1922.] 



Labour o>s the Farm. 



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repairs, which we have allocated to the various crops, have in 

 the other case been included in the overhead or establishment 

 charges, it will be seen that the agreement between figures 

 found for one jesn' on one farm and those found on an average 

 of approximately 20 farms for 4 years is closer than might have 

 been expected. The big outstanding differences appear to be 

 those found in the cases of the swedes and pasture. 



Swedes on the East Midlands farm would probably have 

 mostly been fed off by sheep, thus eliminating the cost of lifting, 

 while in the case of the pasture the labour involved in the 

 so-called establishment charges, which we have found to average 

 from three-quarters to one day per ricre, would readily account 

 for the difference. 



Table VII. — Distribution of Manual Labour. 



Number of Day per acre. 





Average of all 







Farms Cos ted, 



East Midlands 



Roots : — 



1918-22. 



Farm, 1918.* 



Carrots 



560 



61-4 



Potatoes 



34-1 



33-8 



Mangolds 



23-7 



16-7 



Swedes 



23-0 



8-3 



Soft Turnips ... 



21-2 





Rape and Kale 



10-6 





Cabbage 



22-2 





Cereals : — 







Wheat 



8-7 



4-3 



Oats 



8-0 



4-3 



Barley ... 



7-7 



4-6 



Peas 



10-6 



7-7 



Beans ... 



8-2 



4-0 



Linseed 



9-4 





Seeds : — 







Mown ... 



3-1 



2-2 



Grazed... 



1-3 



0-7 



Meadow Hay 



2-5 



2-1 



Forage Crojjs 



6-1 



0-0 



Pasture ... 



0-9 



0-1 



Number of Days per head, of Stock. 



Average of all Farms 

 Cos ted, 1918-22. 



Cows 24-5 



Other Cattle 6 7 



Pigs 2-8 



Sheep 0-9 



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