iO July, 1917.] Journal of Affrietdture, Victoria. ixiii 



HORSES versus TRACTORS 



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

 Tractor with a pull equal to 8 horses. The amounts 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 include 

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

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

 based on the United Stales 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 - - - £278 16 



Cost for working 8 horses for 1 working hour - 5 7 



TRACTOR for 1,000 working hours per year. 



6% Interest on cash outlay £420 £25 4 



Kerosene, at li galls, per hour= 1,500 galls. @ 1/6 - 112 10 



Oil. at } gallon per 10 hours = 75 galls. @ 4/- - 15 



Depreciation and Repairs, 1 5% on cost £420 - - 63 



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



above, though it is less - - - - 8 16 



£224 10 

 Cost of Tractor for 1 working hour - - - - 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 wnth 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 in England — the home of good machinery. 



equal to W^^^ ^^ ^^^ W^^ /t:-^ ^^ Works on 



8 horses. '^^mJ^^^PX ^^^^ Kerosene. 



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