Dec. 1894.] WHEAT GROWING IN THE ARGENTINE 



REPUBLIC. 



167 



mately equal to Is. 5d. per bushel. It will be seen that Mr. 

 Sams' estimate of the cost of production per bushel corresponds 

 with thafc previously quoted. The same authority has recently 

 published the following statement* as to the position of the 

 Argentine Republic as a wheat -producing State. In this state- 

 ment the outlay and receipts on an ordinary Argentine wheat 

 farm of about 500 acres are shown as under. The figures which 

 are given in the original in paper dollars have been converted, 

 at the rate of $15 '12 to the pound sterling, or roughly, Is, 4d 

 per paper dollar. 



Estimate No. I. —Farm of 500 acres. 



Paper 



Paper 













Dol- 



Dol- 





Gold Value. 





lars. 



lars. 















$ 





s. 



d. 



£ s. 



d. 





1,500 









100 0 



0 



1,200 





80 



0 



0 







160 



1,360 



10 13 



4 



90 13 



4 



150 





10 



0 



0 







75 





5 



0 



0 







100 





6 13 



4 







loO 





10 



0 



0 







100 





6 



13 



4 







750 





50 



0 



0 







750 





50 



0 



0 







65 



2,140 



4 



6 



8 



142 13 



4 





6,000 









333 6 8 



300 





20 



0 



0 







180 





12 



0 



0 







100 







13 



4 







150 



730 



10 



0 



0 



48 13 



4 



360 





24 



0 



0 







60 





4 



0 



0 







45 





3 



0 



0 







500 



965 



33 



6 



8 



64 6 



8 





1,200 









80 0 



0 





1,000 









66 13 



4 





500 









33 6 



8 





321 









21 8 



0 















4,716 









314 8 



0 





9,400 









626 13 



4 



400 



26 13 



4 







60 





3 



6 



8 







2,000 





133 



6 



8 







750 





50 



0 



0 







730 





48 



13 



4 







965 





64 



6 



8 







1,200 





80 



0 



0 







1,000 





66 



13 



4 







821 





54 14 



8 







500 



8,416 



33 



6 



8 



561 1 



4 





984 





65 12 



0 



Houses and furniture, well, fencing round paddock, and 

 sheds 



("20 oxen at $60 

 \ 4 horses at $40 - 

 f 1 two-furrow plough 

 3 single-furrow ploughs - 



2 harrows - 



hoe?, spades, and forks - 

 harness - 



3 carts 



1 binder-reaper - 

 .sundries - - - 



Capital account 



Live stock 



Machinery 



Labour 



Living 



fl man for 12 months at $25 per month 



1 boy „ „ „ „ $15 „ 

 I 2 extra men for 2 months during 

 - ■{ ploughing and seed time at $25 each 

 per month .... 

 I 3 extra men s.t harvest time for one 

 L month at $50 each 



fkeep of 1 man and boy for 12 months 

 I at $15 each - - - - 

 • \ keep of 2 men 2 months 

 I keep of 3 men 1 month - 

 Lkeep of self and family for the year - 



Rent of 480 acres, at $10 per cuadra - - - . 



Seed for 400 acres, at 3s. 4x1. per bushel (400 bushels) (100 

 cuadras, at $10 per fanega, counting 1 fanega to the 

 cuadra) - - - - ... 



Fnterest on capital of $5,000 at 10 per cent. - 



Depreciation on machinery, $2,140 at 15 per cent. - 



Sale of 8,000 bushels at 1.?. 6frf. per bushel deliyered at 

 nearest railway station (2,000 fanegas at $470 per fanega) 

 Cost of harvesting— Twine for binder, 500 kilos at 80 cents. 



Stacking - - - . . 

 Threshing 8,000 bushels at 4sd. per 



bushel, 200 faneaas at $1 

 Sacks for 8,000 bushels, 2,500 at 30 

 cents - - . . . 

 Add as above— 

 Labour 

 Living - 

 Rent - 

 Seed - 



Interest and df preciation 

 Carting to station at \d. per bushel 

 carting at 25 cents per fanega - 



Balance profit 



* Cf. South American Journal of Oct: 13, 1894, ivith quotation from' Aberdeen 

 Free Press, 



