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marked, especially where no dung was applied, and formed one of 

 the most striking- demonstrations of the year. Some of the 

 figures were : — 



Complete manure 



No potash 



The Barntield mangolds were in May badly attacked by a small 

 beetle, Atomaria linearis, which seriously affected all plots except 

 those receiving- rape cake. 



EXI^ENDITURE AND CASH RETURNS PER ACRE. 



The classical fields of the farm are used continuously for their 

 appropriate experiments, but the remaining- fields are not. After 

 an experiment is completed the land goes back to ordinary cultiva- 

 tion so as to restore uniformity of conditions as far as possible. 

 Usually about 170 acres are thus farmed. The accounts for this 

 farmed land are kept quite separate from those for the experimental 

 areas, and they show approximately what an ordinary farmer 

 might spend and receive. 



The figures are worked out by precisely the same method as in 

 the last report. They include only money paid out or brought in ; 

 there are no allowances for interest or farmers' remuneration 

 beyond .£175 per annum, which is spread over 178^ acres; also 

 no allowance is made for residual manurial values. Depreciation 

 of horses and dead stock is, however, included. 



Wheat 



Oats . 



Barley . 



Roots . 



Potatoes 



Clover . 



Grass : 



Temporary hay 

 Permanent hay 



ExPENPiTURE Per Acre. 



Oct. 1920- 

 Sept. 1921 



16 12 



19 19 



38 17 



47 11 



Oct. 1921- 

 Sept. 1922 



£ s. 



11 4 

 10 10 



12 16 

 31 5 



5~9t 



Cash Returns Per Acke. 



Oct. 1919- 

 Sept. 1921* 



Oct. 1920- 

 Sept. 1921 



Oct. 1921- 

 Sept. 1922 



£ s. 



6 12 



11 11 



6 1 



17 16 

 8 16 



Wheat . . . . 

 Oats . . . . 



Barley . . . . 

 Roots . . . . 

 Potatoes . . . . 

 Clover . . . . 

 Grass ; Permanent hay . 

 Temporary hay . 



Total farming loss 



Cash Balancb (+) or Deficit (— ) Per Acre. 



Oct. 1919-Sept. 1920 



jr 

 + "5 



+ 4 

 + . 



—31 



+ . 16 

 - 1 11 



I Profit ) 

 £410 



( (176 acres^ ' 



Oct. 1920-Sept. 1921 



— 2 



— 4 

 —17 

 —29 



— 3 



— 1 



•^ct. 1921-Sept. 1922 



£960 - 16 

 (173 acres) 



£308 - 11 

 (140 acres) 



* As stated in the 1918-20 Report, the figures there given include the estimated value of 



unsold material. Ihe sales are now complete and the final figures are given here. 

 + Carried on from 1921: see p. 56. 



From 1920 onwards the financial results are deplorable, and 

 they show clearly why many of the arable farmers to-day are in 

 their present position. 



