1670 



RURAL ECONOMICS 



Table II. — Figures relating to the farms of the peasant-proprietors, Farms 

 arranged in two groups according to the rate of interest yielded. 



More 



profitable group profitable group 



Less 



Difference 



Average area 



Ecoromic emplacement 



Class of productivity 



Capital invested per acre 



Working capital » » 



Gross return from milking stock . . 



Gross return from pigs 



Gross return from other livestock . . 



Total gross return per acre 



Cost of labour per acre 



Cost of concentrated foods per acre . 

 Total work'ng expenses per acre . . 



Net profit per acre 



Rate of interest on capital , invested. 

 Return for work done 



1575 ac. 



30 



3-1 

 £35 8s 



£ 14 

 £5 135 

 £3 17s 

 £1 i8s 

 £ 13 i6s 



£5 OS 



£2 17s 



£ 10 9s 



£3 8s 



7.2 per cent 



£30 



13 ac. 



3-4 

 2.6 

 £ 40 7s 

 £8 I2S 

 £2 17s 

 £ 2 4s 

 £ o i6s 

 £ II 7s 



£5 IS 

 £1 iSs 

 £ 10 3s 



£ I 4s 



2.2 per cent 

 £ 14 6s 



+ 2.75 ac. 



— 0.4 

 + 0.5 



— £4 19s 

 + £5 8s 

 + £2 14s 



+ £ I 13s 



-I- £ I 2S 

 + £2 IDS 

 £0 IS 



+ £ o 19s 

 + £ o 6s 



+ £2 4s 

 + 5.0 per cent 

 + £15 14s 



Return for work done in percentage of nor- 

 mal wages 



125.3 per cent I 69,0 per cent j + 56.3 p. cent 



I I 



Table III — Farms grouped according to the date of interest yielded 



