85 



Farm No. 66 continued. 



Brought forward 

 Harrowing once, 2 horses, 1 day 

 Boiling 3 times, 1 horse, 4 days 

 Cutting, turning, carting, stack- 

 ing and thatching 

 Carting to station, li miles, 



2s. 6d. per ton per mile 

 Use of implements and ma- 

 chinery 



General Expenses hedging, 



ditching, &c. ... 

 Interest on capital, 5 per cent. 



per annum ... 



Management 



Total 



Cost per acre 

 Deduct value of aftermath 



& >. !. 



49 2 9 



16 9 



256 



15 

 2 6 10 

 500 



10 



260 

 10 



96 17 10 



9 13 9 

 15 



Net cost per acre ... 8 18 9 

 Yield per acre, 30 cwts. (Sold 301 cwts.) 



Carting dung ... 



Cost of dung at 2.'. per load 

 Dung spreading 

 Steam ploughing 

 II se ploughing 

 Sowing 



Cost of wheat ... 



Harrowing ... 



Water furrowing 



Rolling 



\\Vi-cling 



Binding ... 



Carting 



Shucking ... ... 



R-nt and rates ... ... 



Thatching and straw for ditto and spars 

 Hedging and cleaning out ditches (150 per 



annum) 



Binder twine 1 ball per acre 

 Threshing at Is. 6d. per sack, present charge... 

 Labour for threshing 

 Weighing and getting to barn ... 

 Coal for engine, 7} cwts. at 3s. 6d. per cwt. 

 Carting to station, Is. 3d. per sack, six miles ... 

 Depreciation 10 per cent., repairs 30 (low), 



interest 5 per cent, on implements (1,800)... 



i-!il expenses (530 per annum) 



Management ... 



Insurances 



('pairs to buildings, etc. (100 per annum) ... 



Proportion of cleaning crop carried forward ... 



Interest on outlay, say 5 per cent, for 9 months 



on 16 





FAStM Mo. 67. 



County, SUSSEX, W. 



WHEAT No. 40. 

 Soil. Heavy loam. 



COST OF GROWING ONE ACRE OF WHEAT 

 1919 CROP. 



Average of 57$ acres. Wheat grown in each case after seeds. 



*. d. 



16 9 

 1 13 4 



3 6 

 1 10 1 



4 9 

 1 11 



1 12 8 

 90 

 6 

 2 



17 

 4 



15 6 

 24 

 207 

 4 



5 



6 

 15 



3 



2 6 



2 9 



15 8 



10 



8 10 



10 



2 



3 4 

 100 



12 



Total cost 



16 12 1 



Average yield, 40 bushels per acre. Credit straw at 

 1 per acre. 



[NOTE. This statement is based on daily records. Horses 



charged at 8*. per working day. Value put upon dung is 



'imate ana is very low for present day. On the usual 



would be 12 tons dung at 10s. per ton, 6, 



of wliii'li .it li-;ist 4 would be charged to wheat. The charge 



proportion of cleaning costs is also low and in view 



of the statement given below on fallowing cannot be less 



tliiin 2 I.IT aiTf. assuming on the average a bare fallow 



fifth year. These amendments would result in a total 



-.f 19 18. 9il. per acre. .I.W.] 



MANGOLDS No. 11. 



Soil. Heavy loam. 



COST OP GROWING ONE ACRE OF MANGOLD 

 1919 CROP. 



Average of 17i acres. 



Ploughing (3 times, once tractor) ~| 

 Cultivating (3 times, twice tractor) 

 Harrowing ... ... ... ... from 



Rolling ... ... ... ... [- daily 



Weeding ... ... ... ... I records. 



Couching ... ... ... ... | 



Carting dung ... ... ... j 



14 loads of mixed dung at 7s. 6d. per load, 



half charged 

 6 loads of yard dung at 5s. per load, half 



charged 



Sn^rrne" } frora dailv records 



2 cut. Basic slag, half charged ... 



1 cwt. Superphosphate, half charged 



1 cwt. Sulphate of Ammonia 



Drilling j 



8} Ibs. seed I from daj , records 



Hand hoeing ... ... j 



Horse hoeing... ... ) 



Pulling ... ... \ based upon last year's 



Carting and clamping J daily records. 



Rent and rates 



Hedging and clearing out ditches i 

 Depreciation repairs and interest 



on implements ... ... ... asin 



General expenses ... ... ... Wheat 



Management ... ... ... Costs. 



Insurances 



Repairs to buildings, gates, etc. ... J 



Interest on outlay, 5 per cent, for 6 months on 



24 5s. 



s. d. 



3 11 10 

 149 



19 i! 



15 5 



3 8 

 18 6 



15 1 



2 13 



14 10 



4 

 o 



4 8 

 3 3 



16 4 

 3 5 



1 1 10 



-1 10 2 



10 



14 



300 



1 1 6 



5 



10 



8 10 



10 



2 



3 4 



12 1 



23 17 1 

 512 



Less proportion of cleaning costs ... 



Cost per acre 18 15 11 



Average yield : 30 tons (much less in 1919). 



[NOTE. Tractor ploughing has been taken at 12s. per 

 acre (excluding labour), tractor cultivating at 5s. per acre 

 (excluding labour). The tractor account so far indicates 

 that these charges are too low and that they will have to 

 be increased to 15s. and 7s. 6d. per acre respectively. The 

 amount carried forward as cleaning costs is based upon what 

 the cost of cultivations was found to be on a field where 

 cleaning was not necessary. J.W.] 



BABE FALLOW. 



Soil. Heavy loam. 



COST OF 12 ACRES OF FULL SUMMER FALLOW. 



s. d. 



Ploughing 



Letting off water ... 



Cultivating 



Docking ... ! from actual 



Rolling ... ... ... records. 



Harrowing 



Rent at 20s. per acre ... j 



General expenses estimated at 8s. lOd. per acre 



Hedging and ditching estimated at 5s. per acre 



Depreciation, repairs of implements estimated 



at 10s. per acre ... 

 Management estimated at 10s. ... 



Insurances estimated at 2s. 



Repairs to buildings estimated at 3s. 4rf. 



45 10 

 5 



12 16 

 2 17 



11 



7 



12 



5 



3 



Cost per acre ... 



115 10 11 

 9 12 7 



FARM Mo. 68. 



County, LANCASHIRE. 



WHEAT No. 41. 

 Size of Farm . 200 acres arable. 

 System of Farming: Cropping and sale of crops. 



COST OF PRODUCTION OF 40 ACRES OF WHEAT 



1918 CROP. 

 (Horse labour at 8s. 9d. per day.) 



Cost per acre. 

 s. d. 



Rent 2 Is 84 



Rates one-fifth of total ... ... 958 



Ploughing, based on Government price, 1 10s. 



per acre 60 



Harrowing, twice, 10 acres basis, 8s. 1 man, 



8s. 9d. each horse, team horses... ... ... 10 4 



Carried forward 163 9 8 



