On the Feeding of Stock. 251 
1859, March 19th— Cost of Keep of a Ewe Flock, 13 score. 
Cost per Week. £. s. (I, 
2 acres of white turnijis (a poor crop), at 21. 
or 2,\d. per liead 400 
Malt-conibs, 1 sack per day 1 11 6 
Wheat chaff, 5 fans per day * Oil 3 
6 2 9 
Meal, malt-comhs, and bran, for lambs, 4 stoue 
per day, at Is. per stone 18 0 
7 10 9 
(Per score, lis. Id. nearly.) 
Later in the season, when the flock was removed on to some 
of the poorest land in cultivation, the account stood thus : — 
Cast per Week. £. s. d. 
4§ acres of turnips, per head 4 0 0 
7 cwt. of oil cake 70s. Od. 
Charged to the land ^ 23 0 
47 0 
Charged to flock 2 70 
Malt-combs, 2 bushels per day 0 15 9 
Wheat chaff, as above ' oil 3 
Lambs' food, 4 stone, as above 18 0 
9 2 0 
(Per score, 14s.) 
In this case the inferior quality of the roots called for an 
extra supply of artificial food, which was given as much for the 
sake of the land as of the flock, and hence the deduction made. 
It will be observed, however, that we have still the margin be- 
tween 14s. per score of expenditure and Mr. Bond's estimate of 155. 
Or again, the following statement will fairly represent the 
total cost in one spring quarter : — 
Artificial Food. 
£. s. d. 
4 weeks, 1 cwt. of rape cake per day, 28 cwt. at 7s. 
(nearly) 10 00 
4 weeks, 4 bushels of beans per day, at 4s, Gd 25 4 0 
5 weeks, 2 bushels of beans per day 15 15 0 
13 50 19 0 
50Z 19s 
.Average of artificial food i^er week ^- — '=31. 17s. 6c?, 
s. d. 
* Cost of cutting by hand 35 fans, at 3s. per score .. .. 5 3 
Loss on the straw, 12 cwt. at 6(f 6 0 
(An outside estimate) 
11 3 
As the season advanced less straw chaff would be consumed, and the saving 
effected would furnish increased supplies of meal for the growing lambs. 
