On the Feeding of Stock. 25i} 
£. s. d. 
Attendance 40 0 0 
Keep of 13 score ewes, autnmn quarter, at 3s. per score 25 7 0 
„ „ winter quarter, at 5s. per score .. 42 5 0 
„ „ spring quarter, at 15s. per score 12G 15 0 
„ „ summer quarter, at 10s. per score 84 10 0 
Extra keep for 50 ram lambs, at 10s 25 0 0 
Interest on 650Z. (ewes 600?., rams 50Z.) 26 0 0 
Loss, 10 ewes at 45s 22 10 0 
Rams , 50 0 0 
Draft of 45 shearlings, at 55s 123 15 0 
Expenses of sales, washing, shearing, and dressing .. 20 0 0 
586 2 0 
On the other side of the account we have in 1858 : — 
£. s. d. 
39 ram lambs sold 188 10 0 
2 ditto kept 15 00 
17 fat lambs sold 35 14 0 
90 cull lambs sold 103 10 0 
195 lambs kept as hoggets, at 35s., and accounted 
for in the next year 341 5 0 
Crones, 31 at 22s.» 34 2 0 
Ewes' wool, 40 tod 13 lbs., at 29s 58 13 0 
343 Total of lambs.— Total receipts 776 14 0 
Expenses 586 2 0 
Profit 190 12 0 
In 1859. 
£. s. d. 
43 ram lambs sold 1 71 10 0 
2 ditto kept 16 0 0 
9 fat lambs 15 15 0 
65 cull lambs sold 71 10 0 
201 store lambs kept, at 35s 351 15 0 
Ewes' wool, 37 tod, at 39s 72 3 0 
Crones (say) 30, at 25s.t 37 10 0 
320 Total No. of lambs.— Total receipts .. .. 736 3 0 
Expenses 586 2 0 
Profit 150 1 0 
Mr. Bond's gain of 291Z. Ihs. in 1857, and 233/. 15.-. in 
1858, shows an average profit at the rate of nearly 22 per cent, 
on 1200/. of live stock. The above statements, on the other 
hand, show an average price of 24J per cent, on a capital of 
* Sold early in th« quarter, so that their keep is charged in excess. 
f An unusual number of croues were drafted in this year ; but as on the other 
side of payments the draft of ewes is taken on cm overage, the entry for receipts 
i'rora crones must be adjusted accordingly. 
