Report 071 the Farm-Prize Competition of 1886. G45 
Fiv^e acres of white turnips getting 25s. worth of Bayly's 
turnip-manure, sown with lb. of seed, had in part succumbed 
to the fly, and required resowing ; more seed might possibly 
have rendered this unnecessary. There was a good plant in 
July. 
Cabbaqes. — One-and-a-half acres had got 14 cartloads of 
farmyard-manure, and 30s. worth of " cabbage manure " per 
acre. One lb. of seed per acre was drilled on the ridge. They 
also were very promising. 
One-and-a-half acres of tares, and 2^ acres of lucerne, sown 
near the farm buildings to be handy as green food for the cows, 
had been heavily dressed with farmyard-manure and compost 
soaked with liquid from the manure tank. Seeding for the 
lucerne amounted to 20 lbs. per acre. A great weight of 
produce will be turned off here. 
What will strike most practical men as the weak point in 
the management of this farm is the want of sheep, which 
necessitates an outlay of 50/. per year for top-dressing the 
barley crop. INIoreover, the cartage to the homestead of all the 
roots, instead of, as in ordinary farming, half being consumed 
Avhere grown, must add very considerably to the cost of labour 
both for man and horse. All, however, depends on nett results, 
and if the end justifies the means, no more need be said. That 
it does so is more than probable, or we should not find so close 
a calculator and accurate book-keeper, as the senior partner 
I assuredly is, go on with it. 
The labour bill for 12 years to 1884, averaged per year 
349Z. 15s. Id. ; the highest year being 1875, 381/. 13s. 5d. ; 
the lowest year being 1881, 320/. 3s. bd. 
The cost per acre on the whole 221 acres averaged 11. lis. Id. ; 
excluding waste and calculated on 206 acres, 1/. 13s. 11c?. ; 
II calculated on the arable only, 161 acres, 2/. 3s. bd. 
Mr. Bayly was able to give the averages for labour on the 
i same farm for 12 years previous to 1870, which we insert as 
J showing what a serious increase there has been during the last 
j quarter of a century, not less, according to this showing, than 
j 38 per cent. The farm, however, was then managed on ordi- 
nary lines, a sheep stock as well as grazing cattle kept, and 
! something considerable must be allowed for this. 
Labour bill, average of 12 years to 1870, 253/. 3s. 
Cost per acre on 221 acres, 1/. 2s. lO^r/. ; on 206 acres, 
1/. 4s. 6|f/. ; on 161 acres, 1/. lis. b^d. 
The labour staff and the average wages paid are as follows : — 
Head cowman, 14s. per week and 7 '. lOs. standing wages, 
cottage and garden rent free. 
