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reduced to Is. on 100 stone (as the average weight of the bullocks), 
even the ultimate profit of 5/. per head would have disappeared. 
I will next give an outline of the cost of 4 young beasts now on 
the farm, which have been fed economically and thriven well. 
In consequence of small variations in the diet, this statement can- 
not be readily given in minute detail ; but the following items of 
expense. are under rather than over stated. 
1857 to 1858. £. s. d. 
Midsummer, 1857. One calf 250 
52 weeks at 2s 5 4 0 
Entered in bailiff's valuation at Michaelmas, 1858 £6 0 0 7 9 0 
1858 to 1859—52 weeks' keep. 
Per day. Per week. 
s. d. 
3 lbs. of cake .. , 1 10 
2 lbs. of malt-combs and bran 0 8 
Eoots, about 2 bushels j^er week 0 6 
52 weeks keep at 3 0 = 7 16 0 
Valuation at Michaehnas, 1859 .. .. .. £15 0 0 = 15 5 0 
1859 to 1860—34 weeks' keep. 
Per week, 
s. d, 
2 lbs. of oilcake, at lod. per stone .. .. .. .. 1 3 
2 lbs. of meal at 13fZ 1 1 
Boots, about 2 bushels 0 6 
21bs. ofmalt-combsandbran(atabout5?. 5s. perton) 0 8 
38 weeks at 3 6 = 6 13 0 
2 weeks. 
4 lbs. of oil cake 2 6 
4 lbs. of meal 2 2 
Eoots 0 6 
2 lbs. malt-combs, &c 0 8 
2 weeks 5 10 = 0 11 8 
£22 9 8 
These beasts were weighed on the 25th of June last, and their 
live weights, taken in the afternoon, found to be as follows : — 
Cwt. St. lbs. 5Q Stone. 
No. 1.— 12 4 0 or multiplied by .. .. 56-0 
No, 2.— 12 2 4 54-7 nearly 
No. 3.-11 4 0 51-7 
No. 4.— 10 3 0 46-7* 
* This bullock since died by accident in July, and was found to weigh 46 
stone 2 lbs. Two of the others have gained more than 1 cwt. of live weight in 
1 month ; the 3rd little more than ^ cwt. 
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