65 



FARM Mo. 33. 



knotty, NORFOLK. 

 Size of Farm : 312 acres. 

 Soil. Good medium. * 

 System of Farming. Cropping and Meat Production. 



coarse. 

 Average number of Work Horses. 



ORSE LABOUR. No. 13. 



AVERAGE COST OF KEEPING HORSE FOR 1918-19. 

 oods. October to middle May. 



t. 

 feily Ration. 



232 acres arable. 80 acres pasture. 



Four 

 10. 



d. 



A. 



14 Ibs. crushed oats and bran @ 1 6 per ton 22 8 



14 1 belong and 7 Ibs. cut hay 7 1&. 11 5 

 7 los. cut straw 2 ,,18 



14 Ibs. roots 1 5*. 1 15 



Mid. May to Sept. 

 7 Ibs. oats and bran, daily ... ... 7 



7 Ibs. cut hay ... ... ... ... 3 7 



7 Ibs. cut straw 



Grazing <y ">/. per week... 







7 10 



17 6 







53 1 10 



hoes and Snoeing, 6 new seta 



ra. It. 6rf 



4 removes, tc & I*. 



2 



u 



arness, per quarterly accounts ... 



able Equipment : 



eterinary Attendance and Medicines ... 

 able Rent, rates and repairs ... 

 eneral Expenses (including supervision) 

 epreciation 10% on average value 80 

 iterest on capital 5% ,, 



21 II 



Harvesting. 



Digger, 2 horses ... 

 12 pickers <S> 5*. ... 

 3 horses, 2 men and 



with carts 

 1 man at pit 



Brought forward 



i. d. 



17 



300 



boy 



s. d. 



i. A. 

 22 15 



13 

 6 



(Will do 1J acres per day) 5 16 

 Cost one acre 



Straw 



Two earthings up 



Harrowing, dragging and picking twice 

 Marketing. 



Dressing and bagging firet ware and 



then seed, 6J ton crop... 

 Carting to station, 6 tons per day, 



man and 3 horses 



Allow for extra work in handling Scotch 

 seed (purchased and laid down early) 

 and in turning and dressing " once 



grown " seed 



Use of Implements and Machinery 

 Allowance for broken time 

 General Expenses ... 



Interest on capital, 5% 



Management... 



3 17 4 



10 

 8 6 



11 



2 1 6 

 1 2 6 



5 9 10 



340 



*. d. 



200 



1 5 5 



1 13 10 



1 13 10 



10 



7 6 



10 



15 

 15 

 15 6 



7 

 17 

 150 



Gross cost 36 3 4 



NOTE. Any allowance necessary for cleaning costs carried forward 

 is more than offset by the fact that the land is left poorer after 

 the potato-crop, without dung, than it was before it. This tends 

 to show a lower cost per ton than actually obtains. 



Average yield 6$ tons ware and need. 



FARM No. 35. 



( 'aunty. E. YORK. 



Size of Farm: 180 acres arable. 100 acres grass. Soil: Warp. 



System of Farming. Cropping and Feeding and sale of crops. 

 POTATOES. No. 8. 



AVERAGE COST PER ACRE OF 65 ACRES POTATOES, 



1919 CROP. 

 NOTE. Man and two horses taken at 25*. 5d. per day. 



Rent and Rates 



1st Ploughing, 2" 



2nd Ploughing, 5" 



3rd Ploughing, 8" 



Cultivating 



Harrowing ... 



Ridging ... ... ... 



Manure, 25 tons @ 10*., bought 8*. per ton, Railway 



Carriage, 2t 



Sulph. Ammonia, 1} cwts. 



Super Phosp., 4 cwts. 6*. 6d 



Lime, J ton 



Carting and spreading Manure, 25 tons, 2 miles from 



Station, 5*. per ton 



Carting, Tillage and Sowing 



1 ton Scotch Seed 



Carting and Pieing down, finding Straw and covering 



Carting and Planting Seed 



Covering 



Running up opposite way 



Harrowing down 



Running up ... 



Harrowing down ... ... ... ... ... ... 



Scarifying 



Hoeing - 



Scarifving, 2nd time 



Earthing up 



Ploughing out 

 Gathering 

 Carting to Pit 



Clamping and thin soiling 



2nd Covering Soil 



Straw, 5* 



Harrowing 



Picking Hammings 



Carting off Tops 



Dressing, 6J tons, 5s. 



Dressing Seed 



Carting, 2J miles, 6*. 



Proportion, Hedging, Ditching, loss on Headlands, etc. 



Interest on Capital ... 



Management 



Establishment Charges 



12 10 



1 4 



1 6 



1 2 



Allowances off 

 1/3 Manures 

 1/3 Super and Lime 

 Prop, cleaning 



326 



16 



1 



58 17 7 



4 18 6 



Net cost 3 li) l 

 Crops estimated to yield 5 tons ware, 1 ton seed, and J ton chats 



per acre. 

 Average crop in 1918, 6 tons ware, 1 ton seed, and } ton chats 



per acre. 



