at Home and Alroa l. 
173 
£ s. d. 
June 14th, loth, and 16th, 1883, mowing 23J acres witli i 
machine, including beer for men (but exclusive 1 10 2 
horses) ; all men were paid Zd. per hour while at worlv J 
19th, Eleven men haymaking, including beer .. .. 0 15 Q\ 
20th, Nine men do. do. 0 4 9 
22nd, Sixteen men haymaking and carting, including! q 
beer (but exclusive of horses) ) 
„ Fifty faggots for bottom of rick 0 7 0 
„ Six truss of straw for rick bottom 0 5 0 
23rd, Twenty men haymaking and carting, includingi o jg 3 
beer J " 
25th, Nineteen men do. <l '. 1 9 
26th, Four do. haymaking 0 5 4 
27th, One man , do. 0 3 0 
28th, One do. do. 0 1 4^ 
29th, Nine do. do. and carting .. .. 13 7 
30th, Men pulling rick and making gootl for rouglil r. ~ n 
thatching '. J " ' ^ 
30th, Paid for rough thatching and beer 0 5 0 
„ I5 loads straw 2 14 0 
„ Thatching for good 100 
„. Wear and tear of rick cloths and elevator .. .. 10 0 
„ Insurance of hayrick 050 
£1G 2 Hi 
Elstimated cost of cutting 23? loads of hay into chaff by I g ir> g 
steam, including men, beer and coal j 
Eleven cwt. of salt 0 12 0 
£26 7 5i 
Cost per Acre — Silo versus Ilaymalcinij. 
Silo. 
£ .;. d. 
Cost of filling silo as per 
account per acre .. .. 0 17 0 
Moiety of cost of building 
2 silos, including interest 
at 5 per cent., princii»l 
and interest to be repaid 
in 25 years (per acre) . . 0 5 5 
Cost of covering and 
weights on the top of 
grass, including interest 
at 5 per cent., principal 
and interest to be repaid 
in 5 years (per acre) .. 0 3 1 
Total per acre 
Kaymakisg. 
Haymaking as per ac- 
count per acre .. 
Estimated cost of cutting 
the said hay into chaff, 
and storing as ^jer ac- 
count i^)€r acre .. 
£15 6 
Total per ac e 
£ s. d. 
0 13 9 
0 8 
:i 2 b\ 
I have not included any charge in the above for horses, as they are kept 
on the farm all the year round, but if charged, the amount voald have been 
as follows : — 
