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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



A GEORGE V., A. 1914 



CHOP RETURNS 1912. 



The table given below shows the costs of producing the various crops grown on 

 the ' 200-acre farm ' (so-called) and the profits therefrom during the past year. In 

 calculating the various items presented, the following values have been used: — 



EETUBN VALUES. 



Oats $ 34 per bushel. 



Oat straw 4 00 per ton. 



Hay 7 00 ■■ 



Corn ensilage 2 00 u 



Turnips and mangels 2 00 h 



Forage crops (green) ._ 2 00 » 



Potatoes 60 per bushel. 



Swine pasture 15 00 per acre. 



COST VALUES. 



Manual labour $ 17 per hour. 



Horse labour, including teamsters — 



Single horse , 27 n 



2 horse team 34 » 



3 horse team 41 n 



4 horse team , 48 n 



Rent 3 00 per acre. 



Barnyard manure - 1 00 >■ 



Machinery (inclusive of threshing machinery) 60 ■■ 



Seed oats . . 1 00 ■ 



Turnip, mangel, corn and potato seed charged at actual cost. 



Grass and clover seed charged at actual cost. 



Twine charged at actual cost. 



Threshing charged according to actual labour expended. 



Statement of Crop Returns on ' 2CM>acre Farm,' 1912. 



Crop. 



Oats (including cost of 

 straw) 



Oat straw 



(3orn 



Roots (mangels and 

 turnips) 



Potatoes 



Green feed (peas and 

 oats) 



Hay 



Fig pasture 



Area. 



Acres 

 5622 



48-50 



14 78 

 400 



360 



57 22 



315 



187-47 



Total 

 Cost. 



$ ots 

 862 74 



1,183 82 



516 23 

 251 10 



65 09 



955 98 



39 34 



3,874 30 



■ 

 o 



« O 



™ ■ 



5 « 



> ft 



$ cts. 

 15 35 



24 40 



34 93 



62 77 



18 08 

 16 71 

 12 49 



20 6G 



® 



* ft 



§s 



^ . 



S § a 



$ cts. 

 25 



1 51 



1 50 



14 



1 80 

 5 52 



Total 

 Yield. 



Lbs. 



115,415 



147,710 



1,565,820 



687,520 

 106, 8G0 



72,330 

 347,585 



Average 



Yield 

 per acre. 



60 38Bu. 



131 T. 



1614T. 



2326 T. 

 4'45Bu. 



10-05 T. 

 304T. 



Total 

 Profit. 



$ cts. 



291 41 

 295 42 

 382 00 



171 29 

 639 40 



7 24 



260 56 



7 91 



2,055 23 



Note.— A few acres used for cattle pasture and for cutting green and feeding in field where it could not 

 easily be weighed, were calculated on the basis of the average yield of hay for the remainder of the farm. 



Owing to the fact that the charges for both horse and manual labour are higher 

 than in previous years, with no corresponding increase in the valuation of the pro- 

 ducts, the net profits as given above are not so great as last year. A comparison of 

 the value of the returns for the past fourteen years shows, however, very appreciable 

 increases up to the present, and indicates that our system of cultivation and cropping 



