Report on the Agriculture of Sweden and Norwarj. 243 
Table XI. — Calculation of the Cost of Production of Milk — continued. 
The. year 18G6-G7. Production of Milk, 62,018 kannor = 36,322 gallons. 
Fodder : viz. green fodder and hay 
Straw 
Meal, groats, rape-cake and salt 
Potatoes 
Draflf 
Total cost of food 
Less the value of the manure, equal to the'l 
value of the straw / 
Other expenses : — 
Labour, wages, transport (the carriage ofi 
milk not included) / 
Pui'chase of cows 
Interest on capital, proportionate share ofl 
expenses of management, &c / 
Sundries 
Decreased value of stock during the year . . 
Total for other expenses . . 
Less for cattle sold, dead meat, hides, &c. . . 
Total cost of milk 
Expenses. 
Gross. 
£ 
«. 
d. 
395 
15 
5 
105 
12 
7 
465 
12 
9 
o 
7 
/ 
q 
101 
17 
9 
D 
Q 
o 
105 
12 
6 
175 
0 
7 
139 
13 
9 
80 
17 
3 
19 
8 
8 
51 
14 
9 
466 
15 
0 
232 
2 
0 
Net. 
£ s. d. 
969 13 9 
234 13 0 
1204 6 9 
" From the second Table (XI.) it is seen that during the year 1865-66 the 
production of milk was 39,544 gallons, the cost of production having been 
nearly 29 ore per kanna (= 6id. per gallon) ; that, on the other hand, the 
following year, 1866-67, the production of milk was only 36,322 gallons, which 
had cost nearly 35 ore per kanna ( = 8d. per gallon). This unsatisfactory re- 
sult of the dairy during that year must be ascribed to the bad quality of the 
fodder produced in 1866, and its bad nourishing properties. The first year 
the dairy gave a profit — the latter one, on the contrary, a loss. The price 
of milk in Stockholm is not high enough to cover so heavy a cost of produc- 
tion as 35 ore, as well as the dairy and selling expenses. It must be remem- 
bered that during both these years the time for the distillation of branvin 
was limited to three months yearly, and that of the draff produced a part was 
sold to the families attached to the farm and to neighbours. As the means 
of obtaining that powerful fodder is limited to a short time, it cannot be used 
as a chief ingredient, therefore it has no very important place among articles of 
fodder." 
Meat versus Milk. 
We are now in a position to estimate the relative advantages 
and disadvantages of meat-making and milk-production in 
* Nearly. , 
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