MINUTES OF EVIDENCE. 



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20 Augu*t, 1919.] 



MR. R. STHATTOX. 



[Continued. 



D. Fourth year. 



Barley ' s. d. 



Twice ploughing ... ... ... ... 2 8 



Three times dragging ... ... ... 069 



Two harrowing* ... ... ... ... 030 



Two rollings ... ... ...034 



Couching ... ... ... ... ... 2 (i 



Throe bushels of barley ... 1 16 



Drilling 020 



Weeding ... ... ... ... ... 2 (j 



Cutting 15 



Stroking 016 



Re-stroking and bird scaring 008 



Hauling 080 



Thatching 026 



Threshing 100 



Delivering corn and sack hire ... ... 8 



Rent 12 6 



Rates 026 



Insurance ... 026 



Proportion of lost time and unremunera- 



tive work ... ... ... ... ... 15 



Interest on capital ... ... 1 



.Management 100 



11 12 3 



E. Fifth yrnr. 



Grass s. d. 



Seeds 1 15 



Sowing and harrowing ...026 



Rolling 018 



Labour hay making ... ... ... 150 



Thatching 026 



Labour dung hauling ... ... ... 2 



Rent 12 6 



Rates and insurance ... ... ... 5 



Proportion of lost time and unremunera- 



tive work ... ... ... 15 



Interest on capital and management ... 2 



F. Sixth year. 

 Turnips: 

 Raftering 

 Twice dragging 

 Ploughing ... ... 



Twice dragging 



Twice harrowing 



Twice rolling . 



Turnip seed 



Drilling 



3 cwt. superphosphate 



Twice horse hoeing ... 



Dragging 



Hoeing ... 



Rent 



II 



Insurances ......... 



Proportion of lost time and unrcmuncra- 

 tive work ... ... ... ...... 



Interest on capital ...... ...... 



Management 



19 2 



s. d. 



1(1 

 046 



1 4 

 46 



030 

 034 



6 

 030 



1 4 



10 (I 

 023 

 (I 1<> (I 

 12 (i 

 026 

 (I 2 (i 



(', Sn-rnfh ii'ili. 



Wheat as Ix-'foie 



H. -Kiijlith i/i in . 

 Harlev as before 



.).- Stun nun i/ it j 

 First year 



nd year 

 Third year 

 Fourth year 

 Fifth year 

 Sixth 'year 

 Seventh year 

 Eighth year 







9 9 1 



10 2 11 



11 12 3 



R. 



13 5 

 9 15 



10 2 



11 12 

 8 19 



9 



10 



11 12 



d. 



l 

 11 



Roots fed to cattle, 80 tons per 

 annum. At 1 10s. per ton this 

 is 6s. per acre. Value of roots 

 fed to cattle per acre for 8 

 years 



Value of wheat straw sold 1 pel- 

 acre per wheat crop. Value 

 for the 8 course . 



s. d. s. (1. 



280 



200 



480 

 Deduct 



480 

 80 11 3 



The produce of this acre of land in corn for 8 years 

 should be 15J qrs. 



K.Augvut, 1919. s. d. 



Cost of grazing a 2-year old steer. Feb. 1st 



until May 1st. In a yard, having 4 Ibs. 



cake per day, 56 Ibs. roots per day. 



Straw against manure. 



Cost for 13 weeks 3J cwts. cake at 



21s. per cwt 3 10 



2 tons 5 cwts. roots at 30s. ... 3 7 6 

 Attendance, Is. 6d. per week ... 19 6 

 May 1st until October 15th. 



Cost for 24 weeks Grass at 3s. 6d. per 



week ... 440 



Oct. 15th until Nov. 5th. 



Cost for 3 weeks Grass at 2s. 6d. per 



week 076 



4 Ibs. cake per day, 22s. per cwt. 16 .6 

 Nov. 5th until Nov. 26th. 



Cost for 3 weeks Grass at 2s. per 



week 060 



\ cwt. hay per week at 12s. ... 18 

 6 Ibs. cake per day at 22s. per cwt. 1 J 9 

 Nov. 26th until Feb. 3rd. " 



Cost of 10 weeks horse feeding. 



6 Ibs. cake per day. 8s. 3d. per week. 

 2 Ibs. meal per day. 2s. 6d. per week. 



1 cwt. hay per week. 12s. per week. 

 56 Ibs. roots per day, 5s. per woek. 



2 Ibs. treacle per day. Ls. Od. pel- 

 week. 



Attendance. Is. 6d. per week. 

 Cost per week 1 10s. 9d. 

 Total for 10 weeks horse feeding. 

 6 per cent, interest on 40 capital ... 



.. 15 7 6 

 ..280 

 33 9 3 



L. Cott of keeping 400 ewes and their pro- 

 due* for one year: . 



Shepherd at 45s. per week 



Hoy at 25s. per week ... 



Shepherd month wages for lambing ... 



Labourer helping shepherd, 2 months 

 at 43s. ... 



Shearing ... 



Dipping ' 



Maggot wash medicines, etc 



Labour, fixing and taking down lamb- 

 ing pen ... ... 



Man and horse waiting on sheep 



Hurdles, 20 dozen 



Cribs, 2 dozen 



Troughs 



Cake. \\ cwt. per head. Half cotton 

 half linseed, at C23 per ton ... 



Deaths. 5 per oent. of ewes 



Depreciation of ewes, 5s. per hend ... 



Rent. 250 acres down at 7s. Od. 



I'se of rams ... ... 



Interest on capital, 2,000 



s. d. 



117 



65 



900 



17 5 



10 



200 



200 



10 



50 



26 



400 



400 



690 



80 



95 



93 15 



10 



120 



1,405 



81 HI 3 



This is the cost of the sheep allowing 

 nothing for liny, xfraw, roots or 

 management. 



The value of the 80 tons of hay they 

 would rerpiire nt CIS per ton" would 

 bo 900. 



