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FARM Mo. 12. 



tint a, OXFORD. 



Size of Farm : 700 acres. Arable 416 acres. Pasture 284 acres. 



Soil : Sandy loam. 



System of Farming : Corn growing and Meat production. 



DRSE LABOUR. No. 4. 



Average No. of Horses regularly at work : 10. 



COST OF KEEPING EACH HORSE FOR YEAR 1918-19 

 d*. 



bush, oats per week, all ye.ir <g> 6<. 

 per bush. 



10 Ibg. hay per day, Nov. to May 

 (30 weeks) <S> It. 9<Z. per cirt 



i razing from Nov. to May <S> It. per wk. 



May to Oct. (26 wks.) < 



4*. per week 





 31 



d. 



J. 



4 



5 4 

 f. 



4 



oes and Shoeing. 



new seti per ann. @ St. 

 5 removals, &c. 3*. 



44 19 4 



mess 



ble Equipment ... 



ible Rent, Rates 



terinary. Expenses and Medicine ... 

 neral Expenses and supervision 

 preciation. 5% on average value 12.~< 

 erest on Capital 5% on ,. 



2 17 



1 5 



10 

 I 

 1 



10 

 650 



650 

 19 12 



Total Cost 64 11 4 



To credit for manure. Horses out at nights all year round. 

 Average number of working days per annum... L'.">."> 

 Average cost per horse per working day ... fi. 



!EF Xo. 3. 



10. of Cattle to which costs refer : 8 



lass of Cattle 2i years old, S.H. bullocks. 



)ate of Purchase : 8th October, 1918. 



)ate of Sale : 7 on 15th July, 1 on 28th July, 1919 



COST OF PRODUCTION OF 8 FAT CATTLE. 



& I. d. 

 rchase price 240 



ids. 



COST OF PERMANENT GRASS PER ACRE. 



e Weight of Cattle sold, 98 cwts. and 2 Ibs. 



7 sold G> HO*, to H3*. per cwt. L.W. ; 1 @ 1*. \d. per Ib. D.W.) 



Net cost per live cwt., 88*. id. 



I. All the above cattle throve well, so that no allowance has 

 been made for deaths or " screws." 



Rent 



Rates 



Thistle cutting 

 Hedging 

 Ditching 

 General expenses 



Allocated thus : 



11 weeks, May to July, @ 2*. 6d. ... 

 10 ., July to Sept., @ Is. id. ... 

 13 Oct. to Dec., @ lOd. ... 

 18 ,. Jan. to April, @ 3rf. 



.. d. 



200 



5 



5 



3 

 2 6 



6 



2 16 



1 7 6 



13 4 



10 10 



4 6 



2 16 2 



HOOTS No. 6. 

 Previous crop : Oats. 



AVERAGE COST PER ACRE OF 1919 CROP. 



WHEAT No. 10. 



Previous Crop : Oats. 



No. of acres on which statement is based : 35. 



AVERAGE COST PER ACRE OF 1'JIU CROP. 



a . <i. 



1 



Rent 



Rates 



Manure. 



12 loads per acre at 10*. per ton. 

 Labour : filling 5*., tipping 2., 

 spreading 3*., boy driving 2s. 6d. 

 Charge half 



Seed. 2J bushels @ 90*. per qr. 



Cultivation. 



Ploughing, 2 horses, 3 roods per day ... 



Man for same 



Dragging, horses 2*. 6d., man and boy 1*. 



Drilling, 2s., 2 men and boy 1*. 6d. 



Two harrowings 3*., twice in Spring 3*. 



Rolling 



Weeding 3*.,hedglng and ditching 4t.6d. 



Harvesting. 



Binding l.<. tid., string, (w., man Is., 



stacking 2s. ... 



Carting and stacking 



Thatching 2*. 6d., straw, Ac.. 5j*. 



10 6 

 9 6 

 7 6 



Threshing 



Carting to station, 4 miles... 

 Broken time... 

 General expenses ... 

 Use of implements ... 

 Interest on outlay ... 

 Management 



A 

 o 



3 ti 3 

 1 5 4 



2 4 10 



1 7 6 



1 4 6 



4 



3 



7 6 



7 



a o 



1 



ia 7 11 



Average yield per aero : 24 bush, grain \ , 



15 cwts. straw/" 19 ' 

 The 1918 crop would average 32 bush, grain 1 



