FARM 



LANCASHIRE. 

 System of Fanning. Mixed. 

 OATS No. 6. 



COST OF GROWING 17 



Mo. 11. 



ACRES OF OATS. 



Rente 1 l*. 34. per acre 



Batesf)4* 1J4. per acre 



Artificials. 4 cwt. to the sore of a mixture of salt, 

 sulphate of ammonia, boom, and super phosphate 



06*. per cwt. 



ii,H bag* Scotch AbundaaotMldtttaf) 88l 

 Tillage*. 



17 acres, ooniting of S fields, 7) and 9J acres, 

 7J barn field, after leys, 1 man and 2 horwex 



ploughing. 1 day 



1 man ani 1 boy and 3 hones ploughing 111 days ; 



1 man X*., 1 boy 3*. 64., 1 hone 3*. 44., 14 days 

 9) acres, corner field, after green crop, 1 man and 



2 horres, 1 day, harrowing and grubbing headland 

 ready for ploughing, &o. 



1 man and 2 hones ploughing 8 inches deep, 

 II day. 9 14*. 84 



1 man and 2 horses harrowing onoe over before 

 sowing 2 days @ 14*. 84 



2 men and 2 hones sowing 2} days (1 man <8> 8*., 

 1 man A S. 64., 2 hones 6*. 8d. = 2(1*. 24. ... 



1 man. 1 boy, and 2 horses harrowing and rolling 

 after sowing, 2 days (1 man @ 5*. 64., 1 boy 

 3*. 64., 2 hones <S> 6*. 84. = 15*. 84. per day)... 



H arresting. 



S men and 1 boy cutting roads round and laid 

 corn out, 4 days <g> 22*. fid 



3 men and 1 boy and 2 hones, 1 day @ 22*. 64. and 

 6*. Hrf 



5 men, 1 boy, and 2 horses. 2) days (3 men anil 1 

 boy < 22*. 6d.. 2 men <8> 14*., 2 horses <S> 6*.8<f. 

 = 36*. 2d.) 



4 men, 1 boy, ami 2 horses, 4 days (3 men and 1 boy 

 22*. 64., 1 man <3> 22*. 64., 1 man 7*., 2 horses 

 @ 6*. 84. = 36*. 24 



3 men and 2 horses 4 days cutting laid corn with 

 mowing machine (3 men (a> 19*., 2 horses <S> 6*. 84. 

 = 25*. 64.) 



Hen's overtime during cutting, SJ hours (3) 2*. 34. 

 (S men <g> 94. per hour per man) 



Threshing. 



Hire of machine. 3J days 5 15*. per day 



Hire on extra men and own men 



Extra feeding of men (estimated) 



Marketing. 

 Carting oats to station, 1 man and 2 horses, J day 



2_ men helping to load 



i over selling ... ... ... ... ... 



Use of machinery and depreciation, &c. (S> 5*. per ac. 



General expenses, including hedging, dock picking, 

 stone picking, *o. (1 man and 1 boy picking, 2 days, 

 1 man and 1 horse carting away, J day, 3 men and 

 1 boy hediring and brushing, 2 days) 



Proportion of cleaning and manuring carried for- 

 ward from root crop on 9) acres *> :))*. per acre ... 



Interest on outlay 



Allowance for management 



Summary. 



Beat 



Rates 



Artificial! 

 SMd 



Tillage! '.. '.'.'. '.'.'. '.'.'. "'. 



Harvesting 



Threshing 



Marketing 



Depreciating and machinery ' 



General expenses 



Interest on outlay 

 Allowance for management 



1918. 

 *. 4. 

 HO 5 

 3 10 1J 



20 8 

 41 Iff 



14 8 

 II 16 6 



14 8 

 8 1 4 



1 9 4 



2 10 5 



1 11 4 



26 18 3 



4 1C 



j 1 1 -i 



5 7 11 



748 



520 

 18 41 



31 7 6 







7 4 



2 



10 



lit 4 



8 17 8 



14 5 



7 10 



17 



30 6 



3 10 1} 



20 8 



41 1C 



26 18 3 



24 12 It 



81 7 6 



19 4 



450 



:t 17 8 



14 S 



7 10 



170 M 



Cost per acre 1.1 6*. 94. 

 Medium loam. 7 acres very stiff loam. 



Seed got in grand condition, March 14th. Good summer and an 

 exceptionally good crop of oats. Very bad harvest for getting, 

 weather continuing wet and rough until corn was mostly shed and 

 very bsdly laid. 



9) acres after root crop, which was after corn crop, before corn 

 being clover j 7J acres after 2 years clover crop before corn. 

