COST AND MAINTENANCE 25 



Taking the various items separately for establishment 

 we arrive at the following figures : 



TABLE I. ESTIMATED CAPITAL EXPENDITURE ON Two 



ACRES 



s. d. 



Water-tank, tower, pumping-engine, stand- 

 pipes, fences, etc., say. . . . . . *2OO o o 



3,000 Cloches @ 5 per 100 . . . . 150 o o 



900 Lights, painted and glazed, @ 6/6 each 292 10 o 



300 Frames for same @ 8/- each . . . . 120 o o 



700 Rye-straw mats @ 5 per 100 . . 35 o o 



Horse, Cart and Harness, say . . . . ^60 o o 



6 zinc French waterpots @ I5/- each . . 4 10 o 



3 Spades @ 4/6 . . o 13 6 



2 Forks @ 3/6 070 



2 American Rakes, 14 teeth, @ 3/- each . . 060 

 i Manure Basket with straps . . . . o 17 6 



i Manure Stand, iron i o o 



i Wheelbarrow . . . . . . . . i o o 



3 Hose pipes, say . . . . . . . . 600 



Dibbers, lines, tilts, handbarrow, etc., say i 16 o 



Packing Shed, say . . . . . . . . 20 o o 



Miscellaneous, say 30 o o 



Total .. .. 924 o o 



* If water can be obtained easily and at a specially cheap 

 rate from a water company, there would be no need to go to 

 the expense of sinking a well, erecting a water-tower and 

 tank, or for having a pumping-engine. This sum might, 

 therefore, be reduced by say ^150, making the total outlay 

 774 instead of ^924. 



f This expense need not be incurred the first year, perhaps, 

 unless it can be well afforded. 



