4 3() AgricuUural Gazette of N.S.IF. [Jw?/^ 2, 1908. 



1 1 ari'' st I ii<i and (Jarliiiy. 



1904. 1905. 



£ s. d. £ s d. 



Wages ... ... ... 184 17 8 135 12 9 



Uations 27 17 !» 14 9 6 



Ration sheep ;!1 |S I) 2:5 10 



Contracts — Harvesting ... ... ... o'u 1 ."{ (J 172 I 10 



Storage on wheat .... ... ... ... 4715 ."5 



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Oil, twine, itc 20 S S 11 7 11 



Duplicates, repai 1-8 ... ... ... '.., 58 (i 7 IS I .") 



Forage 59 1 I 71 9 (; 



Cornsaeks (station) .. ... ... ... l.".!) IS o li'o i 7 



Insurance ... ... ... ... ... 57 13 1 28 1 2 7 



£985 19 1 £601 12 11 



Ccst of harvesting ci'op jut acre — - s. d. 



In 1904 ... ■ ... 10 3.L 



In 1905 8 llf 



1904. £ s. d. 1905. £ s. d. 



Putting in 10 7^ Putting in 13 4 



Harvesting lU 3^ Harvesting 8 llf 



Total ... £1 11| Total ... £1 2 3^ 



YlELDS. 



1904— 1,914 acres, 12 bushels, at 3s 



Less cost of production 



Pr( )fit per acre 

 Net return from 1,91 1 acres ... 



1905—1,339 acres, 10 bushels, at 3s 



Less cost of production 



Profit per" acre 



Net retuin from 1,339 acres ... 



These may be regarded as pj'acticallv minimum yields on large farms in 

 ordinary seasons, and l)y no means indicate the possible yields on smaller, 

 well-woi-kcd farms in similar seasons. They show a reasonably remunciative 

 return from land \alu('d a1 about £.'! ])er acre, even when tlir wlinlc of tlit^ 

 work is done by contract or by hired lalxtur. The "jirizes" of wheat-growing 

 go, however, to farmers who manage and assist to work' their owti farms^ 

 especially when such are farmed on up-to-date lines, and iji conjunction with 

 sheep and other live stock. 



