Hints on agricultural subjects, and on the best means of improving the condition of the labouring classes / By J.C. Curwen.

  • John Christian Curwen
Date:
1809
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Credit: Hints on agricultural subjects, and on the best means of improving the condition of the labouring classes / By J.C. Curwen. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Expense of attendance on Milch-cows and other Stock for 200 Days. s. (\ Dairymaids wages - - 5 0 0 Board wages - - 9 0 0 One man and horse, for sale of milk and leading green food, at 4s. 6d. der day 45 O O One labourer, at 9.?. per week - ]3 10 0 72 10 0 Cost of feeding Milch-cows per Day. s. d. 4 stone of green food, at l<f. per stone - 0 4 4 lb. of oil-cake, at id. per lb. - 0 4 & lb. of straw - - 0 1 O 9 The feeding cattle had 7 lb. of oil-cake, which made the expense of these Is. per day. The dairy- maid’s wages were wholly charged to the milk ac- count, though by much the greater part of her time was employed in the farm-house. Some occasional assistance in milking was given, but by no means equal to wh^t is overcharged to the dairy on her account. Twenty pounds of butter were made per week, by which, I am very confident, I was a considerable loser. The skim-milk was included in the butter ac- ■ ' count?