48 THE EQUIPMENT OF THE FARM. 



annual " average" experience, is added as illustrating the 

 general subject of farm equipment on a highly farmed, 

 chiefly arable, farm, where there is a good deal of expendi- 

 ture on what may be called garden crops. 



AVERAGE ANNUAL RECEIPTS. 



By sale of corn 2,413 8 9 



Livestock 3,127 3 10 



Wool 356 5 



Farm seeds and vegetables ... ... 551 2 2 



Fruit 71 15 



Hay and straw ... 39 13 2 



Sundries 126 8 2 



By valuation at end of year 9,55315 8 



16,239 11 9 



AVERAGE ANNUAL EXPENDITURE. 



Valuation of live and dead stock at beginning of 



year 9,536 8 5 



Rent, rates, and taxes 1,097 15 9 



Labour 1,693 8 4 



Live stock bought 989 13 5 



Feeding stuffs bought 1,474 15 3 



Artificial manures bought ... ... ... ... 528 4 7 



Insurance 13 14 10 



Sundries, including tradesmen's bills, half cost of 



repairs, seed corn, &c. ... ... ... 752 9 1 



Balance 153 2 1 



16,239 11 9 



These eight examples of farm equipment are somewhat 

 loosely and unsystematically described ; but in one or other 

 of them the reader will probably find a case corresponding 

 to his own, from which a lesson may be obtained. 



GENERAL CONCLUSIONS. 



Quantity of Horse-Power First as to the horse-power 

 employed on a farm : The conclusion from the table on 



