On t/ie Feeding of Stock. 
T.'.ni.E III.— Estimate of the Cost of. Feeding 22 Hoggets, 11 Black-faced, and 
11 }ialf-brcd Norfolk and Leieesters in 1854-1855. 
1654. £. 4-. d. 
Value of 22 hoggets at Michaelmas, at 31s. per head ., 34 2 0 
Keep to Jan. 1, 1855, at 3.s. i)d. per head 4 8 0 
16 lbs. per day of linseed cake, at IQ, guineas per ton, 
for 13 weeks 6 IG G 
22 lbs. per day ditto, at 11?. per ton, for 8 weeks .. .. G 12 0 
TurnijJs for 21 weeks, at 3c/. per head per week .. .. 5 15 G 
Cost of keep until the end of the experiment .. .. 57 14 0 
To 2 weeks' keep at grass with linseed cake 1 14 0 
59 8 O 
Per Contra. 
£. s. d. 
Price of sheep 55 0 0 
Wool, 4 tod 23 lbs. at 34s 8 4 0 
63 4 0 
£. s. d. 
Total receipts Go 4 0 
Cost 59 8 0 
Trofit 3 16 0 
I now come to the general account of the cost of the breeding 
and dry flocks, and of the profit made on them respectively. 
And, 1st, of the breeding-flock. 
For the purpose of comparison, I shall again avail myself of 
the calculation made by Mr. Bond for his flock of 500 ewes, as 
given in the description before alluded to. Mr. Bond states- 
that he has seen reason to substitute Hampshire for Southdown- 
ewes ; that his practice is annually to buy 2 and 3 shear sheep/ 
of this description, which will rear lambs for three or four 
seasons, and then, as he states, to fatten them as crones up to the 
value of from 44^. to 54s. per head. His estimate of cost is as. 
below, the food being charged at cost price : — - 
£. «. d. 
Attendance 40 0 0 
. Autumn quarter, 3s. per week per score .. 48 15 0 
Winter quarter, 5s. „ „ .. 81 5 0 
Spring quarter, 15s. ,, „ .. 243 15 0 
Summer quarter, 10s. „ „ .. 162 10 0 
Interest 50 0 0 
Loss 50 0 0 
Tups 60 0 0 
736 5 0 
