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FARM No. 82. 

 i;.un(y, LKICr>,TER. 

 M1I.K No. 31. 

 PARTICULARS OK FAKMIM. I If \.\> \t I ln\- He 



COST OF Mll.K PRODUCTION from Oct. 1, l'J17, 



to August !'tli. 1919. 



NOTE. This statement is vouched for by a chartered 

 accountant. 'I he farmer has other farms from which he 

 get* his living. 

 3U. of Farm 30 acre, arable^ J plng aocommodat ioi k land. 



Total nnmber of cows kept 50 



Average number of cows in milk ... 35 



s. d. 

 Sundry payment*, carriage, artificial manure*, 



repairs, etc. 552 3 "> 



Rent (one vear, 10 months, 9 days), Farm A ... 365 



Rates ... 44 9 



Rent Kami B ... 160 8 4 



Kates , ... 900 



Depreciation ... ... ... ... ... 40 



Seeds bought 82 16 6 



Feeding stuffs bought for the period ... ... 1,415 2 8 



Depreciation and loss of dairy cows (see App.) 272 

 Interest for period on 2,260 at 5 per cent. 



(estimated value of dairy cows) ... ... 206 5 



Wages paid for the period ... 1,164 12 6 



4,311 17 5 

 Deduction. 



Sales of wheat, barley, calves, 



etc. ... ... ... ... i-l (> 7 



Foodstuffs on hand ... ... 74 15 



799 1 7 



3,512 15 10 



Total production of milk from Oct. 1st, 1917, to August 9th, 



1919, 35,880 gallons. 



Average cost per gallon for 1 year, 10 mouths 

 9 days, Is. lljj. 



Appendix. 

 1st Oct., 1917. 



*. d. 



50 cows ... 2,250 

 9 heifers 



brought in 405 



1 heifer 

 brought in 



36 



i. d. 



Brought forward 1,751 5 4 

 0. Keep of bull (included ubo\, > 

 7. Depreciation of machinery tutd utensils 



' 



10 



1 10 

 1 15 



300 value 

 *. Repairs and renewals. 

 (n) Machinery ... ... 



(b) Implements and utensils ... 



9. Miscellaneous, 

 (o) Insurance of livestock for 5 



months 



,, buildings 



,, machinery 



men ... 



(b) Coal, 5 tons at 38s. !</. ... 



(e) Veterinary Surgeon and 



medicine ... ... ... 



(d) 4 tons raw bone applied 

 Jan., 1916 



(e) Keep of float horse, 5 months 



Credit. 



Number ni calves sold daring 

 period, 5 at 50s ....... 



Profit on pigs, less marketing 

 expenses ......... 



Yield of milk for period 24,008 gallons. 



,, . . per cow per day 2| ,, 

 Average cost per gallon of milk, 1. 3iJ. 

 .Milk sold for 3 months and no charge ma 

 delivery except by keep of horse and labour item 



Number of cows in statement: 



Average number in milk ... 66 

 dry ... 4 



2,691 



J. In the above statement, the milk is credited with 

 the profit or debited with the loss, as the case may be, on 

 produce other than milk.] 



FARM Mo. 83. 



' <.'inty, CHESHIRE. 



Hie of Farm: 24 MNI arable. II* acres pasture. 

 Soil : Heavy. 



MILK No. 14. 



COST OF MILK PRODUCTION. 

 May 1st to September 30th, 1918. 

 1. Food- ir-M-luding grazing), 

 (o) Home Grown *. d. >. d. 



(1) Fodder, green crops ... 



(2) Roote 



(3) Grain 



(b) Purchased 



(1) Fodder 



Uooto 



Cake, meal. etc. ... 550 1 1 



(4) Other purchased food... 



120 acres at 



J. (Erasing. 

 on Pastures, 



28*. 6J. 17(1 ti n 



(b) Aftermath, 28 acres at 10. 1100 



3. labour. (.SVr details below) 

 I. Depreciation and low* on cows 

 6. (a) Proportion of rent of 



buildings 14 



(b) Proportion of rates on 



buildings 314 



(e) Proportion of rates on land 



(120 acs.) 920 



550 11 



184 

 220 11 

 770 



Carried forward 



26 3 4 

 1,751 5 4 



Total number of cows 



70 



Depreciation on cows ... ... 70 at 10 



Loss on cows 5 per cent, per annum on value 



Total ... 



PARTICULARS. 



Cake and meal purchased : 



80 bags crushed oato 0/135 Ibs. 



68 Indian meal 0/240 ,, 



46 ,, thirds. 



22 bran. 



10 ton 7 cwt. dairy meal. 

 Labour. 

 Cowman, part time, L'_' weeks at ;ft)s. 



3 workmen, 22 weeks each at 12s. (/. 



4 milk women, 22 weeks each at 8s 



Dairymaid, full time, 22 weeks at 30s. 

 2 maid servants, milking only, '22 weeks each 



at 8s 



Cutting thistles, 120 acres at Is. ... 

 Rolling, 1 man and horse, 'JO days at 1... 

 Hedging and ditching, 1 man IX) weeks at 



36s. 



Self, milking, etc., -'2 weeks at 16. ... 



700 

 B70 



.. 770 



II 

 86 

 88 



17 11' 



<i 



20 <l 



l> 



Hi Hi 



Not being able to separate the meal used tor cattle from 

 i be meal used for pigs, I have credited the hole 1.1 i he 

 profit made from pigs to the cost of production of milk. 



Manure' is set against management, establishment 

 charges, and interest on capital. 



COST OF Mll.K I'HOIH (THIN 

 October 1st, 1918, to April :iOth. ]!H!i. 



I- (excluding grazing). 

 (a) Home grown. 



(D Fodder ... . 



(2) 

 (3) 



2) Roots 

 Grain 



(b) 



(1) Fodder 



(2) Roots 



i:<) Cake meal, etc. 



at 



2. Grazing. 



(a) Pastures, 120 acr 



6s. M .......... 



(b) Aftermath, 28 acres at 5s. 



Carried forward 



