APPENDIX No. IV. 

 Handed in by Mr. W. T. LAWRENCE u evideuoe in chief, August 13th, 1919.* 



CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND FARM SCHOOL, NEWTON RIGG, NB. PBNRITH. 



COST OF MILK PRODUCTIOS 20 Cows. 



Summer at wteki. 



Out ff Oroti and Cake 



Rent, 29 mere* at 2 



Rate*, 89 acre* at 3*. 6d 



Tithes, 39 acres at 2*. &irf 



Thistle-cutting and hedging, 3 days 



Cake, 20 cows 2 Ib. each for 168 days at 20 a ton 



Kent and Ratet of Building* 



Rent, 4 12. 4rf. Rates, 1 



Uteiuilt 



lo per cent, depreciation on 25 for half-year 



Labour 



Cowman, 33 hoars a week at UJ</. ; two milkers, 14 hours a week each at 8</. ; putting milk on rail, 

 168 days at 2 



Interut on Capital- 

 Si per cent, for 24 weeks on 20 cows at 45, and utensils, 2."> 



Lauet and Veterinary 



Average for 24 weeks 



Kxpected Profit 



56 per cent, of 150 (7 lo*. per cow), (56 per cent, of total milk produced in 24 weeks) 



TOTAL 



t. d. 



58 



4 19 1 

 it 11 3J 

 1 2 6 



60 



5 12 4 

 1 5 



70 11 o 



21 7 



11 10 



84 



321 18 21 



Milk Yield 



605 gallons by 20 cows. Average annual = 12,100 gallons. 66 per cent, of this is produced in the 24 summer weeks.= 

 6,776 gallons. 



Coit per Gallon 



321 18* 2Jd. -:-6,776= lljrf. ; carriage by rail, additional Id. 



Calrei 



18 at 3 = 54. 



COST OF MILK PRODUCTION 20 Cows. 



Winter 28 Wtelu. 



Winter Ration when in full milk (2 Ibs. swedes, 14 Ibs. hay, 8 Ibs. of oat straw, 4 Ibs. crushed oats, and 4 Ibs.-of 



decorticated cotton cake or earth nnt cake. 



* The figures in the table are as corrected in the course of the evidence. 



t Cost of growing swedes at present time 20 0*. 4d per acre Icti half tillages and manure charged to succeeding crops 

 (8 I2.) = ll 8f. 4rf. 80 tons yield per acre make* cost per ton 11*. fid. Meadow has cost from 2 10*. to 3 10*. an 

 race yields varying from 26 to 40 cwt. per acre. Oats cost 12 an acre to grow, harvest and thresh average yield 

 40 bushels grain and 14 cwt. straw which would give 39*. Id. a quarter for grain and 3 a ton for straw. 



