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Farm No. 9fcxii***!. 

 HORSE LABOUR No. S. 

 COST OF KEEPING HORSE PER WEEK, WINTER (1918). 



NOTE. This Statement ii based upon actual record* of cost of 

 keeping 8-9 hones 



Per week. Per week. 

 f. </. t. d. 



Ration. Oat S bus. 4f. per qr. ... 11 6 



rlay3truMe*(lowt.)7 ISf.perton 7 9 



Chaff 84 lb*. $ St. per cwt. (incl. coat of 



chaffing) 9 



Mangold! 56 IDS. <S 2f . per cwt. ... 10 1 2 S 



Litter. 3 trusses of straw per week (incl. 



tying) at If. f.,/ 30 30 



Veterinary attendance, drinks, etc., 9 10t. 



per bone per year or say per week... 2 



Condition powden, blood salts, leg 



washes, etc S 5 



Upkeep of Stable. Floors, partition*, 

 racks, bins, etc. 9 1 Of. per horse per 



rear or say per week 2 



Stable UK-nails. Barrow (one-third 

 value) 1, 2 prongs '.'*., 2 brooms 7f., 

 brushes, combs, etc., 20*., chaff basket 

 (one-half life) I0f.. sacks and chaff 

 bags 20f. Total 86f. per 8-9 horses 

 or say 10f. 9d. per horse per year or 



pwweek 21 If 



Harness. Repain as per a/cs. 20f. per 



hore per year say 5 



New Harness 20f. per Iiorse per year 5 



Polishes, oil, sand paper and incidentals 1 11 



Shoeing. Cost 2 Bf. M. per horse per 



year or per week 10J 10J 



Insurance. Say It. 6d. per horse (100 



value) or per week 1) 1J 



Depreciation on Horse Each horse given 

 a working life cf 10 years on a value 

 of 100, i>., dep'tn. is 10 per horse 



per year or per week say 40 40 



Interest on Value of horse @ 6 % i.., 5 



per annum 20 20 



Management. 6 % on capital, i.e, 5, say 20 20 



Oeduct for manure 



1 15 11J 

 2 11} 



Total cost per week 1 13 



SUMMER PERIOD. 

 Ration. ,. d. 



Oata 1 bus. iay 8 7J 



Hay 1 truss <> 7 15. per ton ... .3 104 



Chaff 66 IDS 2 



Grasing @ per week S 



Other items as enumerated above 



(except litter) 10 8 



Deduct for manure 



f. d 



14 6 

 3 



10 8 



183 

 2 



180 



38 weeks at winter feeding .., 1 13 0=69 8 

 16 summer 1 8 = 22 8 



81 16 

 or per week 1 11 6 



Cost per working day of 6 days per week 6f. 3d. 

 NOTE. Kent and Rates of Stables have not been charged. 



POTATOES No. 2. 



COST OF GROWING AN ACRE OF POTATOES IN 1918. 

 NOTB. ThU Statement is based on actual records of cote. 



Seed. Grower's price per ton 



Dealer's profit 



Railway carriage 



Cartage from station home 



(2 hones 10*., man fif., will haul 

 4 tons per day). 



Hire of bags 



Storage room for 2 months 



Sorting over before planting 



Lost of weight and rejected. (2 cwt. in 

 each ton) 



Lost of bags by damage and rot 



Leading and hauling to field and dis- 

 tributing 



Return carriage on bags 



Total cost of 1 ton of seed 



t. d. 



700 



15 



1 18 



3 9 



5 



f. d. 



14 

 6 



11 H 9 



POTATOES No. 2foHtiiMcd. 



Seed required to plant 1 acre, 16 cwt. 



lit. U 



Manures. 2owt.S/Amm.@ 16 5f. per ton 



3 cwt bone phos. 9 13 5f 



4 cwt. Extermerite 9 3 



Hauling S/Amm. from station per ton 



3f . f Ja. or per acre 



Hauling Bone phos. from station 6|d. 



per ton, Extermerite 'Jd 



Powdenng manures in spring @ 3f. id. 



per ton 



Distributing artificial manure per acre 



(horse 10f., man &/., do 'A acres per day) 

 15 tons farmyard manure @ It. M. per 



load 



Hauling the same to fields <$ If. '.'d. 



per load 



Spreading the same 10f. per acre ... 



Cultivations. (NOTE. Hones are put at 

 5f. and men at ."if. per day.) 



a. 1 plough (2 hones 10f., 1 man 5f., 



I acre) 



b. 1 plough with 3 horses to cover 



manure 



0. Cultivating twice (4 horses, 2 men, 



for 6 acres) 



d. Dragging twice (4 horses, 2 men, for 

 8 acres) 



f. Dragging twice (2 heroes, 1 man, for 



10 acres) 



/. liidging (2 horses, 1 man, for 2 acres) 



g. Planting (piece-work It. 6d Note 



price in i'.M'.i, llf 6</.) 

 h. Splitting ridges as /... 

 t. Dragging twice as d ... 

 j. Dragging twice as e ... 

 it. Dragging as potatoes coming through 



(:i hones) 



1. Dragging as 



m. Horse hoeing (man, horse and boy do 



3 acres) 



;i. Horse hoeing or grubber 



0. Hand hoeing per acre 



f. Earthing up as / 



Harvesting. Digging crop of say 6 tons 



@ 12f. 6rf. per ton 



Hauling to pits @ If. 'Ad. per ton ... 

 Heaping at pit (man 5j ., heaps 10 tons) 



1. Straw (allow 3 yards pit to 1 ton 



potatoes, so yards prr acre to be 

 covered are 18 X 2, 4 yards of pit 

 to 1 trues straw or 9 trusses per 

 acre @ If. tjd. (including cost of 



2. Earthing up pits, man 5f., does 23 



yards per day 



3. Thatching or covering with haulm 



or manure 



Marketing. 



Opening pits and riddling out <f> 4*. 

 per ton ............... 



Loading at pits @ :W. per ton ...... 



Cartage to railway @ 3*. (id. per ton ... 

 Repitting seed, say one-fifth, 1 ->t. :W. 



Other Costs. 

 Rent ............... 



Insurance 7*. (ii/. JUT 100 say 

 Hedge trimming round fields (50 chain 



@ 9rf. for 27 acres) or per acre 

 Supervising weight!, labels, string, 



a/os., etc. ............ 



Loss by bags, buckets, baskets, etc. ... 



Proportion bye road maintenance, etc. 



Casting, repairs, etc. 



Broken time* 15 % on labour costs 



Interest on Capital of 17 per acre at 

 696 ............... 



Management charges at 5 % ...... 



Deduct unexhausted value of manures ... 

 Value of cultivations for next crop ... 



f. rf. 



1 !_> 6 



1 16 



12 



M 



7 10 

 1 5 



10 o nil 



18 9 



1 1 10 



9 8 



7 3 



3 



7 6 



7 6 



7 6 



7 3 



3 



2 6 



:( o 



4 4 

 4 4 



1 



7 6 



:; ]:, ii 

 7 6 

 3 



13 6 

 4 2 

 3 



1 4 



1 6 

 1 2 6 



40 -2 12 



1 



2 8 



3 6 



1 4 



2 

 5 



3 

 10 



280 



17 



17 



250 

 1 10 



Cost of Growing 4i 



Average crop per acre 6 tons seed and ware. 



* If horse labour had been charged <S> &r. 3</. per working d 

 instead of <g 6f. per day, the labour costs would have been increai 

 by 1 lf>f. per acre (from 7 to 8 15f. per acre). 



