iio8 Notes on Agriculture Abroad. 



[FEB., 



year in an almost national catastrophe. An analysis of accounts 

 furnished by 158 pig keepers bears out this comment. The 

 average takings on an average fat pig were 149 kroner (roughly 

 £8) and the average expense 168 kroner (roughly £9), thus 

 leaving an average deficit of 19 kroner (or, say, £i).'\ 



An interesting table is given showing the average deficit in 

 the 158 holdings grouped according to size. From this it 

 appears that in holdings under 25 acres the average amount 

 of food needed to produce an average fat pig was 477 " food 

 units " (a food unit " is taken as roughly equal to a kilo, or 

 2'2 lb., of concentrated food), and the deficit was 7 kroner (or, 

 say, 7s. 6d.) per pig. In the next four groups — ranging from over 

 25 to under 250 acres — the average amount fed was 551 food 

 units " and the average deficit 19 kroner (say, £1), corresponding 

 more or less with the total average. On the group of large 

 farms, however, of over 250 acres, the amount fed was 614 



food units " and the loss 40 kroner, or rather over £2. " These 

 results," the report states, " may be regarded as emphasising 

 the importance of the care and attention which pigs usually 

 receive on small holdings, as a result of which the consumption 

 of food per lb. of live-weight increase is reduced." 



Another significant set of figures deals with the question of 

 horse labour on farms of various sizes. The table is as follows, 

 with substitution of English equivalents : — 











Cost of Horse Labour. 





No. of 

 Hold- 

 ings. 



Working 

 Hours 

 per 



Working 

 Horse. 



Food 









Size of 



Units 









Holdings. 



per 

 Horse. 



Per 

 Working 



Per 

 Acre. 



Per 

 Working 

 Horse 











Hour. 



per Year. 











s. d. 



s. d. 



s. 



Under 25 acres 



10 



609 



1,675 



9*3 



A9 7 



442 



25- 50 „ 



29 



1,097 



2,394 



8-1 



40 



665* 



50- 75 » 



43 



1,274 



2,579 



7*6 



44 8 



565* 



75-125 



48 



1,377 



2,711 



8-4 



46 6 



696 



123-250 ,, 



17 



1,527 



2,712 



8-2 



45 7 



944 



Over 250 



9 



1,825 





77 



42 4 



I,T04 



On this table the report comments : " The most noticeable 

 points are the working hours and the consumption of food per 

 horse in the various groups .... with increasing size 

 of holdings the working hours increase, so that on the largest 



* There appears to be some misprint in the original, with one or both of 

 these figures. Possibly they should be transposed, 

 f Normal rate of exchange. 



