METHOD OF FEEDING COWS. %^^ 



200 days keep of one milch cow, at the rate of d^d. £. s. d, 



perday - - - 4 U 8 



Attendance - - - 2 0. 



Supposed loss on re-sale - • 2 



.£.8 II 



Return made of one milch Cow in 200 da^/s milking : 



£. s. d. 

 6 quarts per day, at 2d. per quart, for 200 days 10 

 Calf - - - -200 



Profit on 20 carts of manure, 1*. 6d, each - 1 10 



13 10 O 



Clear gain upon each milch cow £A 18 4- 



This gives a profit upon the whole stock of ^.147 lOy. observation on 

 The profit of another month may be added before a supply of the .yniidcr- 

 milk can be had from grass, which will make the balance of C ** 

 profit 167/. 18*. 4-d. This profit, though not as iaige as it 

 ought to have been, had the stock been favourable for the ex- 

 periment, far exceeds what could be made of the same quantity 

 of food by fattening cattle. Were the two quarts to be added 

 which on a moderate computation might be expected, the gain 

 would then be .£.267 16*. 4^. The trifling quantity of land 

 from which the cattle were supported, is a most impoitanf 

 consideration. One half of their food is applicable to no other 

 purpose, and is equally employed in carrying on the system 

 of a corn farm. I have lound oil cake ofthe utmost advantage- 

 to my dairy, promoting milk, and contributing greatly to kt'ep 

 the milch cows in condition. The best method of using it, is 

 to grind it to a powder, and to mix it in layers and boil it with 

 the chaff: half the quantity in this way answers better than as 

 much more given in the cake, besides the saving of 2d. a day 

 on each beast. This I was not aware of on my first trial. The 

 oil cake adds considerably to the quantity and richness of the 

 milk without affecting its flavour. The refuse corn wa& likewise 

 ground and boiled : it is charged also at Id. per pound. I 



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