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Current Annual Expenses 



Poled gardens. 



Frame training. 



Laboub. — Winter Tillage. — One deep ploughing ^ = 1 acre per diem ; or 

 2 horse-days and 1 man's day per acre. 



One harrowing = 4J acres per diem ; or 0'45 horse-day and 0-23 man's 

 day per acre. , 



Manuring. — Expense of cartage : This can only be determined locally 

 according to the distance from the homestead and the quantity. 



Spreading manure ^ = | to 4 of an acre per diem ; or 1| to 2J days' 

 work for 1 woman per acre. 



Ploughing in the manure = 1 acre a day ; or 2 horse-days and 1 man's 

 day per acre. 



Cutting the Stocks. — Ploughing down the earth from the rows = 1 acre 

 a day ; or 2 days' work for 1 horse and 1 day for a man. 



Opening the stocks by hand = 0'19 to 0'2 acre a day ; or about 10 

 days' work for 1 woman per acre. 



Cutting = 0-26 to 0-28 acre per diem ; or about 3J days' work for 1 man 

 per acre. 



Covering the stocks again = 1-3 to 1-4 acre a day ; or about J of 1 man's 

 day per acre. 



Poling Operations. — Sharpening, 

 cleaning, and perhaps firing the poles : 

 One man can deal with 240 to 300 

 poles a day ; hence, where there are 

 2,400 poles per acre, their preparation 

 will take 8 to 10 days of one man's 

 work. If the poles are steeped every 

 year the cost of this operation must 

 be added. 



1 If this work is done by hand and by female labour, the work done by one 

 woman in a day may be set down as 0-07 to 0-1 acre. 



2 In manuring the stocks at cutting time a man can cover about 1 to IJ 

 acre a day. 



