FARM Wo. 24. 



fatty, BERKS. 



Sue of Farm: 180 acres Arable; 80 acres Pasture; to acres 

 Waite and Homestead. 



System of Fanning : Chiefly milk selliinr. 



Soil : Arable land, thin gravel ; Pasture, part clay and part low 

 meadow* which used to be watered. 



Rent : 230 per annum. 

 Farm-house 

 Buildings 



Liuul 



... 20 per annum. 

 So 



20 for cows. 

 7 for horse*. 

 :i for pigs and poultry. 

 ... 180. 



Arable, 10*. per acre. 

 Pasture, 25*. 



Nor*. A fair average dairy farm for district. Foods charged 

 for are exact, as there are only cows on this farm, the young cattle 

 being at an " off " farm. Dry cows are kept in in winter and fed 

 with the herd, which this year consisted of 35 cows. 



Milk records kept, and in this year the average was 698 gallons 

 per oow per annnm. This high yield was partly due to a favourable 

 summer for grass and also to a plentiful supply of roots. 



HORSE LABOUR 1918-1919. 

 HORSE LABOUR, No. 10. 

 Average number of horses, 10. 



COST OP ONK HORSK. 



Summer. 20 weeks. Each horse grazed .<. /. 

 1 } acres at rent and rates 28*. 4rf. 



= 42*. 6,1. for 20 weeks ...... 2 1} per week 



Best oata, fully 1 bushel per week ... 7 6 



2 6 



f. *. il. 



cwt. chaff 



12 U per week 12 2 fi 



Winter. 32 weeks. Fully 2 bushels 



best oats 16 



1 cwt. chaff 5 



2 trusses best hay 8 



28 per week 



Total ... 



Average cost of shoeing, per accounts 



,, repairing harness, per accounts ... 

 Depreciation on harness (cost 12 lot.) 



Vet. and Medicines (including condiments) on 10 work- 

 ing horses and 3 colts, say 



Depreciation. 10 horses at 80 each. To keep this 

 standard I have to buy one each year at 120 and 

 sell one out at 40. This leaves 80 depreciation. 

 Insurance of others against death costs 40 per year. 



Total 120 on 10 horses 



Stabling, J of buildings for total horses 



Interest. Each horse valned at 80, 5 per cent. 

 Harness, brooms, brushes, lanterns, &c., 24 



Litter is allowed for manure. 

 Cost of horse, 6*. id. per day. 



Average number of working days (allowing for \vet 

 days, illness, shoeing, fcc., 5 days per week worked), 

 260. 



6 per week for 10 horse*. 



48 6 



1 2nd carter <i> 39 fi 



1 3rd .. 33 o 



1 boy 14 o 



183 6 per week. 84 1 4 



Average 32*. \d. per week for 5 men and boy*. 



Avenge cost of horsemen per week, 32*. 4rf. 



Average number of working hours, 8. 



Bach man cost* 6*. 6d. per day. 



83 3 



COST OF GROWING 13 ACRES MANGOLDS. 



At per Acre, 1918. 

 MANGOLDS No. 2. t '. 



Rent and Rates 



25 load* of farmyard manure * 10* 12 In 



5 owt. superphosphates, per acre 1 13 



Sowing 



1 owt. ammonia, 1 sowing same 



Seed (Sutton's Prizewinner), 10 Ib*. <> 3*. /. ... \ 1.1 



2 ploughing* foi 25*. 6<7., rate } acre day 211 



2 4.horsedragging8 with 2 men at lOacresday fS> 3*. 9rf. 



cultivating 10 ., S. 9//. 



3 2-horse harrowing, 1 man, at 10 .. 1*. 1 \d. 

 2 rolling In 1*. llrf. 



Drilling, 2 hones, 3 men, In acres day 



2 horse hoeing, single, 1 man, 1 boy, 2 acres day ... 

 2 double ', 



Handhoeing twice @ 15*., 2n*., 35* 



Culling 1 



Carting, 7 men, 4 horses, 2 acres day 1 



Covering in trimmings and earth 



Proportion, hedging, ditching ... 



Management 



Use of implements, repairs, &c. 



Interest on outlay before implements are added, 5 per 

 cent, for $ year 



Yield per acre as per cowa account, and also estimate*! in 

 heap at 22 tons per acre. Charged bo cows fa >: I |>T t 

 Remaining cost carried forward to corn, 4;c. 



Chain Harrowing 



acres @ 4*. 

 Wages. Cowman 



and Rolling, (in 



84 10 



33*. per week. 

 3*. Cottage. 

 It. 6d. Michaelmas money. 

 1*. 6rf. Milk. 



39*. 



2nd Cowman part time. 2U. Gd. per week. 

 Youth, part time, 14. per week, 1*. Michaelmas 



money, Total, 15*. 



Self 2i hours milking each morning, valued at 

 14*. per week. 



Total. 22 weeks @ 89*. 6<l. per week 



Insurance 



Rent of buildings at 20 per year 



Rates 



Bull. 2} trusses hay per week (5) 3*., cike LV r,,/.. 



total 10*. per week 



Repairs. Implements, utensils, brooms, brushes, &c.... 

 Depreciation on Machinery. 10 per cent, on value 



(all new 1915) 



Vet. and Medicines. As per accounts 



Fencing, hedging and ditching, proportion on grans land 



Basic Slag. 8 tons applied to 2n acres, 1 cost 



Distribution. Man's part wages 6*. 6d. per week 

 Keep of horse 5*. Orf. 



98 



1 

 8 



1 



11 

 5 



8 



4 



II 



10 



Depreciation and repairs, 

 cart 



Depreciation and repairs, 

 harness ... 



Depreciation on horse ... 



Shoeing ... .., 



11*. 6il. 

 450 



13 

 15 

 IB 



6 



n 'n C!)|>ervi'ar. 



Management. This ie reckoned at half owner's time 

 on 400 acres at 400 per year, and includes all time 

 npent on milk records, pedigrees, &c 



Depreciation. This has been considered specially, and 

 every loss ascertained from accounts. These prove 

 that on an average 8 cows have to go out annually 

 (fat, barren, bad quarters or die) fa. 2.*> each. To 

 replace these 8 heifers have to be purchased at 5n 

 each to keep up the herd. This leaves a net loss of 



200 per year 



Expenses Milk Record Society, markets, and droving 

 cattle to and from the place of sales @ 26 per year 



Interest. 35 cows @ 40 each, equals 1.4'"> r a r, per 

 cent, per year 



]_' 13 



11 8 



II 



84 14 



L".l I t 



12 calves sold for 



533 1 



Milk produced during period. This included all milk sent 

 London, sold privately, consumed in household, for calves a 

 employees, 10,367$ gallons. Net cost per gallon Is. ojrf. 



