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FARM No. 7. 



County, ESSEX. 



MILK No. 2. 



Size of Farms : (Five) 1,210 acres. Arable : 947 acres ; pasture : 263 acres. Soils : various. 



System of Farming. Corn and potato growing and milk production. 



System of Dairy Farming. The milking herd of 65 cows is kept on one farm of 375 acres, including 80 acres grass. The aim is 

 to maintain a uniform supply of milk all the year round, and cows are brought in as required. All dry cows are sent to another farm 

 and valued out of and into the milking herd at market prices. All cows are calved before coming to this farm. The number of milk 

 cows is large relative to the acreage of grass. 



NOTE The following etatpments are largely based upon actual records. 



COST OF PRODUCTION PER GALLON DURING 1918-19. 



Daring the second and third periods, the average ration per haid per day was found to be : 

 Roots. 56 Ibs @ 25*. per ton. estimated cost. 

 Linseed Cake. 1 Ib. <S> purchase price. 

 Cotton Cake. 1 Ib. (S> 



Oats and barley meal. 6 Ibs. @ market value less cost of marketing. 

 Hay. 6 Ibs. @ 7 1'n. per ton. Commencing 1st December, 1918. 

 Chaffed Hay and Straw. 12 Ibs. @ 6 per ton. 



* App. (1). 



During the summer, the cows were on pasture, getting an average per head per day of 2 Ibs. cake and 2 Ibs. dairy meal. During 

 July, August and September, chaffed maize and marrow stemmed kale were fed and charged at estimated cost per acre. The charge for 

 pasture and aftermath was reckoned thus : 



PASTURE. *. d. 



Rent and Rates on 48 acres, very good pasture <5> 3 16*. Oil 



Accommodation pasture ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 100 



Slag every 4 years, 12 acree per summer, 8 cwts. per acre <3> 88*. lid. per ton 



(31%) pi us cartage 22 3 7 



Drilling and use of drill (1. per acre) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 16 9 



Rolling and harrowing @ l. 6d. per acre each ... ... ... ... ... 740 



Fencing and ditching 6 17*. 6rf. Materials 2 17*. Od 9 14 



AFTERMATH. 15 acres aftermath @ 10*. per acre 



t App. (2). 

 Depreciation and Losses were calculated thus : 



lit Period. 



22 cows brought in 

 20 sent out 



1 died 



1 waster 



2nd Period. 



27 cows brought in 

 2(i sent out 

 1 waster 



*. d. 



793 



300 



24 7 6 



1,017 

 26 5 



3rd Period. 



16 cows brought in 



15 cows, out, and 1 died 



1,083 



820 7 6 



1,328 



1,042 5 



763 5 



579 



323 6 4 

 7 10 



330 16 4 



*. d. 



262 12 6 



285 15 



184 5 



NOTE. The above method of figuring depreciation and loss on cows is the one which has been used in a business way for years in 



order to determine accurately the profits and losses on the various farms. 

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