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'6Z. 2i-. 6(7. ; and 23 young pigs at \l. a-piece ; and 50 calves 
had fetched 102Z. 10*\ The whole proceeds of the dairy thus 
amounted to 2284Z. 15*'. 9(/., or close on 27Z. a-piece over the 
85 cows. It must be noted, however, that there had been an 
expenditure of 240/. 18^. 9rf. on linseed and cotton-cake, 
54Z. 17s. on bran, 203Z. 3s. 9c?. on India meal, and 85Z. on 
brewers' grains ; also about 60/. worth of wheat and oats home- 
grown had been consumed. The total here amounts, therefore, 
to 644/. on purchased food. One calf and 4 pigs had bsen 
bought at the cost of 10/. 5s. ; and putting this all down in the 
account, the balance per cow is reduced about 8/., or to some- 
where near 19/. per cow. It must, however, be noted that 
among the sales of the year were 19 fat cattle for 408/. 10s., and 
no doubt a portion of the outlay for feeding-stuff was consumed 
by them. But this item of 408/. 10s. may be claimed as pro- 
perly belonging to the dairy-stock — which is maintained, and 
even increased, during the year, in spite of these sales. And it 
is perhaps safer to leave the enormous yield per cow thus 
realised on a well-managed dairy-farm uncertainly reported, 
rather than pretend to a detailed accuracy, for which we may 
have hardly got the whole materials. 
The labour of the whole 288 acres is done by 2 cowmen, 
receiving 18/. a-piece and their board, 2 carters, receiving 15/. 
a-piece and their board, 2 other men at 15s. per week, one old 
man at 12s. a weeh. ; also one dairy-woman at 16/., 2 girls at 10/. 
and 4/., 2 boys at 9/. and 8/. respectively, all these being 
boarded in the house. And besides this, there was an extra 
expenditure of 17/. 10s. during the hay-harvest, 10/. 9s. Qd. 
during the corn-harvest, and 30/. during the potato-harvest ; 
and, making a fair allowance for the cost of boarding so many 
in the house, it appears that the total labour-bill comes to about 
410/., or close on 32s. an acre, which seems to be quite as heavy 
a cost as, considering the proportion of the grass-land, might 
have been expected. 
The returns from the arable land were 820 measures of 
wheat (75 lbs. each) at 6s. 6c?., 266/. 10s. ; 2000 measures of 
-oats (46 lbs. each) at 4s., 400/. ; 600 loads of potatoes 
(21 cwt.) at 7s., 560/. ; 14 tons of hay at 4/. 15s., 66/. 10s. ; 
30 tons of oat-straw at 2/., 60/. ; 19 tons of wheat-straw at 
21. 15s., 52/. 5s. There was also a produce of not less than 
100/. from fruit, vegetables, and young trees, out of the garden, 
and 52/. from poultry. The other costs of the farm have been 
— rent, 600/. ; tithe, 61/. 15s. ; poor's rates, including roads, 
34/. 18s. 9c/. — in all, 696/. 14s. 9rf., or about 48s. an acre upon 
the whole. The manure bought last year included 19^ tons of 
bone-dust, equal to 122/., and a ton of guano, costing 13/. 10s. 
