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FARM No. 6O. 



County, SOMERSET. 



Size of Farm : 153 acres arable. 217 acres grass. 



Soil : Medium to clay. 



Systen of Farming. Cropping and stock breeding and feeding. 



NOTE. The following costs are based upon men at an average of 

 2 per week and horses at 7s. per working day. 



WHEAT No. 35. 



COST OF GROWING WHEAT PER ACRE, 1918 CROP. 



lent 



Local Rates 



Manure. $ part of slag used for hay 

 1 cwt. sulphate of ammonia ... 



& . d. 



7 

 00 



*. 



Seed. 2J bushels per acre 



bushel ... 

 Dressing ditto. ... 



10*. per 



A. 



00 

 3 6 



1 7 



Hauling headlands 



Tloughing. 3 horse, man and boy, doing 



} acres per day 



Dragging, 3 times with 3 horses, 8 acres 



per day ... 

 Drilling 5 horses and 2 men, 8 acres 



per day 



Harrowing, twice, 2 horses, 8 acres 



per day 



Rolling, twice, 2 horses, 8 acres per day 

 feeding 

 Harvesting. 

 Catting. 6 horses and 2 men cutting 



10 acres per day 



Binder and twine 



titching 



Carrying, stacking, fcc., 5 horses and 6 



men carrying, <j acres per day 

 "hatching. 



Reeds and spars 



"hreshing. 



Machine 60*., trnsser and moving 15*., 

 twine 28*. 6d., coal 24*. 6rf., 10 men at 

 8*., machine men at 5*., doing 10 acres 



per day 



arketing. 



Hauling to station, &c 



edging and Ditching 



roportion of cost of cleaning brought 



forward from root crop 



iterest on outlay 5 % 



anagement 



6 

 



80 

 13 

 5 6 



6 



fl 



15 



2 6 



13 

 10 



1 1 



5 6 



6 6 



2 8 10 

 15 9 



1 



Total cost 



17 10 2 



Average yield grain, 4 qrs. per acre. 28 cwts. straw. 



MANGOLDS NO. 9. 



COST PER ACRE FOR MANGOLDS, 1918 CROP. 



Kent 



Farm yard manure, 20 loads to acre 

 Man and 2 horses, 3 days ... 

 "ing 



;ion charged two-thirds 



mangold manure @ 8* 



.ling and Spreading ditto 



charge f 



Seed, 61b. <8> 3* 



Ploughing, tw'ce, 3 horses, man and boy 

 Cultivating, once, 4 horses ... 



Dragging, 3 times, 3 horses 



Rolling, twice, 2 horses ' ... 



Drilling, 2 horses, 2 men 



Hmrrowing, 2 horses, 1 man 



Rolling, 2 horses, 1 man ... 



toe hoeing, twice 



Kinglir.g and hand hoeing twice, 5 days to 



e first time, 3 days second 



and cleaning 



p , horse and man, 4 days in field... 

 and covering, 1 man, 2 da/8 in 



Hedging, etc 



it on capital @ 5 % 



tent... 



. d. 



400 



3 6 



5 



1 12 

 2 



Total cost 

 leu share of cleaning 



Average yield per acre, 20 tons. 



i. d. 



1 



3 6 



504 



1 5 



18 



4 16 



7 



13 .0 



7 

 4 



8 

 3 



16 



200 



1 5 



2 16 



10 



6 6 



15 



1 



24 8 10 

 2 10 



22 8 



SEEDS HAY No. 12. 



COST OF PRODUCTION PER ACRE OF CLOVER HAY, 

 1918 CROP. 



Number of years under hay : 1. 



Year in which seed sown : 1917. 



Corn roots and Corn three previous years. 



Root crop fed on premises. 



Part of field Mangold and part Swede. 



*. d. 



Rent and Rates per acre 136 



Grass seeds ... ... ... ... ... 180 



Sowing, harrowing and rolling 6 9 



Cost of manure, 25% of manure applied for root crop 136 



5 cwt. of Basic Slag, hauling and sowing same ... 176 



Rolling 3 e 



Cutting, making and stacking 1 10 



Thatching Reeds and Spars 7 6 



Proportion of cost of cleaning carried forward ... 2 8 10 



Interest on outlay @ 5% 10 



Management... 100 



Deduct value of after grass 

 NET COST 



11 9 

 1 10 



9 19 1 



Yield per acre 25 cwt. 



Average yield about 22 owts. 



Condition of soil, clay and atone brash, about 20 acres sown. 



1918 fair season for hay, rather above average. 



FARM No. 61. 



County, HANTS. 



Size of Farm : 90 acres arable ; 45 acres pasture. 



Wheat growing on Brick-earth, wet in winter, flat. After 

 Potatoes and Turnips (6 acres), Mangels (11 acres), and Clover 

 (14 acres). 



WHEAT No. 36. 



AVERAGE COST PER ACRE OF 31 ACRES 1919 CROP. 



Rent 

 Rates 



Manures Average net cost, including 

 unexhausted Manure from roots, etc. 



SEED : 3 bush. @ 10*. ... 



Cultivations. 

 Ploughing... 



Pressing and drilling (press drill) 

 Harrowing 7 times 



Rolling 



Weeding 



Harvesting. 



Binding, including twine 



Stocking 



Carting and stacking ... 

 Thatching 



g. d. 



1 16 6 



5 



150 



10 



14 



2 



2 



18 



2 6 



9 



2 



t. d. 



216 



200 

 1 10 



Threshing. 



7} sacks @ \s. 3d. 



6 men 



Coal and water ... 



2 13 



1 11 6 



9 1 

 5 

 1 9 



Carting to station ... 

 Hedging and ditching 

 Implements included above 

 General Expenses ... 



Interest on capital 



Management 



Average Yield 1919 29 bush, grain 

 16 cwts. straw. 



Ditto over 5 years 32 bush, grain. 

 18 cwts. straw. 



15 10 



7 6 

 2 



5 



8 6 

 100 



12 14 10 



OATS (WINTER) No. 14. After Barley, Peas and Tares. 

 AVERAGE COST PER ACRE OF 15J ACRES 1919 CROP. 



Rent and Rates 

 Manure. 



1 cwt. snip, run in. 



Carting and breaking 



Seed : 4 bush. @ 75. per qr. 

 Cultivations. 



Tractor Plough (hired) 



(2) Tractor cultivator (hired) ... 



Drilling, 2 horses, 3 men 



6 harrowings 



Rolling 



16 

 2 



18 

 17 



d. 



e 



Carried forward 



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