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THE EIGHT-ACRE FARM {continued.) 



Area. 



Acre. 



Description of Crop. 



Cost of Production per Acre. 

 ( Manual liabom- ... 

 Manure purchased (see exposition folio) 

 Seed purchased, and of Home growth... 

 Horse Com 



Horse Forage (exclusive of Straw and Chaff) 

 Market and Fair Expenses 

 Cost and wear and tear of implements being in 



excess on the Farm 

 Sundi-ies ... 



Bad Debts 



Agistment .. 



Feeding stuffs purchased, and of 

 Home growth, as on Wilton 

 House Home Farm 



Deduct loss in conversion and cost 

 of increased fertility 



£ s. d. 



6 19 U 



2 18 8 



Rent, tithes, rates and taxes as evidenced by 

 \^ the 85 producers in the 11 counties ... 



Or on Four Acres 



5 16 10 



Totals. 



£ s. d. 



47 11 6 



Profit. 



£ s. d. 



7 11 11^ 



It is, however, necessary to observe that the only items in the above 

 calculations which vary from the Wilton House returns, are the reduc- 

 tion of capital to £14- 9s. 5|d., the necessary increase of rent and the 

 lessened cost of feeding stuffs, and these differences arise through the 

 quality of the average soils in the kingdom being estimated as superior 

 to those on the Wilton House Home Farm. 



The capital on the 8 acres (£14 9s. 5|d. per acre) is admitted to stand 

 at £115 15s. 8d., the cost of producing the crops grown being equivalent 

 to the cost prices of the same as on the Wilton House Home Farm. 



RECAPITULATION OF RESULTS IN THE ABOVE STATEMENTS. 



Thus yielding £11 8s. l|d. per cent, profit to the producer, 



