IJOYAI. COMMISSION ON AOiriTr.TUKK. 



is 



Hi: 1! .1 ltr-M ' 



I < nutiuiirti. 



l)r K .1 Ki 4Ki.i. (Dim-tor of tli- Itothamiited K\|-niii.>ntal Stiition). railed and lAiiiiiiiu-il. 



Kvidfiicp in-chief handed in by witness. 



"The oot of growing <i..|>> <>n the farm of the dl Thc> actual nion.-\ x|..-inl.- < l on each crop has 



1 to teams tod Experiment. -il Station ": been as follow- 



Corrected figure*. 



9. The cost of growing each crop cannot be de- 

 finitely stated, because it is necessary to take into 

 account the initial and the final states of the land. 

 This cannot be done precisely. It is legitimate to 



charge some of the expenditure on the roots to the 

 succeeding corn crops, probably 15 per cent, would be 

 a fair figure. Assuming wheat followed the roots 

 and bore the whole charge the costs would become: 



* Assuming cost of Roots in 1912-13 and 191.1-16 to have been 17 10j. Orf. per acre. 



3. The increased expenditure on the crops has been due to increases in cost of: 



Labour. Seed. 



Horse Food. Manure. 



The expenditure on labour has been as follows : 



* 



Labour Costs per Acre and per Annum. 



Oats 



Barley 



Roots 



Potatoes 



Grass for Hay ... 



Grazing 



Clover 



Greens 



1917 -18. 



t. d. 



3 19 8 

 2 10 6 



4 7 10 

 13 5 fi 



15 6 y 



1 



19 3* 



Side rake need. 



4. The expenditure on labour has increased rather 

 more than the average rate of weekly wage, indicat- 



ing a falling off in the efficiency of labour. The wages 

 have been : 



1913-14. 



1914-15. 1.915-16. 



1910-17. 



1917-18. 



* Women and children calculated to equivalent in men. 



t Brought about of reducing acreage of potatoes and roots and amount of band weeding of corn. 



5. The falling off in efficiency is most obvious among 

 the less skilled workers, but there appears to be a 

 reduced efficiency among the skilled workers also as 



shown by the number of horse hours worked in the 



