The season has not satisfied me. Not only has the weather been unfavorable, (we must expect severe summers occasionally,) but I don’t like sending the cow to a distant pasture which I can know very little about, and where nobody knows how the other animals treat her. I shall never do this again if any other arrangement can be made. The account for the year is as follows: EXPENSES. Interest at 7 per cent. on cost of cow $4.55 Hay from last year 3.00 2½ tons Timothy Hay @ $18 45.00 Pasturage and driving 24.00 750 lbs. Wheat Bran @ $1.10 8.25 450 lbs. Corn-Meal @ $1 4.50 100 lbs. Cotton-seed Meal 2.00 ------ Expended $91.30 Less hay on hand 2.00 ------ Year’s expense $89.30 RETURNS. 42 qts Milk sold at 6½c. $2.73 286 qts. Skim-milk sold at 3c. 8.58 ------ Sales $11.31 640 qts. Milk for family, at 6½c. 41.60 109 lbs. Butter made @ 32c. 34.88 ------ Year’s returns $87.79 ====== Memorandum—Cost $89.30 Less sales 11.31 ------ 77.99 Plus purchases— 86 qts. Milk @ 6½c. $ 5.59 70 lbs. Butter @ 30c. 21.00 ------ Cow products cost family $104.58 Comparing this with last year’s statement, it will be seen that although there is a small balance against the cow, she is still, all things considered, a profitable part of the domestic establishment.