150 pounds of Indian Meal, at $1.40 $ 2.10 380 ” Ship Stuff, at $1.35 5.13 110 ” Oil Meal, at $1.30 1.82 4140 ” Roots, at $8.00 per ton 16.56 3392 ” Hay, at $20 33.92 1 peck Salt 0.25 ------ $59.78 The cost from June first to November first, 1878, was as follows: 1530 pounds of Hay, at $20 $15.30 225 ” Oil meal, at $1.30 2.92 470 ” Bran, at $1.35 6.35 Salt 0.25 Service 2.00 ----- $26.82 ------ Making a total cost of $86.60 for the year, counting nothing for the garden truck consumed during the summer and autumn. This, with the exception of the corn stalks, would have been consigned to the compost heap, had she not eaten it, so that its only value to me was its value for compost. But allowing that for the purpose of feed it was equal in value to its equivalent in hay, and that my winter ration of hay had been continued through the year, her total cost of keeping would have been, in round numbers, one hundred and four dollars. In the roots fed to her during the winter, were included the waste and parings of vegetables used in a family of ten persons, which was sometimes no inconsiderable item. These were always thrown into the feed basket, and just enough fresh roots sliced to make the required weight. After the roots stored in the cellar were exhausted no account was made of this item. I make this statement simply to show that every item of feed was entered at its full value, into the cost of the keeping.