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FARM No. 65. 



ty, SUSSEX (West). 



Sie of Farm : 973 acre* arable, 90 acres pasture. 



Soil : Brick earth. 



System of Farming : Cropping. 



HORSE LABOUR No. 19. 



Number of Horses: 9. 

 AVERAGE COST OF KI.KIMM. HOUSES HUH 1'J. 



ds: 

 3 bushels Oats per wk. 1st Aug.- 



"ith Dec. 54 Imsli. 



-1 bushels Oats per wk. 5th 



Dec.-28th Feb 30 



:l bushels Oats per wk. 28th 



Feb.-2nd May 27 



2 bushels Oats per wk. 2nd 



May-lst Aug. 26 .. 



s. ,/. 



137 <g 6*. 2d. 42 4 in 



(allowing id. per bushel for carting to station), 

 li cwt. hay, 1st Sept.-3rd May, 32i cwts. @ 



8*. 7d. ... ... 13 19 



(cutting and carting at 3d. per cwt.) ... 

 1 acre grass 3rd May-lst Sept., charge } rent 

 for summer ... ... ... ... 1 13 4 



Rates 2 4 



2 12 



2 9 

 6 



9 



(chaff and straw for litter put against dune) 

 Shooing by contract at 1*. per horse per week 

 ! I n 1H10-14, charge was 16*. per horse per annum.) 

 Harness, repairs and proportion new, per a/c's 

 Stable Equipment (not included under harness) 

 \Vterinary Expenses 

 Depreciation, 10 per cent, on valuation 



105 10* 10 10 



Stable Rent, rales and repairs 



Interest on capital, 5 per cent, on 116 "> !"> 



General Expenses including aircraft insurance 



at 5 per cent, and supervision 15 



Actual Cash Wages Insurance. 

 Paid (inc. overtime). 



Cottage. 



Total 



Carter 



Boy or sol- 



dipr ... 

 l,al>iirer 



Bo; 







106 

 107 



69 12 



m in 



.V, !.-> 



31 

 OJ 



3* 



13 



d. 

 

 



. 

 16 

 16 



13 



. 



114 18 



115 10 



69 12 

 94 3 

 35 16 



Total labour on 9 horses ... 

 Average per horse per ami. 



. d. 



. 



31 

 Oi 



3* 

 3i 



Hen i. Allowing for waste, 

 hedges, roads, &c 



Hate* 



Manure. Dung. 



10 tons from heap in field at 



lit. per ton ... 

 Carting. :< horses 19f. 6d., 1 

 man 6*. 4d., 1 boy 3i. 2d., 3 

 moil 16*., 4 acres per <! 

 Spreading, 3. IV/. per 



Carried forward 



."> Id 



11 

 8 



4 



:t 



5 





 6 

 







83 14 10 



Average number of working days about 250. 

 Cost per working day, 6*. 8d. 



COST OF MAN LABOUR 



The following is an exact account of the cost of 5 workers 

 on this farm from 1st August, 1918, to 1st August, 1919. 



429 19 

 47 15 6 



Kor tin- vear 1st August, 1919, to 1st September, I'.'-'". 

 tin- cost of the same labour will probably be increased thus : 



. d. 

 Increase for 42 weeks at 12*. per week 



for 2 men 25 2 



Increase for 42 weeks at 6*. 6d. per week 



for 1 man 13 13 



Increase for 35 weeks at 3*. 6d. per week 

 for 4 men ... 24 10 



63 5 



So that average cost per horse will be 55 IS*. :W per 

 an in increase '.I 1 "> p'T cent. 



WHEAT No 39. 



AVKHAI.I. CUS'I (II I'HiHM ("IION OK I'.H'.i CHOI' 



t. d. 



220 



4 6 



266 



1 -2 

 6 



8 6 



2 10 



2 

 10 8 



7 4 

 5 1 

 4 



13 2 



3 11 



10 10 



4 4 

 3 2 

 3 3 



2 



*. 

 2 6 

 4 3 



1 > I' 



1 13 



2 14 2 



1 15 



Brought forward 

 Charge two-thirds 

 Artificials Mixture of phos- 

 phates and sulph. amni. at 

 average cost 

 See, I. 



3 bushels at 84*. per qr. 

 Bluestone 6d. Dressing uud 

 sowing 1*. 9d. 

 Cultivations. 



Ploughing, 2 horses 13s.. man 



6s. 4d., 4*. 5d. ac. 

 Pressing, 1 horse 6*. 6d., boy 



St. 2d., 1 ac 



Harrow ings (6), 3 horses 

 11M. 6d., man 6*. 4d., 18*. 

 acre 



liar rowings (2) spring 

 Rolling, 2 horses 13*., man 



G>. 4d., 10 acres 



Docking and thistling, 1 man 

 2 days 6.1. !</. 



Harvesting. 

 Cutting and binding, 4 horses 



26*., 2 men 25*. 4d., for 7 



acres 



String, 5 Ibs. 



Cutting round and shocking 

 Carting and stacking. 4 horses 



26*., 3 men 31*. 6d., 1 boy 



5*. 3d., 1 boy 2*., 6 men 



54* , 9 acres per day 

 Thatching 12 so. at 1*. 9d., 



21*., straw 20*., 500 spars 



at 12*. 6d. per 1,000, 



6*. 3d. for 8 acs. ... 



Threshing. 8 acres per day. 

 3 men with machine at Is. Id. 



per sack (1 ac.) ... 

 Coals 8*., 5 men on machine 



26*. 8d 



3 men at straw 16*., 1 boy 



3*. 2d., 1 horse 6*. 6d. ... 

 Carting corn away, 2 men 



12*. 8d., 2 horses 13s. 

 Thatching straw (old straw 



and spars) 12 sq. at Is. 3d., 



water 1* 



Carting to Station. 4 h<> 

 26*., 3 men 16*. for 8 acres 



Hedging and -Ditching. 1 man 

 4 days, 21*. 4d. for 8 acrew 



Use of 'implements and Ma- 

 chinery 



Broken Time 



General Expenses. Insurance, 

 unronuinorativo work, &c. 



Interest on Capital; 5 per cent. 



Management 



Total 1* V> 1 



Average yield 40 bush, grain. 25 cwts tra\ 



FARM No. 66. 



<',,unty, CHESHIRK 



Siee of Farm : 40 acres arable, 91 acres pasture. 

 Soil : Strong loam on clay. 



NOTE. Small working farmer. 

 System of Farming: Cropping and dairying. 

 Three Previous Crops : Oats, roots and wheat. 



.'I. nVER HAY No. 15. 



COST OF PRODUCTION OF 10 ACRKS CLOVKK ll.\> 



12 

 5 



B 

 16 

 18 



1918 CROP. , d 



i 0-v 



I 



13 6 [ 



13 6 ) 



Rent 



Hat.-s 



I 1918 15 



Cost of seeds ) 1919 10 

 40 7*. 1 1920 7 



( 1921 7 



Sowing seeds, 2 men, 1 day 

 Unexhausted manure from root 



''"p , : 



5 cwts. slag per acre at 

 3* 6d. per cwt. 8 15 

 Sowing same 4*. 

 per acre 



~10~15~~0 



Charge four-fifths 



Carried forward 







12 



2 



I) 



16 



12 



10 10 



8 12 6 



19 2 



lit L' 



