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6'ESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Cost of prodiirfion of ivheat sown on clover sod. 



Number of acres: 8 i. 



I'rcceding cro; s : (Rotation P.) Whoat. corn, barley, clover. 



Rent of land at $2 per acre $17 00 



Ploughing in August, ."?."> hours, .4-horse team at IS cents IG SO 



Discing, 31 hours. 2-horse team at 34 cents 10 54 



Seeding, 7.'; hours, 2-horse team at 34 cents 2 55 



Karrowing. 12.i hours, 2-horse team at 34 cents 4 25 



Biiuling, 9;J hours, 3-horse team at 41 cents 3 90 



Stoo!<ing. 10 hours, manual labour at 19 cents 1 90 



Threshing, 225J bushels wheat at 7 cents l.'j 75 



Seed, 12J bushels wheat at $1 per bushel 12 75 



Twine, 40J pounds at 13i cents 5 42 



Use of machinery, 8-i acres at 60 cents per acre 5 10 



Total cost of 8i acres of wheat $!).'> 90 



Cost per acre $11 58 



Yield of wheat per acre bush. 26.5 



Cost to produce 1 bushel wheat (value of stniw nefrl'f'M cen'LS 12.5 



Cost of production of oals, following Uvo ( rays of it'fieat. 



Number of acres : 3i. 



Preceding crops: (Rotation D.) Shallow, wheat, wheat. 



Rent of land at $2 per acre ?7 00 



Quarter share of manure, 6 tons per acre at $1 per ton 5 25 



Ploughing, 10 hours, 4-horse team at 48 cents 4 SO 



Seeding, 3 hours, 2-horse team at 34 cents 1 02 



Harrowing, 4 hours, 2-horse team at 34 cents 1 36 



B n inp, 3^ hours, 3-hcr3e team at 41 cents 1 43 



Stocking, 5 hours manual labour at 19 cents 95 



Threshing, 14S bushels oats at 4 cents per bushel 5 92 



Seed, 7 bushels oats at 50 cents per bushel ■'! 50 



Twine, IOI3 pounds at 13i cents 1 40 



Use of machinery, 3i acres at 60 cents per acre 2 10 



Total cost of 31 acres oats $.34 73 



Cost per acre $ 9 92 



Yield of oats per acre bush. 42.3 



Cost to produce 1 bushel of oats (value of straw neglected) cents. 23.4 



Cost of pi'oduciion of etX'silage corn. 



Number of acres: 8i. 



Preceding crops : Wheat, wheat, wheat. 



Rent of land at $2 per acre ?17 00 



One-fifth share of manure, 8 tons per acre at $1 per ton 13 40 



I'loughing, 27i hours, 5-horse team at 55 cents 15 12 



Discing and harrowing, 34 hours_ 2-horse team at 34 cents 11 56 



Rolling, Z\ hours, 2-horse team at 34 cents 119 



Seed ng. 12 hours, 2-horsc team at 34 cents 4 08 



Cultivating, 74 1 hours, 2-horse team at 34 cents 25 33 



Cult'vating. 25 hours, 1-horse at 27 cents 6 75 



Hoeing, 86 hours, manual labour at 19 cents 16 34 



Binding, 22 hours, 3-horse team at 41 cents 9 02 



Knsiling, 04 tons of corn at 75 cents per ton 4S 00 



Seed 7 04 



Twine 4 40 



Us:! of machinery, 8 J acres at 60 cents per acre 5 10 



Total cost of 8^ acres corn $184 33 



Co.it per acre ?21 69 ' 



Yield of ensilage per acre tons. 7.53 



Cost per ton placed in silo ?2 88 



Br.vndon. 



