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most difficult part of the subject is disposed of by the use of the 
scales, and when the weight is ascertained beyond dispute. There 
may, of course, arise a little difference of opinion as to the exact 
percentage of carcass, but not much. 
The foregoing deals only with the selling of fat stock. For 
graziers, the most important part of their business is the buying of 
store stock. If the cattle are to repay the grazier, their price should 
be regulated by the average price which beef is likely to fetch at the 
time the cattle are to be sold. For example, if bought in the 
autumn, they should be Is. a live stone less than they are calculated 
to make when fat, and if bought in the spring, they should be 6d. a 
live stone less. Farmers have only to ascertain the weight of the 
stores they buy, and to keep a simple purchase and sale account, 
deducting from the total amount received the cost of any cake they 
use, and also any selling expenses incurred The account given 
below of the purchase and sale of sixteen Welsh Runts will make 
this matter clear. 
Purchase Price 
April 8, 1891 
£ i. tl. 
10 Welsh Runts @£17 
each 272 0 0 
Carriage from Harboro’ 
@ Is. each . . 12 6 
Commission @ 6s. each 4 0 0 
^ 2 6 
Purchase Price 
April 8, 1891 
£ ». d. 
16 Welsh Runts cost 
@ 4s. bd. a stone . . 277 2 6 
at. lbs. 
Wt. when sold 1,608 12 mkt. wt. 
„ „ bought 1,253 0 Fm. „ 
16 ) 355 12 
Gain in live weight 22 3 each 
Average percentage of carcass 
58-88. 
Cost lur Stone 
April 8, 1891 
Live weight of 16 ^ >■ <>■ 
Welsh Runts 
St. lbs. St. lbs. 
1,253 0 = 78 4* each 277 2 6 
@ 4s. 5d.* a stone 
• These figures are absolutely essential to 
form a basis of calculatiou, aud cannot be 
obtained by guessing. 
Price Realised 
December 13, 1891 
Live weight of 16 £ s. a, 
Welsh Runts 
St. lbs. St. lbs. 
1,608 12 = 100 7 each 396 6 8 
@ 4s. ll^tf. a stone 
£ s. d. 
Less cake @ 
29s. each .23 6 0] 
Less selling ex- J. 28 1 0 
penses . . 4 16 0 I 
‘308~5~8 
Deduct cost = 277 2 6 
Gain= 91 3 
£ i. d. 
1 6)91 3 2 
6 13 11 Gain on each. 
Questions as to autumn or spring buying, the breed of cattle 
best suited to the land, and other details of this kind, must be left 
to the occupier, for no two farms are alike, and the price of stores 
will vary with supply and demand, as also with the seasons. By 
paying attention, however, to the cost per live stone, there will be a 
