oft the amount 
capital the following year. ‘Thus th ie dead st ock w 
would' stand, as 
y dispose 
Ist. ‘Simply as prm —For which, as I have before 
"HE the wholesale price would be 8d. per gallon, 
187. cow 5 ; this from 120 cows would return 21901. 
ould 
t 
as | This 
of | 
the annual f and additions | m 
50 
ouse. | thal 
The ey 
is frequently as high 
can be 
assume the average | Stra 
there would no 
0; 
ghts comin, K "aii an equi! 
m of erdt E € sh itself in a 
ied time as the of the country. 
intain it constant. If se p to London by train, as the 
erest at 5 per cent, on the iia 
at 5100}, or 2557. 
would peut 
robably exceed those attending cheesc-ma| 
dst à d ilk is p prodlaceg from et 
: other large towns, rent of the 
"o calves and yearli a 
Vr pg abo y Ote oe we gO SOA reri [grenier 
I have not orci any extra food for the ee 
should E jars: de pro quo, and th 
erally much used for the purpose by ry fire 
We should als 2 to pay for seed. Whea 
xr vus gs 
hese 
om 
ly amount to 502. wi GM 
seen, are largely 
We | but injuri eA iy oF the 
not atti Er gor From experiments 
ers. | by Dr. Müller, of Stockholm, it se cae that 7 ga 
t, Beans, | n. 2 produ 
: niis amount us — 
pt d d at Pedes As eracre. 
Rates, taxes, an 
Labour 
Deterioration of. dead stock 
Interest on 51007., at 5 per 
Artificial manures — .. 
: ilcake 
. £1350 
150 hr er 
750 r e Mort 
Goduction on capital) 60 . 
255 
Horses’ Oats 
Seed: Wheat .. 
Beans  .. 
Vetches x 
1 enr 
milk, and 
Thus 540 gallons would give 207 Ib. of butter at 1s, £10 m 
496 Mod E crow milk — give - lb, « skim 
and losses from s] i» 48 
Si onadamia To Vas emen T S; ey for pigs.. . 
maA 0 
m 
milk ie oy ep distances. of Pro or 80 miles, they ARA | 
= pent ns. 
t 
A 50s., or 500/. 
£1510 
| Here again the result depends upon the price in a very Í 
nly r why m fe Mta is set invested i in 
the Disina 3a th is the gendral opinion of the uncertainty of 
| the return, that the investment will not pay, ; bat how 
r| do A results of the four farms just referred to bear out 
clean farming e 
mer on the usua 
se four 
No. 1 on a farm of 100 acres, grows aunually 50 in 
1 
corn, His GE sold is 4 quarters per acre, ab SY 
D his UY tithes 
Ded bees cn his labour, 
a profit o: 
and taxes, 30s. an acre 
QR = . 
f about 10s, an acr z 
£150 
e 00 
sj 50 
m £500 
150 acres grows 75 
re ar ave “whet, and 6 qrs. of Bey, a Br per p» 
uUa ond rent, &¢,, 30s, 
Labour, seed, and bills, 3. 
Leaves him a profit = 30s, per 
£5 
i 450. 
pres 
£900 
