101 



Farm No. 87 continued. 



s. d. s. d. 



Brought forward 795 2 



General Expenses. 

 Veterinary expenses ... ... 6 10 



Repairs and depreciation ... 866 



Coal 220 



Petrol 660 



Lighting oil 1 16 



Rent and rates on buildings ... 6 13 4 



Keep of bull 18 



Delivery : Horse only, man in- 

 cluded above 



Interest on capital, 5 per cent, on 

 2,800 for 4 months 



Management at 50s per week ... 



Total 

 Less sale of 23 calves 



Net Cost 



49 13 10 



13 10 



46 13 4 



45 



949 19 2 



60 9 6 



889 9 8 



Milk production. 9,717 gallons from 66 cows (56 in milk) 



i. d. 



Cost per gallon ... 1 10 

 Allow for manure ... 11 (no charge for litter) 



Net cost per gallon 1 71 



Third period 1st February, 1919, to 30th April, 1919. 



s. d. >. d. 



Foods. 



Cotton cake. 5 tons 111 cwts. at 



14 10. 



Oatmeal. 6 tons 131 cwts. at 



17 8*. 4d 



Braz. Beans. 1 ton 5 cwts. at 



16 



H;iy. 26 tons 14 cwts. at 8 ... 

 Wheat, straw and chaff. 30 tons 



12 cwts. at 2 



Mangels. 44} tons nt 2 



Labour. Same as second period ... 

 Depreciation and Loss (Rr.f App. I.)* 



General Expenses. 

 Veterinary expenses 

 Repairs and shoeing 



Coal 



Petrol for chaffing, & ... 

 Petroleum for lighting ... 

 Keep of bull 



Delivery. Horse keep only 



' Interest on capital, 5 per cent on 

 2,800 for 3 months 



Management at 60s per week ... 



80 13 H 



116 5 11 



20 



213 12 



61 4 



89 



500 



13 H :, 



1 13 



4 17 6 



16 



12 



580 14 3 



120 



83 8 9 



Less 13 calvpa 



Total 



Total 



37 9 11 

 900 



35 

 30 



895 12 11 

 32 2 



863 10 11 



Milk production. 6,630 gallons from 66 cows (48 in milk). 



*. d. 



Cost per gallon. ... 2 5i 

 Deduct for manure ... 11 (no charge for litter) 



Net cost per gallon... 2 4 



* Appendix I. 



Depreciation and Loss on Cows. 



May, 1918, 66 cows 



20 cows purchased tor 



2,904 

 760 



1 cow died. 



20 cows Rbld for 



May, 191965 cow 



3,664 



600 5 

 2,730 



3,330 5 

 333 15 



i.e. 27 16i. 3d. per month. 



FARM No. 88. 



County, LANCASHIRE. 



MILK No. 19. 

 COST OF MILK PRODUCTION FOR 1918. 



Size of Farm : Pasture 1941 acres. 

 Average number of Cows, 60. 



Arable 42i acres. 



RECEIPTS. 



s. d. 



Sale of cows 365 10 



Calves ... 95 15 



Butter ... 78 



Eggs ... 96 



Pigs ... 174 



Potatoes ... 315 



1,124 5 



Milk in gallons, 32,665. 



Stock increased 2 horses cost 73 10s. Od. 



s. d. s. d. 

 Summary. 



Total expenditure 4,100 5 51 



Lets Receipts other than for 



milk ! 1,124 5 



Increase in horses and imple- 

 ments 136 



1,260 5 



32,665 gallons milk cost ... 



2,840 51 



Cbst per gallon = ls. 8-86d. 



NOTE. 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. J.W. 



FARM No. 89. 



County, WARWICK. 



Size of Farm : 68 acres arable, 186 pasture. 

 Soil: Heavy, "four-horse" land. 

 System of Farming : Cropping and dairying. 

 Rotations : (1) Fallow, beans, wheat. 



(2) Fallow, beans, oats, seeds, where land 

 clean enough after beans. Beans 

 dunged. 



Number of work-horses : 6. About 3 miles from Station. 



WHEAT No. 44. 

 Previous Crop : Bare fallow. 



AVERAGE COST PER ACRE OF 1918 CROP. 



Horse labour at 6s. per day. Horseman 34s. 6d. per 

 week (30s. cash, 2s. house, Is. potatoes, Is. 6d. milk) 

 say 6s. 9d. per day. 



s. d. s. d. 



Rent 17 6 



Rates 2 



Manure. 



1 cwt. sulp./amm. at 18s. 

 applied; 2 cwt. supers, at 7s. 

 applied 



Seed 



3 bush, purchased seed at 10s. 



1 12 

 1 10 



Carried forward 



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