Manures applied. 
41 
Previous to 1902 a general manuring employed for wheat 
and barley was per acre : — 
£ 
s. 
d. 
3 cwt. mineral superphosphate at 2s. Id. 
cost 0 
7 
9 
1 cwt. raw Peruvian guano at 4s. 9 d. . 
„ o 
4 
9 
1 § cwt. nitrate of soda at 9s. 6d . . 
„ 0 
14 
3 
Total cost per acre . 
. £1 
6 
9 
The superphosphate is applied in January for wheat, and 
for the barley crop at the time of sowing, nitrate of soda being 
always put on as a top-dressing in one dose in spring. No 
manure is applied to the clover ; and after a clover crop wheat, 
without further manure, is always taken, and no manure is again 
put on till the second corn crop goes in. Mr. Prout charges 
himself, in his calculations, with a rent of 25s. per acre, though 
he maintains that land of this class would not at the present 
time fetch more than 20s. per acre, and, possibly, only 15s. per 
acre. The higher figure is, however, taken to allow for earlier 
outlay in draining and for other improvements of the land. 
The cost of cultivation for wheat Mr. Prout puts as 
follows : — 
Per acre 
Steam ploughing, 10s. ; coals, 2s. ; man 
horse, Is. ...... 
£ 
and 
. 0 
s. 
13 
d. 
0 
Dragging and harrowing — four times 
. 0 
4 
0 
Drilling ........ 
. 0 
2 
6 
Sowing artificial manures .... 
. 0 
1 
6 
Rolling ........ 
. 0 
1 
6 
Hoeing ........ 
. 0 
4 
6 
Harvesting and thatching .... 
. 0 
16 
0 
Threshing ....... 
. 0 
8 
0 
Marketing ....... 
. 0 
5 
0 
Seed ........ 
. 0 
6 
6 
Artificial manures ...... 
. 1 
5 
0 
Rent. ........ 
. 1 
5 
0 
Tithe, rates, and taxes ..... 
. 0 
7 
6 
Interest on capital ...... 
. 0 
8 
0 
Total cost per acre . 
. £6 
8 
0 
Having dealt with the outgoings, we may now turn to the 
receipts, and of these the present and former owner have kept 
accurate accounts throughout. They are based not, as is too 
often the case, on mere estimates of the crops in the field, but 
on actual returns of corn and straw and hay produced and 
sold. Further, it has been generally acknowledged by the 
many persons who from year to year have visited the farm that 
Mr. Prout in no way over-estimates his crops. There is but 
one voice as to the excellence of the crops and the admirable 
cultivation of the land ; while those who make it a practice to 
