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FOOD FOR CATTLE, 
that were giving from three to four quarts of milk at the two Means and 
mea's The cost of keep being estimated at ten pence per 
day, when the quantity does not exceed five quarts there is no cattle with 
profit, and the getting rid of them is an object. steamed food. 
The amount of milk sold in the metropolis is calculated to 
be 1,250 000/ annually, or 60,000,000 of quaits, this, sup- 
posing 1 .000 000 of inhabitants, allows sixty quarts to each 
individual, equal to what is consumed per head in the town of 
Workington. But it will occur to those who have any acquain- 
tance with the metropolis, that milk is consumed only as a 
luxury i and is not in use with the lower classes j indeed, it is 
in inverse ratio j and, instead of being the cheapest, is the 
dearest food. Supposing the produce of a milch cow, fed with 
grains, &c. to be ten quarts per day, for 320 days, or 3,200 
quarts, it would require 18,750 cows, to give the quantity of 
milk sold ; a pretty strong proof of the adulteration which takes 
place, as 1 do not suppose there is near that number kept. 
The cost of feeding on steamed hay, I should suppose to be 
nearly as follows : 
s. d . 
One and a half stone of hay, at 61. per ton - - 10 
One stone dry do. 14 lb. to the stone - - - 0 8 
Steaming, labour, &c. -'**•-04 
2 0 
If I recollect right, 2s. 6d. per day, was Mr. Welling’ s esti- 
mate of the cost of feeding milch cows some years ago. 
From what experience I have had at the Scboose, I estimate 
the produce of each milch cow at twelve quarts per day 3 this 
would add 12 , 000.000 of quarts, on the number of cows sup- 
posed to be kept, — say, 
L. 
12,000,000 of quarts at 4d. - - - 200,000 
Suppose only a saving of 2 /. per head, in the 
number of cows, from superior health and con- 
dition » 36,000 
236,00 
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