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 APPENDIX IV. 



Handed in l.\ SIR K. \\INKKH. M.i'., in connection with his evidence given on Septemlirr :nl. 1!MO. 



Q. NUM. 'I'lu. price paid fr uat seed was 1 3s, 9d. 



Q. 8060. I hii\i> ;I!M> reduced the estimated yield of 

 barley by one quarter and put the market price at 

 90s. At the same time, I may add, in 1918 this 

 tenant threshed out 5J quarters to the acre and sold it 

 at 70s. 



Q. 8101. No charge was made for thatching the 

 wheat because it is the invariable custom to thresh 

 as soon as possible after harvest. 



Q. 8119. I find, on enquiry, that the explanation of 

 the charge of 4 cwts. basic slag and 1 cwt. ammonia i- 

 that the slag only was used in 19*19. The ammonia 

 :i- used in 1913. The smallholder, in 1919, took the 

 advice of the " Farmer & Stockbreeder " and sowed 

 the slag with his wheat. 



Q. 8127-30. Regarding the cost of ridging raised by 

 Mr. Overman, I find the smallholder estimates that 

 ho would do 3 acres a day, and another day for split- 

 ting, and he puts the cost at 5s. 6d. per acre in 1913 

 and 13s. in 1919. This I have corrected in the state- 

 ment. 



Q. 8154. The cost of seed in 1919 was 30s. 2d. per 

 acre. See corrected statement. 



Q. 8161. With regard to Norfolk, I was asked the 

 size of the holding. I find it is 38 acres, 4 being 

 grass, and the crops this year are as follows: wheat, 

 6 acres; oats, 6} acres, amongst which new seeds have 

 been sown; barley, 7^ acres; mangolds and turnips, 

 HJ acres ; old seeds mown twice, 5 acres. 



Q. 8178. With regard to team labour, the Lines. 

 smallholder charged for one man and two horses 9s. 

 per day in 1913, and 27s. 6d. in 1919. Manual labour 

 in 1913, 3s.; in 1919, 7s.; harvest labour, Is. 6d. per 

 day. 



Q. 8185. The smallholder bought his seed potatoes 

 of a merchant at Spalding for 7 per ton delivered. 



They were second-grown Scotch and raim- fruni 

 Gedney, 15 miles away. 



Q. 8194. The cost of dressing the potutoe, was 

 10s. 6d., and putting them on rail 7s. This should 

 be added to the statement on page 300, and should 

 come off the profit. The potatoes were delivered in 

 April and May. 



Q. 8199. I find 1 cannot give the actual cash 

 received for the potato crop in 1913, but in ll'll 10 

 per tent, of the potatoes were actually delivered in 

 April and May, and the remainder were undelivered 

 after the, 30th June and the grower received the 

 Government controlled price. He reckons the cost 

 of re-dressing them amounted to 12s. 6d. a ton. 



Q. 8204-8227. I find the smallholder is not able 

 to tell me the actual cash he received for wheat in 

 1913 ; neither is he, I regret to say, able to give me 

 a balance sheet. 



Q. 8210. The explanation of this is that no arti- 

 ficial manure was used in 1913, but 3 cwts. was used 

 in 1919 at a cost of 1 5s. 6d. 



Q. 8224. The expense of getting the second crop of 

 seeds was omitted ; this should be : mowing, 5s. ; 

 making, 5s. ; carting and stacking, 5s. ; thatching, 2s. ; 

 total, 17s. 



Q. 8251. Half a sack of seed used. 



Q. 8255. I find that the explanation suggested In- 

 Air. A -hi iy is a true one: that although the land was 

 ploughed deeper, owing to it having lieen previously 

 cleaned, the operation was less expensive. 



Q. 8521. There are 30 resident tenants at Wingland. 

 and 43 non-resident, making a total of 73. Tin- 

 largest holding there is 51 acres, and the smallest 2. 





