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FARM Mo. 42. 



Qmnty, BERKS. 



Size of Farm : 350 acres, arable. 

 360 ., pasture. 



Sytem of Farming : Cropping and feeding. 

 Soil : Dark sandy loam. 



HORSE LABOUR No. 14. 



COST OF KEEPING A HORSE fOR YEAR 1918-1919. 

 Foods- 



3 both. Oata per week <s SO/- per qr.... 

 '3 cwt. Hay per week- (* 8 



For 36 I per ton 



weeks ) 1 cwt. Straw per week <S> 2 



per ton 



Gnus*, :v- per week for 16 weeks 



Shoes and Shoeing : 6 seta at S/- plus 



removals 



Harness and Stable Equipment ... 



Stable : Rent and Rates 



Veterinary : Expenses and medicines 

 Depreciation : 5 % on 100 

 Interest on Capital, 5 % on 100 

 General Expenses and supervision 





 31 



i. rf. .. d. 



js Ifi 



3 12 

 280 



66 11 



2 15 



2 10 



6 



15 



5 1 



500 

 10 



83 6 



Average Horsemen's Wages ... 2 per week 1919. 



working day 7J hours. 



NOTE. In following costs, man has been taken at 6/8 per day of 

 7 J hours, and horse at 5/4 per day. 



'AVERAGE COST OF BARE FALLOWS PER ACRE. 



. d. 



4 10 



9 



3 6 



7 



1 3 



l.-i U 



7 4 



6 



7 19 10 



3 ploughs Hi 30/- 



2 cultivatinge 



2 rollings ... 



."> harrowing* .. 



Rent and Rates... 



Broken time, general expenses and implements 



Interest on Capital 



Management 



Charge |ths to first crop. 



f ths to second crop. 



WHEAT No. 23. 



Previons Crop : Bare Fallow. 

 No. of acres : I". 



AVERAGE COST PER ACRE OF 1919 WHEAT CROP. 



Proportion bare fallow 



Rent 



Rates 



Manure : 3 cwts. wheat manure, j cwt. 



B/A 



Seed : 3 btub, @ 80/- per qr 



Cultivation* 



Drilling 



Harrowing and Rolling .. 



Bird scaring 



Harvesting 

 Cutting, including iwine 



Stocking and Setting np 



Carting and Stacking 



Thatching 2/-, Materials 3/ 



(taking 



I. d. 



1 r, 



3 



2 U 



IS o 



2 



5 3 



5 



1 



Threshing 



Carting to station... 



Use of Implements and Machinery 



Broken Time 



General Expenses 



Interest on Capital, 5 % 



Management 



& I. d. 

 4 16 



i o o 



3 



1 19 

 1 10 



12 6 



1 11 3 



1 2 6 



4 6 



17 6 



5 

 5 



II 



18 



15 15 3 



Average yield : 32 bush, grain. 

 20 cwts. straw. 



NOTE. Conditions for harvesting almost ideal, 

 average, but rather under average of straw. 



Yield of grain 



MANGOLDS No. 5. 



Previons Crop : Mangolds. 

 No. of Acres : 10. 



- AVERAGE COST PER ACRE OF 1919 CROP. 



. ,1. 



Rent 



Bates... 



Manure 

 It tons dung <S> 10/- 



Oarting 



Spreading 



3 cwte. bone supers and 1} cwts. sul- 

 phate of ammonia and application . 



Seed : 8 Ibs. <B S/- per Ib 



Cultivation 



3 ploughs 



3 cultivates ... 



3 rolls 



4 harrows 



3 horse hoes 



3 hand hoee (12/-, 20/-. IS/-) 



Harvesting- 

 Pulling and Filling 

 Carting 



600 



1 6 3 



B 



1 4 



556 



12 



6 



6 



1.-. 



270 



18 6 



5 



K. f. tl. 



I 0: 



3 



7 12 3 

 2 II C 



Implements 

 Broken Time 

 General Expenses . 

 Interest on Capital 

 Management 



Deduct proportion cleaning 



9 11 



1 4 01 



1J ft 



F, t 



5 



10 O 1 



ir. 6 



25 11 

 1 10 



24 



. Manures to be carried forward balanced by manure* 

 brought forward. 



Estimated crop, 24 tons per acre. 



BARLEY No. 13 

 Previous Crop : Wheat. 



No. of Acres : 20. 



AVERAGE COST PER ACRE OF 1919 CROP. 



Rent 



Rates 



Cultivations 



Three ploughs, one autumn and two 



spring, i acre per day 



Two cultivatings, four horses, one man 

 aud one boy, eight acres per day ... 

 Two rollings, ten acres per day 



Four harrowing!", ten acres 



Drilling, man and two horses, ten acres 



per day 



Rolling 



Seed : 3 bush, per acre > 70/- per qr. ... 

 Manure : 2 cwts. bone supers, J owt. S,A 



and sowing 



Harvesting 



Binding, including twine 



Stookin ' and setting up 



Carting and stacking 



Thatching and materials 



Threshing 



Carting to station 



Use of Implements' and Maohioery. 

 Depreciation It., repairs 7*., interest 



3*. 6rf 



Broken Time 



General expenses Insurance, unremuuer- 



ative work, etc. 



Interest on Capital 5% 



Management 



t. 



546 



C 

 1 



I 19 



16 

 2 

 4 

 5 



1 1 

 I 



17 

 6 



11 

 18 



Total Cost 



16 



Average yield for 1919 : 32 bush. Grain. 

 14 cwts. Straw. 



NOTE. Harvesting conditions were almost ideal for li)I9cnr 

 Yield on other hand is under average by from 2 to :i bnshe 

 per acre. 



It was suggested that Straw should be credited @ 30/- per to 

 and charged to stock at about 4.0/- to 55/- according to whethi 

 chaffed or not. 



