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KENT. 



FARM No. 71. 



POTATOES No. 19. 



COST OF GROWING ONE ACRE OK POTATOES 

 \ GOOD 1,0AM SOU, ON CHALK 1918 CROP. 



Kent and ({ales 



m cultivated twice 



Drag harrowed once, 4 horses (7 acres per day) 

 Burning rubbish 



Dunging, with 25 tons of yard 

 dung, spreading and carting 10*. 1:210 

 lie-third charged to succeed- 



4 :t 4 



s. d. 



2 11 o 



1 5 



7 



1 I) 



868 

 480 

 14 

 3 3 



8 8 



12 

 9 18 



4 15 



7 



8 8 

 2 2 



1 6 () 

 11 



1 16 n 



13 4 



2 2 s 



7 J 



2 2 in 

 1 10 



5 

 1 10 

 1 10 



53 3 5 



The above costings are based on the cost of *s 

 horse lor each working day including depreciation! 

 , unremiinerative work, ivc., and Ids for waggoner 

 lor ordinary labourer. 



^ ielil li loiis pel ;i.-re. ,,.,-d ;, n< | ware. 



FARM Mo. 72. 



I, IIAMI'SIIIHK. 



SIIKKI' No. 5. 



SIIKKI 1 ACCor.NT FOH I91X-19. 

 ol KaniK it\\o uorked as on, 

 On. -1,111,1 tjii;,, ,es ai.ible. Other farm- I. "it I acres down 



Hoaghed twice, 3 horses (J acre per day) ... 

 Drag harrowed twice, 4 horses (7 acres per day) 

 York harrowed once, 2 horses (8 acres per day) 

 Rolled once. 2 horses (* acres per day) 

 Haulked once, 2 horses (3 acres per day) '.'.. 

 Planting, carting and moving seed potatoes 

 Cost ot seed, IS ,., v t. p,. r a < T e a t -jj 

 7 cut. of artificials per acre 

 Application, mixing and carting of ditto. 

 Baulked once, 2 horses (3 acres per day) 

 Rolled once. 1 horse (7 acres per day) 

 York harrowed once. 2 horses (X acres per day) 

 Braked thiee times, _' horses <3 acres per day) 



Hand hoed _ 



Dry sprayed 4 times (materials 7*. bW.', 'labour 



l.i. 6V. > 



l'l..!ighed out, :( horses (3 acres per day) 

 s women and I man picking np into cart .'. 

 Dlamping and covering in 

 York harrowed tuice. picking up and carting 



ulrn 



itmw lor clamp 



Sorting, loading and carting to station 



Interest on capital .', per cent, on 30 



'ment and supervision 



; w 

 II 



34'J 



pasture. 



waste nieadon . 

 wasteland. 



7() n arable. 

 a> ,, pjistnre. 



24(1 



Hampshire Down Flock. 



Valuation, taken at fair market value of SHEEP STOCK. 



s. <l. 

 September 2!>tli, 191* 



!<-' Tuo Teeth Kives at, 5 



:" K " llr .. .. 4 10s. 



'" S|V , ,, ,, 4 Ids. 



registered Draft Kwes ,, 1 



510 



31") (I 



337 III II 



328 



Expenses. 



Wages as paid to shepherd and son 

 Kxtra labour during lambing season, putting 



up lamb pen and dipping ......... 



Cost of dipping powder 



Paid for foot dressing ... 



Veterinary expenses and chemicals ...... 



Labour of 1 man and 1 horse waiting on 



sheep drawing out hay, water, straw, 



cake, moving hurdles and troughs daily 



for 6 months Man at 6s. per day, horse 

 ^ at 7s. per day = 182 days at 13s ....... 



Cost of 20 dot. hurdles per year to replace 



old ones at 22s. per doz. 

 Cost of carting hurdles from the wood, 7 



miles from farm, 3 horses and 2 men, 



1 day ................. I 



Cost of repairing hurdles and creosoting 



same 

 .'540 gallons of creosote used at lid. per 



gallon and casks 

 I'pkeep of shepherds' houses (2), 2 carts, 3 



water barrels, 45 cake troughs, 50 hay 



capes, 24 lamb troughs, 4 lamb creeps 

 Hay consumed .from Oct. to April, 65 tons 



at 8 .................. 



Straw used during lambing and to make 



lamb pen, 25 tons at 30s. ... 

 ;-| cost of cakt fed to sheep, cake cost 



670 19*. Sd. J ............ 



Water supplied at Is. 6</. per 1,000 gallons... 



Shearing ewes and tegs 



Kent, rates and taxes on 350 acres of down, 



fed entirely by the ewes at 8s. per acre ... 

 II acres of ul'ti rmath fed by sheep at 3 per 



123 acres of turnips, vetches, winter harlev, 

 rye grass and rape, charging half cost of 

 all tillages, seed, Arc., at 11 per acre = 

 1,353 (halO ............ 



Interest on capital, 1,926 15.x. OJ. at 5 per 



cent. 



5 per cent on average cost for 6 months, 

 average cost 2,360 3s. 8 1 ../. = (') 

 1,180 Is. Ill,/ ............ . 



Management 



s. d. 

 152 14 10i 



30 

 3 



31 5 

 20 15 2 



118 6 



21 



1 13 



587 



18 11 8 



12 12 



520 



37 10 



447 6 5.J 



5 5 



10 6 



125 



123 



676 10 



96 19 1) 



Total 



Credit. 



59 

 100 



2,616 3 54 



Sold (i Ram lambs 



I Ewe tep, ... 



75 Draft ewes 



10 Fat ewes 



27 Ewes at. 70s 



22 Kwes died, by skins at 4s. each 



141 



L'lHI lambs bred and sold as stores, average 



.Vis. 

 Wool sola, from 4:54 sheep average (i Ib. 2 OK. 



per head al 3.s. 3</. per Ib. /ess expenses ... 



C 



28 

 2 



312 



49 



94 



4 



500 

 395 



s. ,/ 



12 



8 9 



10 



15 (I 



111 II 



4 





 18 11 



Total ... 1,387 19 



Valuation of sheep on the far farm. 



Taken at fair market value September, !!)!!). 



s. </. 



120 Two teeth ewes at 5 600 



120 Four ,, ,, 4 10s 540 



84 Six 4 10s 378 



100 Reg. draft ,, 6 600 (I (I 



424 



Ham lam It: at 5 (these lambs cost 

 72 9s.) ... 



25 



Total 

 SUMMARY. 



2,143 



a . d. 



Valuation Sept. 1!)1S 1,926 15 u 



Sheep purchases ... 675 ] 6 



Expenses 2,616 3 iij 



s. il. 

 1,387 111 II 



Receipts . . 

 Valuation : 



Sept. 1919 2,143 u 

 Oefieit ... 1,687 o 11 J 



JE.5,217 19 



5,217 1'J 11J 



NOTE. Only 2(X) lambs were reared from 329 ewes and no 

 ewe lambs were retained for flock purposes; hence the 

 purchase of 105 registered draft ewes, which partly 

 account* for the deficit. 



A further credit will be due to (.he sheep for mammal 

 residues. ./ W. 



