FARM No. 43. 



County, ESSEX. 



Size of Farm : Arable, 370 acres. Pasture, 300 acres. 



Soil : Typical " three horse '' land. 



System of Farming : Corn growing and milk production 



r<o. of Acres on which estimate based 15. 

 HORSE LABOUR. No. 15. 

 Average number of work horses 18. 



AVERAGE COST OF KEEPING EACH HORSE FOR 



YEAR 1918-19. 

 Foods. 2 bushels oate per week, all year 



round, @ 48*. per qr. ... 

 71ba. straw chaff per day, all year 



round, @ 40*. per ton 



241bs. hay per day 1st Oct. to 12th May 



@ .1 15*. per ton 



Grass 13th May to 30th Sept. 1 J acres 

 per horse, @ 46*. per acre 



31 4 



260 



18 12 



t. d. 



390 



BARE FALLOWING PER ACRE (1918 Price*). 



WHEAT. No. 25. 



No. of Acres on which estimate based Field of 10 acres. 



Previous Crop -Beans. 



AVERAGE COST PER ACRE 1918 CROP. 



*. d. 



Rent 



Rates 



Manures : 



8 cwt. slag @ 3*. 6^., 1 8*. (charge 50%) 14 



1 cwt. S|A <5> 17* 17 



Application 1 6 



On Beans. 



12 loads dung @ 8*., 4 16 

 Application @ 2s. 140 



600 Charge 

 Seed : 2 bush. @ 10*. and dressing @ 6d. 



per acre 



Cultivations : 



Ploughing, 1 man and 2 horses, f acre 



per day ... 

 Harrowing, 4 times, 1 man and 2 horses, 



10 acres per day 



Drilling, 2 men and 4 horses, 10 acres 



per day 



Making water furrows 



Striking up 



Harrowing in spring 



Rolling, 1 man and 2 horses, 10 acres 



per day 



Hoeing and weeding 



d. 





 



1 12 6 



1 16 

 1 fi 



Harvesting : Opening round 



Cutting- with binder, 2 men and 6 



horses, 6 acres per day 



Twine, 4 Ibs. @ ll<f. per Ib 



Stocking 



Carting 



Raking up... 



Thatching <> 2*. f,d. per sq. (10 sq. per 



10 acres) 



Straw, 1 cwt. per acre 



Threshing : 4 qrs. per acre, 5*. per qr. ... 

 Coale, 8 cwts. for 40 qrs. (ffi 2*. per cwt. 



Marketing : Taking from thresher, storing 

 and carting to station 



Use of machinery and implements 



Share of general expenses, hedging, 

 ditching, etc. 



Broken time and nnremunerative work... 



Bare fallowing : Share of 



Interest on capital, 696 



Management 



128 



(i 10 



3 5 



2 



1 2 



2 



1 8 

 5 



2 



7 6 



3 8 

 3 

 7 6 



(i 



2 6 



1 6 



1 



1 7 



249 



1 8 2 



1 1 7 



13 



7 G 



7 (i 



7 ti 



12 



5 6 



15 



Total cost ... 13 14 6 

 Average yield 32 bush, grain, 25 cwts. straw. 



FARM No. 44. 



WHEAT No. 26. 

 County, KENT. 



Size of Farm : 1 86 acres arable. 15 acres pasture. 



Soil : Medium. 



System of Farming : Mixed with hops and market gardening. 

 COST OF PRODUCTION OF ONE ACRE OF WHEAT 1919 CROP. 



Rent and rates 



Manure for potatoes @ 20 ton per acre, 



10*. per acre 

 Less two-thirds cost to potatoes ... 



Ploughed oiice, 4 horses 



Sowing wheat 



2 J bus. seed including d ressing and carting 



2 cwts. sulphate of ammonia 



York harrowed twice, 2 horses ... 



Sowing- 



York harrowed once 



Rolled once ... 



Hoeing and weeding 



Cutting round, cutting with binder, and 



string 



Shocking 



Carrying and stacking 



Thatching, including etraw and labour.. 

 Threshing, and carting to market 

 Hedging and ditching 

 Repairs to harness, implements, etc. 

 Interest on capital @ 5% ... 

 Management 



1 13 



10 

 6 13 



6 8 

 



10 



17 6 

 14 



7 

 3 10 

 2 6 

 2 6 

 6 6 



18 

 4 



10 

 9 



12 

 2 

 4 



16 



15 



17 5 10 



NOTB. This is based on the cost of a horse for each working Jay 

 at 8*. and the horseman's wages at 8*., allowing \1\% on wages 

 for unremunerative work. No allowance is made for share 

 of fallows which generally pay for themselves, and the estimated 

 crop is 4 quarters per acre and J ton per acre of straw. 

 Average crop 4J qrs. grain. 1 ton etraw. 



