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iveic high at tho time, and disease very prevalent, so that it was 
imjxntant to secure healthy animals whose antecedents were well 
known ; it may, however, be admitted at once that they cost 11. 
j)er head more than they ought to have done. 
On reference to the memoranda of the year the following 
■entries are found : — 
Store Beasts— Keep per day. Per week. 
s. d. 
4 th week— 12 lbs. of linseed cake per week 1 2 
12 lbs. of rape cake per week 0 10 
Chives or malt-combs, J bushel 0 6 
2 6 
10th week — 18 lbs. of linseed, instead of 12 lbs. 
18 lbs. of rape, instead of 12 lbs., with a consequent 
increase of 8fZ. in the cost. 
20th week — 6 lbs. of bean-meal per day substituted for the oil- 
*cake, &c. 
On this basis, therefore, the keep cannot be estimated (exclu- 
sive of straw, chaff, and litter) at less than 2s. 9<i. per week, 
giving a total of 11. 3s. on the whole year. The home-bred 
having been valued the year before at 11/., and increased in value 
to 15/., shows 
£. s. d. 
A gain of 4 0 0 
To meet an expenditure of 7 3 0 
And consequently a loss on the j^ear's feeding of .. .. 3 3 0 
I find Nos. 2 and 3 valued in a lot of seven at Michaelmas, 
1858, at 14/. a piece; they were worth 21. a-head more than two 
of this lot, but rather less than the other three, so that they can- 
not have been set at more than 15/., showing a rise in price of 
only 2/. on the year, and a loss of 5/. 3s. in consequence partly 
of the general fall in the value of stock at that time, and partly 
of the dear rate at which they were purchased. 
I will now give in more detail the expense of the keep of 
the 7 beasts during 28 weeks from Michaelmas, 1858, the mean 
time of their feeding, as they were drafted two or three at once 
At the commencement of the 28th, 29th, and 30th week from 
Michaelmas : 
Cost of 7 Beasts. 
£. s. d. 
No. 1. — \i>l., home bred j 
„ 2.— 15Z., home store [ 45 0 0 
„ 3.— 15Z., ditto .. ,. ) 
,) 4. — 16Z., bought second week in October .. ..\ r 
„ 5.-16Z., ditto .. ..M^ ° ^ 
„ 6.-12Z.12S \ A a 
„ 7.— 12?. 12s 1-540 
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