G12 
Report on the Farm-Prize Competition 
More than 95 per cent, of the receipts were from meat and 
wool ; the latter being an insignificant item, though it nearly 
equals the corn in amount. The details of the sales of Cattle 
and Sheep are these : — 
Sales of Cattle and Sheep, ATay, 1885-1887. 
Xumber. 
Weight. 
A'alue. 
Total Vi^lue. 
Cattle :— 
Year ending 13th May, 1SS6 
Total 
Year ending 13th Mar, 1887 
175 
1 
Stones. 
8,352 
£ s. d. 
3,491 5 7 
26 17 4 
£ 5. d. 
3.518 2 11 
176 
175 
8,533* 
3.215 12 5 
3,215 12 5 
Sheep ; — 
Year ending 13th Ma^, 1S8G 
Total 
Year ending 13th Ma v, 1SS7 
221 
24 
212 
l,16Sf 
565 11 0 
62 4 3 
370 16 0 
998 11 3 
457 
•• 
134 
4t; 
1S2 
666* 
566i 
345 0 5 
]0<» 0 8 
294 6 11 
Total 362 . . . . £748 8 0 
Figures such as these are so rarely met with that they are 
worth analysing:. e find from them the following results : — 
1886. 
Average ■weight of Cattle sold by weight 
Sheep ., 
„ „ Lambs „ ,, 
Average value of Cattle 
„ „ Sheep 
„ „ Lambs 
Average price of Beef, per stone . . 
„ „ Mutton „ 
Lamb 
47-7 St. 
74 lbs. 
£ d. 
19 19 9 
2 11 3 
1 13 0 
0 8 41 
0 9 8 
1887. 
48-3 St. 
69J lbs. 
43i 
£ s. d. 
18 7 6 
2 M 5 
1 12 4 
0 7 7i 
0 10 41* 
0 10 ^ 
While Mr. Angus's balance-sheet contains that essential item, 
a valuation of live and dead stock at the commencement and 
conclusion of the financial ^ear, it does not particularise the 
* Mr. Angus explained that whilst in 1886 the Sheep were most of them shorn 
before sale, in 1887 many were sold in the wool. 
