

ROTAI. I'i'MMlxsHiN n\ AiiKirri.Tl'KK. 



88 A*s.i. 1919.] 



MB. AI.IIEKI Hrrki.r. 



This is taken as an average of seeds that 

 There are many instances of seeds not taking. 



B. d. 



10 



6 



stand. 



(7) Cost of 1 aerr oats. 



Rent and rates 



Ploughing 



Three harrow ings before drilling 

 Drilling and harrowing ... 



Two rollings 



Weeding 



Three cwt. supers, and sowing 

 One cwt. sulphate and sowing 

 Harvesting and marketing 



D 

 B 



in 

 5 



! 



3 



18 

 2 2 



16 cut straw at 



Average yield 4 quarters cost 



(8) 



Coit of 1 arrr 



Kent and rates 



Three plough ings... 



fifteen tons manure at 10s. 



Ten cwt. basic slag and sowing 



One cwt. sulphate and sowing 



Throe times cultivating, two rollings 



Ridging 



Seed and sowing ... 



Rolling 



Four times scuffling 



Twice hoeing 



Pulling 



Carting to pit 

 Pitting and straw... 

 Carting into turnip house 



9 13 3 

 200 



7 13 3 



I 



1 ]r, 



3 is n 



7 10 



8 .-, 

 18 



2 

 6 

 11 

 2 



8 



1 10 

 1 

 1 1-J 



10 



1 



Yield ten tons per acre, cost = 26 2 3 

 \off.-It is feared that with the continued drought 

 the yield this year will only be about half this 

 estimate. 



../ 1 in-ir )H>fiilnif. 



Kent and rates 



Three ploughings ... 



Two cultivating*, two scufflings 



Two rowings 



Twenty loads farmyard manure nt Hi- 



Three cwts. supers and sowing ... 



One cwt. sulphate and sowing ...... 



Seed .................. 



Planting 



Manure spreading 



Rolling and harrowing ... 



Three scufflings ............ 



Hoeing 

 Ridging 



(lathering ... 



Carting off and pitting 



Straw 



Sorting five tons at 8s 



Marketing ... ... 



s. d. 



1 I.') 



3 I., 



1 1 n 



1-J (i 

 10 



1 3 6 

 18 



10 



15 



10 

 060 



12 



10 

 063 

 o 10 

 '2 



1 10 

 (i 12 

 'J 

 1 :. n 



i :t 



Average yield per acre fi\,- ton- i ost CIO 



It should be pointed out th.-il the manure 

 applied nlinve should l>e sufficient for the succeeding 

 rro[i. nnd therefore n proportion (say one thirdt of the 

 cost should be charged to that crop. 



Average yield per acre I <|rs. COM C! 2 <', 

 (This concludes the crithiuc-in-tliii'/.) 



The Cluiii ninii : I will ask Dr. Douglas to begin 

 questions in regard to the evidence thut you have 

 been kind enough to put in, and which hn.s been cir- 

 culated to the Commissioners 



4963. Dr. Douglas: Your first photograph is 

 land which has not paid for cultivation under present 

 conditions. Are you referring to land which wa.- c ul 

 tivated ."i or 6 years ago, before the war!- Yes, I am 

 to a great extent. 



496-1. You nre not referring only to the ndditionnl 

 land brought under cultivation during tin- war- li 

 it is really strong clay land. There arc -omo cases 

 where very strong clay land has been ploughed out. 

 but not many in our district. It would apply equally 

 to that as to the land which has Keen under the 

 plough. 



UN;'). You are referring to land which was for 

 merly under cultivation:' Yes. 



(!)(>(;. So that you mean the standard of cultiva- 

 tion would be apt to fall below the 1911 level? *> 

 I mean the cost of production would be too great for 

 that land. 



l!'i;7. Is that tendency actually showing itself in the 

 operations of the present season: I'ndoiihtedly. I 

 have heard of nunil>er8 of fields that have been laid 

 hack to grass or put to gra ; fields that have not IM-CII 

 in grass previously. 



4968. You are not merely making conjectures about 

 the future. You tell us that is actually happening 

 already? That is so. 



4969. You suggest a guarantee of "IK. a quarter. 

 You are referring to a guarantee under the adminis- 

 trative methods of the Corn Production Act. arc not 

 you? Yes. 



l!)7(). Can yon tell ns v. hat you have in your mind 

 when you quote the figure ot 70s..- I think that on 

 many lands you will get gnatcr production; I mean 

 it will give a stimulus !:> the farmer. If ho knows 

 that ho has n guarantee of 7<K. it will encourage 

 him to keep his land under the plough, and to 

 grow wheat. 



I'.'7I. You are telling uS really of this figin 

 one which you think would affect the opinion of the 

 farmer; you are not basing it on any definite or 

 accurate '-ostings or account keeping, arc you? No; 

 it is what 1 consider to be a figure which would 

 induce a farmer, if he knew he had this guarantee. 

 to grow wheat; I miwn if that were a minimum. 



4972. I suppose, if there were no such guarantee 

 and cultivation were reduced the farmers would still 

 make their business (|iiite profitable in other \* 

 Possibly; by puttim- their land back to grass. 



I'.i7.'t. So that you do not think fi is nee, 

 merely for tho profits of the taimei. that he should 

 have this guarantee, but you think it neccstwiry in 

 order to induce him to -'arry on his business by cul- 

 tivation rather than by grazing- 5T I think it 

 is in the national interests that it should be SO. 



IJI7I. Krom that |x>int of vi- 



IH7.Y In voiir si-cond paragiaph \<>ii -peak ot the 

 -h.Ttage of' labour. You think that thai is greatest 

 ( us the largest farmers are conc.-rn.-d in relation 

 to dair\ n IM, 1 think 



4970. Have y,,u many s II farms in your district? 



BUD I larms. and 



they a\ernge unmet h ing like ISO ncre*. 



