(1) PIMM lUte whether owner or occupier 



i i, o>p r 



(2) If Occupier. Annual Rent piid ' 



If Owner, Annual Rent (if any) charged as mi 



expense in yn ur account*, .. 

 If n rent a charged, pleasa state Annual or 



Rateable Value, f 



(3) Date to which account* are made up 



December 



(4) If Account* audited, pleaae stile by whom 



audited. 



(6) Whether Inventory made by Self or Profession*! 

 Valuer -By Self. 



(7.) liifrnliiry nl Ilif Itii/iiniiii,/ iiinl /,';/ ';/' i 



K If you are unable to fill in the details specified 

 below, ahow under main headings in total only. 



Tenant flight 

 Tillages (including seeds and 



pastures) 



Standing crops 



Unexhausted manures and 



manorial values of cake. etc. 



Totals 



3'.i 15 ii 

 427 15 o 



s-i: in 1 1 

 |n| 111 



8,823 5 



'.I.V.I.; 



rieate tatt the beaii of i-nlmilinn (e.g., whether market 

 . cutt. in' nther /HIXI'X) (inti any whether the r i/U'iiinn 

 WUt made on tlir tunif Imtin ul the beyimiing mill eml />f 

 the year. 



Market valnen for live stock, but pat rather low, 

 especially for stock that will not be sold soon (such as 

 hones, breeding ewes, etc.), consuming values for hay, 

 straw, etc., made on same basin both yeirs. 



(8) Any further remnrlf .</ ir-./i/ cm-i ! n, 

 Di U( Sill, 



BnetoMO I forward nummary of my farm accounts 

 fur four fairly average typical yours IH'.i*. I'.m.".. 

 11)08, and 1913 and also for <>i u. 1918. 



when conditions and prices were quite abnormal 

 and from which ..* year I think nn conclusions or 

 estimates of any value ax to the future can be 

 drawn. 



I have also drawn up and enclose a list of my 

 profit* and looses in farming since 1878. I think the 

 Brit 17 years of that time show best what is likely 

 to happen in tin- f iitnr.-. as we cannot, I think, expect 

 the prrtwiit lii'.-li prices of produce to continue, but 

 shall probably have a far more rapid fall in prices 

 than occurred from 1878 to 18'.i|. 



I also enclose some calculations I made last winter 

 a* to the coat of cultivation of heavy laud and the 

 probable produce therefrom, which may perhaps 

 interest you. 



I have not filled up paragraph 5 of Schedule " H," 

 aa I really cannot tee what my private accounts, 

 debU, or investments have to do with my farm 

 account*. Ac. 



Should vim think it worth while I should bo 

 quite willing to appear as a witness before the 

 iiiuission to give any further information or 

 cudcnec that I can. 



Yours truly, 



(Signed) E. XI. Ni \MI.EY. 



COSTS OP PRODUCTION CHRISTMAS, 1918. 



Costa of cultivation on heavy land on farm of IIMI to 1,000 

 acres, half arable, ample machinery, Ac. Eight courses. 



(On larger farms costs might be slightly leas per acre ; on 

 smaller farms considerably more). 



ll'.'i/'-K Horsemen 6*., labourers 5., boys 3x., per day; 

 horses, 5. per day. 



A rise or fall of It. per day in wages would make a 

 difference of about 5. per acre per annum. 



JC . (/. 



1st year. Falliue. Ploughing three times. 

 First by steam, 35s. per acre ; second and 

 third by horses, 30. each time, 60*. ; scuffled 

 twice by steam, 25. ; twice by horses, 10. : 

 taxes, 7>. 6d. ; sundry expenses (maintenance 

 of buildings, roads, yards, gates, fences, 

 drains, Ac., trimming and cutting hedges, 

 cleaning out ditches, &c., Ac.), Us. ; rent, 

 .'.".. ; rates, 5s. 8 17 >, 



2nd year. When!. Seed 2j bushels @ 10. 

 (25*.) ; scuffling, 4s. ; drilling, ('>.-. : harrow- 

 ing after, 2 ; spring crushing, 4*. ; harrow- 

 ing, 2x. ; horse hoeing, --. ; docking and 

 weeding, 7*. 6<i. Harvesting Cutting with 

 binder, lOx. ; string, 5*. ; shocking, 5*. ; 

 carrying and stacking, 12*. Gd. ; mowing 

 round, dragging, carrying draggings, Ac., 

 thatching, 3 ; threshing, 17*. 6rf. ; delivering 

 corn, 6*. ; sundries (maintenance, Ac., as 

 above), 10. ; rent, 25s. ; rates, 5s. ; income 

 tax, 7. 6rf 840 



3rd year. Beaux. Manuring 28 loads per acre 

 carted out to heap, 28*. ; 18 loads per acre 

 carted out, 15. and spread, 5*. ; once 

 ploughed, 35s. ; drilling, 6s. ; harrowing, 

 roll in }.', Is. 6W. ; harrowing after, Is. (W. : 

 horse hoeing, 3*. M. ; docking and hand 

 hoeing, 15*. ; harvesting and thatching, 40. ; 

 threshing, &c., 17. 6rf. ; delivery, 6s. ; 

 sundries, 10. ; rent, 25s. ; rates, 5*. : tax, 

 7. 6d. ; seed, 45 l:t I'.' (i 



4th vear. Wheat. Once ploughed, 3f>s. ; seed 

 H ' I umbels @ 10*. (30s.) ; drilling and 

 harrowing, 12x (></. : spring crushing, !. : 

 harrowing, '2s. ; horse hoeing, 2s. ; weeding, 

 &<:., It. 6V. ; harvesting, thatching, threshing, 

 delivery, &c (as 2nd year), 64s. : sundries, 

 Ills. : rent, rates ami t:ixi, MX. I'M 1 HI ! 6 



5th year. Clover. Seed, 25. ; drilling, '-'>. I'M!. : 

 mowing, 5s. : turning, carrying, stacking, 

 threshing, Ac., 20s. ; sundries. lOx. ; rent, 

 rates and taxes, 37.". I'M/. .. ... ... 500 



If a good fallow is not made the first year tli 

 land should be plmi^hcd up as snim 

 as cloxer is off and half fallowed ibis would 

 cost twice ploughed, 70j. ; twice scuffled, 

 lOx. = 80s. Allow for this licing done in 

 every other course the charge in each course 



would be 200 



litli year.- <l,iix (or \\'hmt). Once ploughed, 

 : seed, 30.v. : drilling and harrowing. 

 12x. : s|irinij rolling. IN. : Imrse hoeing, : 

 doeking and weedini;, S. : harvesting and 

 thatching, 40s. : tlireshint.'. 17.-. !'</.: d 

 liver. indricK, Ms. : i> and 



I'M/ ID 



7th M:H /;-//-. Manuring (as aKove :trd . 

 year). -I*.'. : once plough' 

 drilling. .<e.. IL'-. ; rolhn_' and harrowing, 

 horse hc hand ho -.-ing. X-i:.. I5. ; 



barvi-tiii'.- and ihatrhii! 

 winnowing and delivery, -'> ('"I. : sun.l 

 MX. : rent, rates anil . ('/. ... 13 12 6- 



8th year. Wliait. Ploughing, 3. r ). ; seed, 

 30. ; drilluiL'. >V-i-., 12x. Gil. ; spring rolling 

 and harrowing, 6x. ; horse hoeing. : 

 docking and weeding, 7. 6rf. ; harvestiog, 

 4c., 74s. ; rent, Ac., 37s. M. M 4 6 



Total cost of eight year course .. 81 15 6 



