454 On the Cost of Horse-power. 



not averaged 16Z. per annum ; and my carpenter's account from 51. to 6Z. 

 annually. The farrier's bill does not exceed 21. per annum, and the saddler 

 costs 51. a year. These sums divided by 8, the number of horses [and deduct- 

 ing for work on implements], amount to 2Z. Ten per cent, on 301., the value 

 of the horses, makes the sum in my case 51. instead of 51. 10s." 



(17.) " I contract with a blacksmith to shoe my horses at 10s. per horse 

 per year, and a similar sum to the harness-maker. I think a deduction should 

 be made for the pasture land ; the expenses on ' the ' grass portion of my farm 

 amount, I find, to about 3s. per acre annually." 



(18.) Mr. Howard contracts for the shoeing of his horses at lis. each. 

 The charge of 30s. is in his case too high, but it includes smith's work ou 

 repair of implements. He also keeps a pair of exti-a job-horses, used in busy 

 times : all which must be borne in mind when considering the accuracy of the 

 above figures in his case. 



(19.) " I believe I can say what few of your correspondents can say, that 

 11. per horse will cover our farrier's bill for all the 17 years we have been 

 farming. I attribute this in great measure to a uniform system of feeding." 



(25.) " I put out my shoeing for HI. a year — 29 work4iorses and generally 

 3 nags. On our fen soils shoes wear out slowly." 



(29.) "Your estimate of extras approximates very near to what I see mine 

 cost. The following is the amount of my extras for the last four years : — 



£. s. d. 



Amount in all 2 13 5^- 



Add for annual depreciation . . . . 3 



Total amount 5 13 5^ 



to which you are sufficiently near." 



(30.) " The actual shoeing of 20 horses for 11 months has been 14Z. 4s. 8rf., 

 which for 12 months would give 151. 10s. 6d. per annum, or 15s. for a horse 

 annually. For the same 12 months the cost of replacing the merely ' wearing 

 Y^arts' of ploughs, harrows, &c., has been about 251., which I believe is below 

 the average. This is a pretty good illustration of the character of our soil. 

 Our farrier costs us 18?. a year, of which IQl. may belong to the horses, costing 

 10s. yearly each." 



(32.) " We reckon the annual depreciation in value on a 30?. horse at 3?. 

 and of course 4?. 10s. on a 45Z. horse. The smith's accounts come to 2>l. 10s. 

 ])er pair for maintaining everything belonging to or wrought by the horses, 

 but not furnishing anything new. The saddler's account costs from 15s. to 

 11. 15s. per horse, according to the style and keeping of harness. Insurance 

 per horse amounts to 11. on a 30?. horse ; and my experience, where horses arc 

 fully fed and hard wrought, declares it to cost that sum. My farrier's account 

 does not reach 5s. per horse." 



