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the sinking of capital and partly because it raises the price of labour and 

 limits the use of farm machinery. It would appear that the best results 

 might be obtained by a combination of metayage and casual labour, where 

 the holdings are large enough and remunerative enough to employ a 

 certain amount of outside labour for which a fair price could be paid. 



1315 - Government Share-Farming Experiment in New South Wales, in The North 



British Agriculturist ; Vol. lyXVIII, No 38, pp. 579. Edinburgh, September 21st 1916. 



The Government of New South Wales has just entered upon an experi- 

 ment in share-farming on the Forest Vale Estate of 20.000 acres between 

 Wyalong and Lake Cvidgehico. The homestead block of 1500 acres is to 

 be used as an experimental farm, under the control of the Department of 

 Agriculture. The balance of the area has been subdivided into twenty farms 

 of about 800 acres each, which it is intended to apportion out, on the new 

 system between as man}^ applicants should as man)'' as twenty be forth 

 coming. 



The farms, although meant to be run on a profit-sharing basis, will be 

 kept strictly under control as regards methods of working. Thus of the 800 

 acres, 500 acres must be used for cultivation purposes the remainder being 

 devoted to grazing. Again of the 500 arable acres, 250 must be sown each 

 year and 250 acres fallowed. Ten acres must be ploughed and planted for 

 afforestation puq^oses. Sheep should be run on each block, and assistance 

 ma)' be given regarding the purchase of these sheep The share-farmer is 

 to find his own equipment for putting in and taking off the crop, to find his 

 share of the bags aud to pay for his share of tke cartage. The share- 

 farmer is to have two-thirds of the whole of the crop, whether cut for 

 hay or stripped for grain. For the 550 acres (about) of grazing and 

 fallowed land the farmer will pay to the crown rental at the rate of 2 V2 

 per cent on the improved capital value. The Government's share will 

 be one-third of the crop, and the Government will find its own share 

 of the bags pay its share of the cartage and find the whole of the 

 manure necessary for the cultivation area. Houses will be built for the set- 

 tlers who will be consulted regarding details. The land will be cleared and 

 fenced, and a store will be established. A saw-mill will be provided in a cen- 

 tral situation, and about three-quarters of a million feet of timber will be 

 cut on the property for houses, sheds etc. There are various other minor 

 conditions, and it is provided that the whole will be embodied in a contract 

 of lease between the parties and the Government. Ap])licants in applying 

 for farms nmst state whether they are natural born or naturalised British 

 subjects ; whether married or single ; the extent of practical farming expe- 

 rience already possessed ; the amount of capital on hand, and other such- 

 like particulars. 



1316 - The Examination and Interpretation of Data in Investigations on Agricultural 



Economics. — Mar£:nghi K., in UEco dc'^li in'^enieri e periti (liirimensori, Year XX, Nos. 

 6 U) 16, jjp. 61, 76, 85, 97, III, 122, 135, 160, 178, 181. Pcscia, March to August 1916. 

 ]\Iany investigations in agricultural economics are based on data drawn 

 from various sources and unless these are subjected to a critical examination 



