DIVISION OF FIELD HUSBANDRY 141 



SESSIONAL PAPER Ncf. 16 



The following values have been fixed: — 



Beturn values. 



Wheat (from the machine) per lb 



Barley " " « 



Oats " " 



Peas 



Flax '* " "...'...'.'.'.'.'..'.'..'. '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. " 



Timothy hay -.".". ... . ...... '.'.'.per ton. 



Red Clover hay 



Alfalfa hay " 



Brome Grass hay " 



Western Rye Grass hay " 



Mixed hay 



Green hay " 



Oat straw " 



Barley straw " 



Wheat straw " 



Pea straw " 



Flax straw " 



Dry corn stalks 



Corn ensilage " 



Mangels and turnips " 



Sugar beets • " 



Pasture, each horse per month. 



" cow 



" sheep " 



Cost values. 



Rent per acre. 2 00 



Barnyard manure spread on fields (charged equally over all years of the 



rotation) per ton. 100 



Seed wheat per acre. 1 50 



Seed oats " 1 00 



Seed barley " 1 00 



(All other seeds to be charged at actual cost, ^ost of grass seed 

 to be charged equally on the years producing grass. Twine 

 charged at actual cost.) 



Machinery per acre. 60 



Manual labour per hour. 19 



Horse labour (including teamster)— 



Single horse per hour. 27 



Two-horse team 34 



Three-horse team 41 



Four-horse team 48 



Additional horses each hour. 7 



(Work done by traction engine is to be converted into the 

 amount of horse labour required to do the work, and 

 charged accordingly.) 



Threshing (covering work from stook to granary) — 



Wheat per bush. 7 



Oats " 4 



Barley " 5 



Flax " 12 



Peas f " 7 



Rotation ' D' (four years' duration). 



First year. — Wheat. 



Second year. — Wheat. Manured preceding fall at rate of 3 tons per acre. 



Third year. — Oats. 



Fourth year. — Summer-fallow. 



