81 



2} days for this. 

 U 

 1 



Farm No. 64 r,infiniie</. 



Horse n and horses spend the following time on my 



farm on broken time and niireniiinerative work in winter: 



1 day mending roads, cleaning stackyard (2 days for 



half of them). 

 1 day hauling bricks, odd implements from station, 



saiid, fetching equipments. (This only means 8 to 



16 errands for 1 horse.) 

 1J days hauling coal, fuel for men (6 to 10 tons, 1 ton 



per horse per day, usually in small quantities at 



less tonnage per horse). 



5 days. Shod 6 times in stable period, 6 x J = 2 days. 

 Removed 6 times ,, 6 x i = 2 days. 



Also frost nailed or turned up. 



x \ days (actual figures) 



1 horse 3 weeks fever in feet 

 1 horse 10 days lame 



1 horse 2 days colic 



2 horses 3 days colic 



1 horse 2 days colic ... ... i ,, 



_' young horses 14 days on half 

 time (overworked) ... ... 3$ 



8J days. 



- days. Threshing days 16i (for 99 acres), of these 

 days 3J required half the horses for carting. 

 So on 3J days time lost for 8 is 1J. 



13 days half of them idle = 6J. 



I'd days. Wet or snow and broken time (in this period 

 we shall get at any rate 15 in. to 20 in. rainfall) 

 2i in. per month average. Hain fell on 95 days last 

 December to April (5 months). October to Novem- 

 ber previous considerably above that average. This 

 20 days covers 7J montlis, or probably 140 days in 

 which' rain fell. These figures are taken from the- 

 n-turns of the Meteorological Office of Board of 

 Agriculture. 



I") days lost in 35 weeks ... ... ... 45 



Sundays 35 



Saturdays 12 



Christmas Day... . 1 



Kast.-r 1 



Cost lor :V> w.-<-ks at 11 15s. 

 c.r. -.s. per day (approx.) 



94 



/. l")l working days 



GFJASS I'K.HIOD, May 1 tth to August 15th. 

 17 weeks. 1'er week. 



(irazillg (see belo ) 



Crushed oats. HJ st. at .".:!.>. Cxi. per qr 



5 Ibs. (hop L'i st. at 38s. per ton ... 



Tares (see below) 



As winter costs <ee previous costing) ... 



X. d. 



5 (I 



7 



6 - 



- 35 

 28 3i 



1 day 



i 

 i 



2i '.', 



1,0s! time. 



.-.hod 3 times ... 



Hauling sticks for men. I loads, J day per load 



for '_' horses 

 Coal 3 tons 

 Mending 1J miles road 



Sick and lame. 1 horse, :! weeks 



Odd horse days, half the stable on half-time tor 



a week at least ... ... ... *l 



\\ . .nid broken time (4 to Sin. rain) ,, 



14 



Sundays ... 17 



Saturdays ... G 



Cost lor 17 weeks at 2Hs. 3J</. per week r= *2 working days 

 at 5.i. !)(/. per day (approx.) 



The local criticism of these horse costings was that much 

 more time is lost through wet >yeather ; that in the last 

 fortnight we have lost as much time on that account as is 

 shown above for the whole period. 



GRASS. 



Hen: 



Bagging (once in I years at 30s.) 

 ..ving 



foiling 



Fencing, ditching and pond 



C3 15 5.1. per week. 



The grass will be of no value when the horse is talteu off. 

 If sheep are put on it they must have their food taken to 

 them, and the residue from their food to be charged to the 

 grass will more than equal the value of the grazing. 



COST OF TARKS. 







Rent and Hates 



Ploughing (tractor) ... ... ... ... ... 1 



2 harrowing (heavy) 

 Drilling ... 



Seed ... ... ... ... ... 7 



Harrowing 

 Harrow 



Roll 



Cutting (1 man, i acre or less) 



Leading to yard, 7J tons per acre, 1 man, 1 horse 



and cart, 3 days ... ... ... ... ... 2 



Wear and tear of machinery ... ... 12 6 



He.lging 2 



Interest ... 70 



Management and incidentals ... 1 5 



.1. <l. 



18 



5 



G 8 



5 6 



5 



3 



:i 



2 2 



10 



15 10 10 



2 acres feed G horses for 3 months, 6s. Sd. per horse per 

 week. 



BASIS FOH DEI'RKCIATION CHARGE, 1910-1919. 

 WORKING HORSES 8. 



Horses sold worn out. Cost of Replacement. Bred. Lost. 

 6. value S7. 5, 352. 2 



x. d. 



Receipts. 2 at 30 = 60 Irxs 5 service fees ... 10 10 



(foals above) 2 mares insurance ... 24 OL 



2 mares summer keep 700 



41 10 



Nef receipts, 18 10s. X 87 = 105 10s. 



Net cost of replacements, = 352 /ess 105 10,i. = 

 1:2 Hi lO.i. = 10 5.i. per horse per annum. 



The local criticism of this depreciation charge was that 

 it is considerably below the average, that on tnis farm no 

 horses have been lost during this period, and that this 

 is an exceptionally favourable condition of affairs for a 

 farm in this district. 



COST OK OPERATIONS. 



Horseman. Wage, 46s. 6</. 



Lost time in summer is the 94 days, the same as the 

 horse excepting sickness which will not amount to so 

 much. His holidays, however, will be more on the average, 

 so it will work out in the same proportion = 1,627s. (>(/. 

 : 151 10s. 9</. per working day in winter, and 9s. (/. 

 in the summer. 



Second horseman, 8s. G(/. Labourer by day, Is. 3d.- 

 Higher on account of work having to be provided on wet 



days. 



A day boy can be used to do some simple classes of horse 

 work, such as rolling, but he will do less than the average 

 amount of work so the cost will rarely differ much. 

 Heaping and Binding, Opening out and Stooking. 



Taken together for economy, one set of men can then 

 help the others. 



G horses at 8s. 



s. ./. 

 280 



Men, 10s. 9</., 8. G(/., Is. 3</., 

 7x. 3d 2 



Twine, * acres at 4s. 



1 

 1 12 



8 acres for ... 6 1 = 15s. 2<l. 



per acre, 

 heading. 

 6 horses at Hs 280 



Men, 10.1. 9f/., 8.1. 6</., 7x. 3d., 



7,i. 3d., 7s. 3<7., 7s. 3d., 6s. 2 14 3 



7 acres for ... 5 2 3 = 14s. 6(/. 



per acre. 



