90 



FARM Mo. 76. 



County, DORSET. 



Siae of Farm. 600 acres arable, 150 acres pasture, 400 



acres down. 

 System of Farming Corn growing and sheep. 



SHEEP No. 8. 

 SHEEP ACCOUNT Full T1IK YKAR KNDED 



MICH. \KI.M AS, 1919. 



DebiU. * ' d - 



Valuation Michaelmas, 1918. 

 600 breeding Dorset Down ewe 



at 4 15s. 2850 



300 Hogs at 2 10 750 



120 doz. Hurdles 97 12 



Cribs, troughs, Ac. 



3709 12 



Kxpenses. 



400 acres down land at 23s. CJ. per 

 acre 



105 acres roots at 4 per acre 

 (prop, cost) 



50 acres catch crops at 5 per 

 acre 



130 acres aftermath at 15s. per 

 acre 



80 tons hay at 8 



16 tons linseed cake at 20 (one- 

 third of usual amount) 



80 tons oats at 48s. per gr. 



20 tons peas at 86s. per gr. 



Labour -! upp. I. 



Hurdles, 50 doz. at 25s 



5 Rams 



Cost of dipping and dips. lamh 

 twice 



Marketing expenses on wool 



Ointments, Ac. 



General charges 



Interest on capital 



Management 



Credits. 



50 draft ewes at 88*. 6</ 



100 draft ewes at 80s. 6V. 



34 cull ewes at 71s. 6d 



20 cull ewes (2 tooth) at 78s. ... 



100 lambs at 49s. 6d 



150 Inmbs in hand ... 



60 draft ewes at 90 



10 ewes at 90s 



2,800 Ibs. wool at 4*. 2</. per II.. 

 Skins 



470 



420 



250 



87 10 



640 



320 



192 



86 



581 



62 12 



96 1 6 



800 



250 



:, 



10 



250 



200 



221 IT. (I 



Hi.' 10 



124 14 



78 



247 10 



320 D 



270 



45 



583 6 8 



500 



3680 8 6 



Valuation Michaelmas, 1919 



About 100 under average, 

 amongst ewes. 



Number of lambs, 596. 

 Few deaths 

 Manurial value. 



From roots and catch crops, already allowed 

 for. 



16 tons linseed cake at 1*. M. cost 

 100 grs. peas and oats at Is. ">'/. cost 

 80 tons hay at Is. 6W. cost 



s. il. 

 64 

 12 

 106 13 4 



226 5 4 



Summary. s. (/. . d. 



Val. Mich., 1918 3709 12 Sales 2207 1.1 s 



Expenses .. MW 8 6 Mammal value 220 5 4 



Val. Mich.. 1!H!) 370! 12 

 DEFICIT 1150 7. 6 



7390 6 



*App. I. Cost of Labour : thus 



(A hilly farm and difficult to work.) 

 2 Shepherds and boy ............ 



Hacking roots at It. per acre ... 



Lambing yard ...... ...... ... 



Lambing, 3 men, 3 weeks ... ... ... 



Horse labour hauling roots, straw, Ac. ... 



Rearing lambs and lambing money ...... 



Castrating ............... 



Trimming feet overtime ... ... ... 



Washing .................. 



Shearing .................. 



Fairs and sales ............... 



Dipping .................. 



Cracking corn and mixing, <Vc. ... ... 



Hauling corn ... ... ... ... ... 



Home labour removing hurdles, cribs, 

 troughs, Ac., hauling water, hay, straw, 



" 



C ::>() 6 



FAHM No. 77. 



County, ESSEX. 



Size, of farm 160 Acres arable. 



59 ,, pasture. 

 System of farming Cropping on fine course and dairying. 



MIJ.K No. 8. 

 COST OF PRODUCTION OF MILK. 



JViio.i Summer. May to September < inclusive), 1918. 

 Average number of Cows (including heii.-i-i in herd 



2297 15 8 

 3709 12 



s. </. 



334 



1 10 



20 



40 



12 



1 10 



200 



' 4 



IS 



1 



9 ' 



4 10 



101) 

 581 6 



during period, . 



- of Cows in milk during period. !K>. 



No. 



Capital out la v. 



Vibe per head, 



V::lue of plant : 



1 Oil Engine 

 ('half -cutter (new) 

 Root Cutters 

 Churns, Refrigerators, 

 Delivery Van 

 Harness 



35. Total 





s. /. 

 



in 



23 



5 



12 



I.-, 



.Milk Cob -'<> 





 



II 

 II 

 II 

 'I 

 II 



120 



.-. o o 



Foods. 



Cows consumed May 1st to Sept. 

 30th. 



25 tons mangels at 30s. 

 4 qrs. beans at 90s. ... 

 Brewers' Grains, 100 bushels 



weekly at 9ti 



Cartage do 



Cake purchased 



4 tons hay, chopped, at 5. 2 tons 



oat straw, chopped, at 3 

 21 acres green maize at 8 

 Grazing. 42 acres pasture at 



3 10s 



Aftermath and young clovers, 

 20 acres ... 



Total foods 

 Labour 3 cowmen. 

 W. Ratcliff at 38s., 22 weeks ... 

 Bonus 



M. Moles at 38s., 22 weeks 

 A. Griggs at 35s., do. 



:(7 10 



18 



-_' lo 



Hi ii 



:;.< I i 



20 



I'd 



n 



147 



17 lo d 



41 16 



I ii; 



46 12 



Ii. 12 

 13 18 



137 2 

 Deduct Griggs' part time on farm 20 



Depreciation and Loss on Cows during above 



period (22 weeks) 



(This is considered a fair approximate 



amount, as the number of cows, 31, is taken 

 as an average throughout, and during the 

 year I find '_' cows were lost which recently 

 'cost C37 Ills, and 39.) 



General Expenses. 



1 Proportion of rent and rates 



on 2 sets buildings ... 



2 Insurance live stock and 



19 10 



4 10 



-I n n 



50 

 50 



premises 



3 Vet. attendance, cows only ... 



4 Shoeing smith, cob 



5 Paraffin oil and for engines. 



7s. (x/. weekly 



6 Coal, | ton 



7 Keep, bull, 22 weeks at 10s. ... 11 



8 Depreciation and repairs a/c 



to plant and utensils, viz., 

 engines and cutters, de- 

 livery van and carts, cob, 

 harness, Ac., at 10 per cent. 

 per annum on 120 value 5 10 



Delivery. 



To town dairy, 21 milos, tw ice 

 daily, man and horse at 6s. 6<f. 



per day, 22 weeks 



(This man, A Totman, receives 



33s. 6d. weekly.) 

 Interest on capital invested. 



:il DOWI at f:<r, I See dtails ... L,08fl 

 Plant / above ... 120 



n 

 n 



Inten-t on 1.205 at 5 ^>er cent. 

 per annum (22 weeks) 



II O 



398 



117 2 



54 18 



.VI 1 



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