 Threshed 118 0/168 hag* of oota ; 6( bag* badly spr t *. 4. 



and weathered, w>ld 37 1 per bag ...... 37 o 



Used rest for cattle ............... 27 



64 bags made Government price, 24*. 6d. ... 66 3 



WHEAT No. 9. 



COST OF UBOWINU 4 ACRES OF WHEAT 



LEY (i! YKARS). 

 Rent 1 16*.S4.per acre 9 41 16*. 34. per acre, 4 acres 



Rates 4*. Ijrf 



i ton of ivgric. salt 2 per ton 



4 cwt. of sulphate of ammonia <e> 16 per ton 



6 ton 18 cwt. of lime 



Seed. 



* toff* t'ia Ibs. of seed wheat (k. 48* 



Tillages. 



Wheat grown after 2 years leys. Firstly skimmed, 

 3 or 4 inches, allowed to stand 6 weeks, then 

 crossed ploughed, 10 inches to 11 inches deep. 

 Applied lime and then sowed wheat. Salt and 

 sulphate applied in spring. 

 A/o. on tillages. Man and 2 horses skimming, 



4} days at 14*. Hi 



1 extra man to lead hone for headlands ) day 

 Cultivated turf, 3 days, i man and 2 horses 14*.8d. 

 Cross ploughing, 5 d iys, 1 man and 2 horses (* 14*. 84. 



1 extra man ) day for headlands 



Harrowing and sowing wheat, 1 man and 4 horses', 



1 day 14*. 84 



man and 2 horses 12*. 24 



man following drill 



man sowing and mixing sulphate and salt, 1 day 

 man and 2 horse? harrowing ^twioe over), 1 day 



man picking dock, 2 days 



man and 1 horse rolling, i day 



Carting and putting out on field truck of lime, 'A im-u 

 and 3 horses, 1J days, 1 man and 2 horses, 1J days 



'a' 14. K4 



man and 1 horse, 1 J days (&> 81. 10-'. 



man helping fill, &c. ... 

 ' men spreading lime 1 day 

 man and 1 horse harrowing in spring J day 

 man and 1 horse rolling in spring J day ... 

 man trimming hedges and trees round field 3 days 

 men and 1 horse 11*. 44., carting brushing! 

 away, 1 day 6*. 64 



Harvesting (men overtime.) 



Cost of cutting, 1 2 hours (a :<. 



3 men and 2 -lads cutting round and cutting laid 



parts, 1J days 22*. 64 



1 horse in reaper, J fa 3*. 44. ... 



3 men and 1 lad cutting one way with binder and 



2 horses, 1 i days, and setting up, men @ 22*. 6d. 

 Horses @ 'At: 44 



4 men and I lad carting wheat to stackyard and 

 stacking, S horses, 1 day, men <S> 28>. 64 



Horses <& 3*. 44 



Threshing. 



Hire on machine for 1 day 



Extra men with machine, 4 men 1*. per hour, 2*. 

 extra ... ... ... 



Own men 



Food, 4o 



Carting wheat to station, 1 man anil 2 hones, J day... 



Expenses over selling 



Use on implements, machinery and general expenses, 



5*. per acre 



Interest 011 average outlay 



Allowance for management 



SUMMARY. 



Bent 



Rates 



Manures, ic. 



Seed 



Tillages 



Harvesting 



Threshing 



Marketing 



General expenses 



Interest on outlay 



Management 



AFTER 

 t. ,1. 

 ; 5 o 



n; 



1 

 :< 4 

 8 10 



:; r, ,i 







240 

 3 13 4 



1 2 



13 3 



8 8 



II 



7 4 



6 1 



hi - 



1 8 6 

 10 



10 1 



^^^ 



14 



10 



760 



16 6 



12 14 



9 12 



17 14 10 



668 



10 1 8 



1 4 8 



1 



3 10 



400 



Only alpont 4 tons of straw fit for salp. 



130 



Cost per acre 



Deduction proportion liming costs 



Net cost per acre 



Soil consist* of medium loam. 



Seed got in, in |ierfect condition, good summer and 



crop everything that could ! desired. 

 Very bad harvest, started cutting on August 2Ut ami 



finished carting on October 16th. 

 All stocks badly spoilt, corn unfit for market. 

 Threshed 12 qtrs. of wheat or 3 qtrii. per acre. 



Wheat realised (for hen corn) 



Straw only fit for bedding. 



Crop for two years previous was clover, before that 



corn after green crop. 



P.S. This oust does not include carting wheat 

 station to field. 



