11 Junk. 1017.1 



Journal of Agriculture., Victoria. 



XXUl 



HORSES versus TRACTORS 



Comparative cost (or one year of 1 ,000 working hours of 8 horses against a 

 Tractor with a pull equal to 8 horses. The aniounls for horses are results of 

 tests by Government experts, except those for depreciation, which is taken at 

 the very low estimate of £2. Is. 8d. per horse per year. The figures inclucic 

 interest at 6"o on cost, depreciation of horse and harness, shoeing, feed, 

 sundries, and labour, but not driver's time. Feed is priced at current rales 

 based on the United States ration of 4.600 lbs. of oats, and 6,300 lbs. of chaff 

 per horse per year. Government experts find that horses actually work from 

 700 to 1 .000 hours yearly, therefore, in this comparison, 1 ,000 hours is taken 

 for both horses and tractor. 



HORSES for 1,000 working hours per year. 



8 horses at £34. 17s. each — per year 



Cost for working 8 horses for 1 working hour 



£278 16 

 3 7 



TRACTOR for 1,000 working hours per year. 



6°:; Interest on cash outlay £420 

 Kerosene, at li galls, per hour=l,500 galls, (n' 1/6 

 Oil, at J gallon per 10 hours = 75 galls. @ 4/- 

 Depreciation and Repairs, 1 3% on cost £420 

 Labour, cleaning and oiling, assumed to be same as in horses 

 above, though it is less - - - - 



£25 4 



112 10 



15 



63 



Cost of Trartnr for 1 work 



ing I 



8 16 



£224 10 

 4 6 



SAVING BY USING TRACTOR - £54 6 



With Kerosene @ 1/- per gallon the saving in 100 days of 



10 hours is . . . - - £91 16 O 



So a Tractor saves £l a week. and. in addition, drives all kinds of machinery 

 up to 24 H.P. for which your horses are useless. If you have an engine and 

 8 horses, it will pay you to sell it and 5 horses, for which you will get about 

 £275. Then get a " Waterloo Boy" Tractor, and you will do your own 

 work quicker and better than with horses, and you can, if you like, make the 

 Tractor pay for itself by doing your neighbour's work. 



The "Waterloo Boy" Kersone Tractor is not a novelty but a great tractor 

 that has proved its worth. 2.874 of them were sold to farmers in 1916. 

 Some of these are working m England — the home of good machinery. 



12 H.P. at 

 Draw-bar, 

 equal to 

 8 horses. 



24 B H P. 

 at Belt. 

 Works orj 

 Kerosene. 



MITCHELL & CO. ^'■^■^^^ 



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WEST FOOTSCRAY, MELBOURNE 596 BOURKE ST., MELBOURNE 



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