Lawes' manures : analysis guaranteed / [Lawes' Chemical Manure Company Limited].

  • Lawes' Chemical Manure Company Limited.
Date:
1889
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Credit: Lawes' manures : analysis guaranteed / [Lawes' Chemical Manure Company Limited]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    cent, of carcase only returned 54 per cent, if taken at the quoted prices. If, however, the seller received back the full weight of the carcase he found that he received very much less than the quoted price per stone. It has been said that by weigh¬ ing animals alive you learn nothing which you did not know before. Such is not my opinion. The live weight, coupled with the character of the animal and the knowledge of the food he has consumed, is the key to his interior. For instance, a farmer sends some stock to market, he receives an account of the sale and he is disappointed with the price, which appears to be low compared with the quoted price, he remonstrates with the salesman, who assures him that they made fully the quoted price per stone ; he may grumble but he can do no more. If I had fed my animals and had taken their live weight I should feel in a position to know much better than the salesman what price per stone my stock had made, and all his assurances to the contrary would produce but little effect. I am glad to say that the purchase and sale of store stock by weight is making decided progress. In Ireland you can get quotations at per imperial stone live weight. This is a great advantage, as we often pay far too much for our stores. I knew an instance in which the butcher’s meat on the store animal cost the purchaser 9d. per lb., when fat stock was making 6d., the result of this was that after feeding the animals for 20 weeks they were worth just what they cost as stores. Store stock con¬ tains from 50 to 52 per cent, of carcase. Last autumn a good quality of Irish shorthorns cost me at home 4s. id. per live stone. In conclusion I would advise any one who sends stock to market to have it weighed, and from the live weight to make the best estimate he can of the dead weight; and as often as he can let him test the accuracy of his estimate by getting the weight of the carcase, he will soon find that the scales are of great use to him, and will add considerably to his profits in the course of the year.
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