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TABLE VII. Attrage Prictt of firtiliteri. 



TABLE VIII. Average Price* of Feeding Stufi. 



* Price of bags and authorised transport charges are not included from February to June. 



TABLE IX. Tat-jl Produce, Acreage and Yield per acre in 1918, in Scotland, and the Average Tteld of the ten yeart 



1908-1917, of the undermentioned Cropi. 



PLOUGHING 



GRUBBING 

 CULTIVATIHO 



HARROWING 

 Disc HARROWINO 



PRICES CHARGED FOR THE HIRE OF THE BOARD'S TRACTORS. 



1917-18. 

 per acre. 



ROLLIHO 



BINDERS 



Lea over four years 



Lea four years and under 



Stubble land 



Clean, black or red land 



First time 



Second time ... ... ... ... ... 



First time 



Second time 



Each stroke ... 



First stroke 



Second and subsequent strokes 



If done as one operation ... 



If done along with some other operition 



Use of tractor alone for one day 



25/- 

 23/- 



12/6 

 11/6 

 11/6 

 101- 



S/6 



1918. 



Tractor, Binder and two men 10/- 



Tractor, Binder and one man 9/- 



Binder without Tractor 3/6 



(Plus an additional charge of 1/6 for each day the binder is in the hirer's possession). 



1918-19. 

 per acre. 

 M| 



27/6 

 26/- 

 361- 

 14/- 

 12/6 



Wfc 



10/6 

 3/- 



i 



3/6 

 1/9 

 55/- 



1919. 

 12/6 

 11/6 

 **/- 



PRICES CHARGED FOR THE HIRE OF THE BOARD'S HORSES. 



1917-18 per acre. 



PLOUGHING Two horses, plough and man Lea 2">/- 



Stubble or other land 23/- 



In cases where farmers provided board, etc., for the men, and keep of horses, the price 

 to be charged per acre was fixed by Committee, subject to approval of Board. 



1918-19. 



If the farmer who hired the horses did not pay the wages and board and lodging of the man, or men, and provide the 

 keep of the horses, the charge for the hire of two horses and one man was 28/- per day (including Sundays) for any number 

 of days. 



If the farmer who hired the hor-s paid the wages of the man, or men at the rate agreed upon between the Committee 

 and ths man, or men, and provided, during the whole period of hire (including Sundays), (a) board and lodging for the 

 man. or men, (ft) keep of horses, the charge WM at the following rates : 6/- per day per horse for continuous periods 

 not exceeding 14 days ; 4/1 per day per hone for continuous periods exceeding 14 days but not exceeding 28 days ; and 4/-- 

 per day per hone for continuous periods exceeding 28 day?. 



