REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURIST. 83 



SESSIONAL. PAPER No. 16 



Below is a statement of cost of growing this lot of oats, with an estimate of the 

 cost of providing digestible dry matter through this crop: — 



Cost of growing 12 acres oats — 



Rent of land, at $3 per acre $3G 00 



Eibbing in autumn, 3 days at $2.50 7 50 



Cultivating in spidng twice, 3i days at $2.50 8 75 



\ manure, at rate of 15 tons per acre, $1 per ton, applied in root 



year 36 00 



Harrowing in spring, at 20c 2 40 



Seed, 24 bushels at 50 cts 13 00 



Sowing, 1 2-10 days at $2.50 3 00 



Rolling, 7-10 days at $2.50 1 75 



Cutting with binder, 1 4-10 days at $2.50 3 50 



Twine, $4.S0 : use of binder, $5 9 80 



Shocking and cutting with scythes, 4 men. lA days at $1.25. ... 7 50 



Loading and unloading, 6 men, 1 day 7 50 



Drawing in, 2 teams, 1 day at $2.50 5 00 



Threshing, at 2* cents per bushel, 724 bushels IS 10 



Yield, 20 tons straw and 24,6] 6 pounds, or 724 bushels, grain. $159 80 



Cost to produce 1 ton grain $9 21 



Cost to produce 1 bushel grain ISg- cts. 



Cost to produce 1 ton straw $2 32 



Cost to produce 100 pounds digestible dry matter, grain 73 cts. 



Cost to produce 100 pounds digestible dry matter, straw. ... 27 cts. 

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BARLEY. 



Mensury. — 5 acres were sown on what had been corn and sorghum land the pre- 

 ceding year. Sown May 2, matured in 92 days, August 2, Yielding 40 bushels, 38 

 pounds per acre. Measured bushel weighed 52 povinds. 



Cost of growing 5 acres harley — 



Rent of land, at $3 per acre $15 00 



Ribbing in autumn, li days at $2.50 3 16 



Cultivating in spring twice, H days at $2.50 3 16 



i manure, at rate cf 15 tons per acre, at $1 per ton 15 00 



Seed. 9f bushels, at 50 cents per bushel 4 87i 



Sowing, i day at $2.50 1 25 



Rolling, 2 J hours, at 25 cents 63 



Cutting with binder, i day , 1 25 



Twine, $2 ; use of binder, $2 4 00 



Shocking. 2 men, i day 1 25 



Hauling, 1 team and 4 men, 1 day 8 .50 



Threshing, 204 bushels, at 3i cents per bushel 7 14 



Yield, 90 tons straw, and 9,790 pounds, or 204 bushels, grain. $65 22 



Cost to produce 1 ton grain $10 07 



Cost to produce 1 bushel grain 24-1 cts. 



Cost to produce 1 ton straw $1 83 



Cost to produce 100 pounds digestible dry matter, grain 65-8 cts. 



Co^t to produce 100 pounds digestible drv matter, straw 20 cts. 



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