The  Cost  of  Winter  Grazing  in  East  Norfolk. 
85 
Result  of  Tabulating  Replies. 
I tabulated  the  forty  selected  returns  in  the  following 
manner  : — 
1.  In  order  of  the  number  of  weeks  that  the  beasts  were 
kept. 
2.  In  order  of  the  daily  cost  of  food  consumed. 
3.  In  order  of  the  price  of  stores. 
4.  A general  summary  showing  the  averages  of  all  the 
items. 
Table  I. — Table  showing  results  obtained  ivith  beasts  fed  for 
the  longest,  the  shortest,  and  the  average  periods. 
Price 
paid 
for 
stores 
Number 
of 
weeks 
feeding 
Gain  per 
head  at 
sale 
Total 
cost  of 
feeding 
Net  gain 
or  loss 
per 
beast 
Weight 
of 
roots 
given 
daily 
Weight 
of 
arti- 
ficial 
food 
given 
daily 
Weight 
of  hay 
and 
chaff 
given 
daily 
Total 
cost  of 
daily 
food 
+6(i.  per 
week  for 
labour 
£ s.  d. 
£ s.  d. 
£ s.  d. 
£ s.  d. 
lb. 
,1b. 
lb. 
s.  d. 
13  3 0 
30  max. 
8 17  0 
8 1 3 
0 15  9 
gain 
135 
6 
3 
0 9 
11  0 0 
30  max. 
7 10  0 
9 4 9 
1 14  9 
loss 
135 
7 
4 
0 lOf 
14  0 0 
12  min. 
7 0 0 
6 8 3 
0 11  9 
gain 
120 
10 
28 
1 6J 
11  10  10 
13  min. 
7 0 0 
4 5 6 
2 14  7 
gain 
120 
9 
7 
0 Hi 
13  10  0 
21  aver- 
age 
7 10  0 
6 12  3 
0 17  9 
gain 
135 
8 
4 
0 lOi 
As  the  tables  from  which  I have  deduced  the  results 
obtained  are  so  very  voluminous,  it  does  not  seem  desirable 
to  reproduce  them  here,  and  I therefore  content  myself  with 
saying  that  it  appears  to  me  conclusive  from  Tables  I.  and  II. 
that  those  who  feed  grazing  bullocks  most  cheaply  and  those 
who  keep  them  the  shortest  time  have  the  most  likelihood  of 
some  profit.  This  is  irrespective  of  the  prime  cost  of  the 
stores.  I was  also  struck  by  the  fact  that  when  long  hay 
was  given  it  proved,  at  3Z.  per  ton,  to  be  an  expensive  item. 
Graziers  like  the  reputation  of  producing  a good  bullock,  but 
in  doing  so  must  trust  to  the  manurial  residue  rather  than  to 
direct  profit  from  the  sale  of  the  beast  to  recoup  them  for 
their  outlay. 
