PROFITS OF ARABLE FARMING 43 



beet sugar corporations in Germany and by certain 

 syndicate farms in the East of France. Figures are 

 difficult to obtain in England, but some idea of the 

 returns that may be expected can be obtained from the 

 following abstracts from the accounts of certain British 

 farms taken for the few years immediately prior to the 

 outbreak of war : 



1. About 1,000 acres, three-quarters arable. 



Capital per acre, £8 8s. 

 Men per 100 acres, 2\. 



Average earnings per man, 15s. 2d. per week. 

 Profit, after paying 5 per cent, on capital, but 

 including management, 13. 1 per cent. 



2. About 4,000 acres, two-thirds arable. 



Capital per acre, about £10. 

 Men per 100 acres, about 5. 

 Average earnings per man, 21s. 6d. per week. 

 Management, 10s. per acre per annum. 

 Profits, after paying 5 per cent, on capital, 10.5 

 per cent. 



3. About 5,000 acres, three-fourths arable. 



Capital per acre, about £8. 



Men per 100 acres, 4. 



Average earnings per man, 21s. 6d. per week. 



Management, 5s. per acre per annum. 



Profit, after paying 5 per cent., 12J per cent. 



4. About 1,500 acres, four-fifths arable. 



Capital per acre, about £12. 

 Men per 100 acres, 7. 



Average earnings per man, 22s. per week. 

 Management, 5s. per acre per annum. 

 Profit, after paying 5 per cent, on capital, 10 per 

 cent. 



