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MEAT PRODUCTIONS. 



Analysis o£ the following- prices per lb. on the aggregate, and also 

 specifically, on the various kinds of meat produced. These are shown to 

 have realised on the average of twenty years, relatively : Mutton, 8|d. ; 

 beef, 7}d. ; swine, 5|d. ; povdtry, 8d.; and wool. Is. 4|d. i^ev lb. (See 

 ^explanations, folio 23). 



On the aggregate the quantity of meat produced as given in synopsis, 

 folio 18, averages 305| lbs. per acre. 



s. d. 



And the average price i-ealised fen- sales per lb., including 

 tenant's profit of 10 per cent, on .€17 8s. Ikl. being 

 lid. per lb 71 



The cost of production also shown, folio 18, stands at 

 £U (Js. 2|d.; therefore, if 805i lbs. cost £U 6s. 2|d., 

 what will 1 lb. cost, viz. : ... ... ... ... ... Oil 



Consequent loss per lb. ... . . . . ... 3| 



!Made up thus loss in converting liay, root, and green crops into 



meat, as shown in ap])endix, folio 34, ... ... S^d. 



Net remaining loss not realised in sales between 1 850 



and 1870) lid. 



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Specific kinds produced, viz. : Mutton, price per lb. realised on 

 155| lbs. per acre, including tenant's interest at 10 per 

 cent, on £17 8s. Ud. capital 8} 



Averag-e amount of wool realised on 1 lb. of mutton 



Loss in converting hay, root, and green crops into meat 



llf 



Amount realised above cost price on the aggregate, as shown 



above (mutton) ... ... ... ... ... ... Of 



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