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Milch Cows and Dairy Farming: Comprising the Breeds, Breeding, and Management, in Health and Disease, of Dairy and Other Stock, the Selection of Milch Cows, with a Full Explanation of Guenon's Method; The Culture of Forage Plants, and the Production of Milk, Butter, and Cheese: Embodying the Most Recent Improvements, and Adapted to Farming in the United States and British Provinces. With a Treatise upon the Dairy Husbandry of Holland; To Which Is Added Horsfall's System of Dairy ManagementFlint, Charles Louis

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Milch Cows and Dairy Farming: Comprising the Breeds, Breeding, and Management, in Health and Disease, of Dairy and Other Stock, the Selection of Milch Cows, with a Full Explanation of Guenon's Method; The Culture of Forage Plants, and the Production of Milk, Butter, and Cheese: Embodying the Most Recent Improvements, and Adapted to Farming in the United States and British Provinces. With a Treatise upon the Dairy Husbandry of Holland; To Which Is Added Horsfall's System of Dairy Management

Name: Milch Cows and Dairy Farming: Comprising the Breeds, Breeding, and Management, in Health and Disease, of Dairy and Other Stock, the Selection of Milch Cows, with a Full Explanation of Guenon's Method; The Culture of Forage Plants, and the Production of Milk, Butter, and Cheese: Embodying the Most Recent Improvements, and Adapted to Farming in the United States and British Provinces. With a Treatise upon the Dairy Husbandry of Holland; To Which Is Added Horsfall's System of Dairy Management
Author: Flint, Charles Louis

Flint, Charles Louis

Cows; Dairying

---------------+--------+---------------------+---------------------
                 |        |     January 1.      |      March 6.
                 +--------+--------------+------+--------------+------
                 |Yield at|              |      |              |
                 |calving.|    Weight.   |Yield.|    Weight.   |Yield.
   When calved.  +--------+----+----+----+------+----+----+----+------
                 |Quarts. |Cwt.|qrs.|lbs.| Qts. |Cwt.|qrs.|lbs.| Qts.
  ---------------+--------+----+----+----+------+----+----+----+------
  Mr. Smith’s--  |        |    |    |    |      |    |    |    |
  Nov. 12.       |   17   | 8  | 3  | 0  | 15¹⁄₂|  8 | 0  | 0  | 9¹⁄₂
  Mr. Pawson’s-- |        |    |    |    |      |    |    |    |
  Oct. 6.        |   16   | 7  | 2  | 0  | 12   |  7 | 1  | 0  | 6¹⁄₄
  My own--Oct. 8.|   18   | 9  | 3  | 0  | 15¹⁄₂| 10 | 1  | 0  |12¹⁄₂
  ---------------+--------+----+----+----+------+----+----+----+------

Mr. Smith’s cow lost in weight in nine weeks 84 pounds, being 9¹⁄₃
pounds per week, with an average yield of 12¹⁄₂ quarts per day. Mr.
Pawson’s lost 28 pounds. This loss, together with the diminished yield
of milk, occurred almost wholly after the oats had been withdrawn; her
weight on the 6th of February being still 7 cwt. 2 qrs., and her yield
of milk 11 quarts per day.

My cow has gained in the nine weeks 56 lbs., being 6¹⁄₄ pounds per week,
with an average yield of 14 quarts, the diminution being regular.
January 1st, 15¹⁄₂; Feb. 4th, 14; March 4th, 12¹⁄₂; making an average
yield of 14 quarts per day. The whole loss and gain of weight will be in
flesh and fat, the cows having kept up their consumption of food and
their bulk.

The weekly account of profit and loss will stand as follows:

                                                _s._  _d._  _s._  _d._
  Mr. Smith’s cow, average yield fer 9 weeks,
  12¹⁄₂ quarts per day, at 2_d._ per quart,                 14     7
  Deduct loss in flesh, 9¹⁄₃ lbs., at 6_d._,                  4    8
                                                            -----------
                                                             9    11
  Cost of 14 stones hay, at 6_d._ per stone,                 7     0
                                                            -----------
            Profit,                                          2    11

  Mr. Pawson’s cow, average during the first
  five weeks, 11¹⁄₂ quarts per day, at 2_d._
  per quart,                                               13      5
  Cost of 9 stones inferior hay (at 4_d._ per
  stone), per week,                             3    0
  Cost of 63 lbs. ground oats, 4_s._ 8_d._;
  turnips, 1_s._ 6_d._,                         6    2      9      2
                                                           ------------
            Profit,                                         4      3

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