the Farming of the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstcin. 341 
degrees, by which the equivalent of the foixl in hay was increased to from 40 
to 52 D. lbs. per day. The total quantity consumed in the feeding-stable was 
as follows:- £ ^_ 
5256 D. lbs. meal, at 3 sk. (= 52 cwt., at 7s.) .. .. 18 5 0 
2862 D. lbs. bran, at 2i sk. (= 28^ cwt., at 5s. \0d.) .. *7 2 6 
984 D. lbs. rape-cakes, at 3d sk. (= Of cwt., at 8s. 2d.) 3 19 6 
2664 D. lbs. palm-cakes, at 3 sk. (= 26^ cwt, at 7s.) .. 9 5 0 
9324 D. lbs. linsecd-cakes, at 4 sk. (= 9i cwt., at 9s. 4d) 4 6 3 
168 D. lbs. peas, at 3 sk 0 11 9 
5384 tdr. turnips, at 2 marks 19 19 0 
5 loads hay, at 6 rdlr 369 
Total 66 15 9 
The cost price of the — 
Three Jutland bullocks was 32 9 0 
Five Swedish „ 48 18 0 
One bull ,, 13 6 6 
Total 94 13 6 
The cost of the fodder was 66 15 9 
Total cost of the beasts when fat 161 9 3 
Total sold 159 0 6 
Loss by feeding 289 
The weight of the cattle when bought in was as follows : — 
Three Jutland bullocks, 2713 D. lbs., costing 32?. 9s., or Is. 9cZ. per stone 
of 8 lbs. live weight. 
Five Swedish bullocks, 4395 D. lbs., for 487. 18s., or Is. Hd. per stone. 
One bull, 1350 D. lbs., for 13?. 6s. 6d., or Is. 5id. per stone. 
Eight bullocks were sold at 6s. i^d. per Ipd. (= 16 D. lbs., or rather 
more than 2 stone), and the bull at 4s. l^d. per Ipd. living weight ; the 
bullocks weighed about 8800 lbs. English, and fetched 138?. 15s. 6c?., 
or 2s. 6id. per stone live weight. The bull weighed 1750 lbs. English, 
and was sold for 20?. os., or Is. lOd. per stone. The increase of weight 
on the bullocks from the 20th of November to the 4th of April was 
thus in all 974 lbs. English, or 1211 lbs. each, and on the bull 265 lbs. 
Last year (1873) the total quantity of milk. produced from forty cows was. 
26,430 galls., namely, in the stable 14,430 galls., and on grass 12,000 galls. 
The income and expenses of the cows last year (1873) were as follow : — 
Expenses. — Winter Fodder-. 
a. Milking-cows : £ s. d. 
90 loads of clover and meadow-hav, at 1?. .. 90 0 0 
Artificial food " 198 8 0 
Turnips 82 9 0 
b. Cows not giving milk, bulls, and young cattle : 
55 loads meadow-hay, at 13s. 6(? 36 13 6 
Artificial food 42 15 0 
Turnips 32 8 3 
Milk for the calves 38 16 6 
Total expenses 521 10 3 
* This calculalion is rather more than a sovereign too little, but 1 have kept 
it as in Mr. Heide's published accounts, where it stands for G4 rdlr. 11 sk. 
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