44 
Continuous Corn Growing. 
Crop Returns. 
(For years previous to 1880, see “ Profitable Clay Farming .”) 
Wheat 
Barley 
Year 
Produce per 
acre of corn 
Official price 
of corn 
i 
Produce per 
acre of corn 
Official price 
of corn 
1880 
Qr. 
3 
bush. 
2 
Per quarter 
s. d. 
44 4 
Qr. 
5 
bush. 
6 
Per quarter 
s. d. 
33 1 
1881 
4 
4 
45 
4 
5 
4 
31 
11 
1882 
5 
0 
45 
1 
5 
0 
31 
2 
1883 
4 
3 
41 
7 
6 
0 
31 
10 
1884 
5 
3 
35 
8 
6 
2 
30 
8 
1885 
5 
2 
32 
10 
5 
6 
30 
1 
1886 
4 
5 
31 
0 
5 
2 
26 
7 
1887 
5 
6 
32 
6 
4 
2 
25 
4 
1888 
4 
4 
31 
10 
4 
7 
27 
10 
1889 
3 
6 
29 
0 
4 
1 
25 
10 
1890 
4 
0 
31 
9 
5 
1 
28 
8 
1891 
4 
2 
37 
1 
4 
1 
28 
2 
1892 
3 
1 
30 
4 
5 
4 
26 
2 
1893 
4 
0 
26 
4 
3 
0 
25 
6 
1894 
4 
5 
22 
10 
5 
3 
24 
4 
1895 
4 
4 
23 
1 
5 
0 
21 
11 
1896 
5 
4 
26 
2 
5 
0 
23 
11 
1897 
4 
2 
30 
2 
5 
0 
23 
6 
1898 
4 
1 
34 
0 
5 
0 
27 
2 
1899 
4 
6 
25 
8 
4 
2 
25 
7 
1900 
4 
0 
26 
11 
4 
0 
25 
9 
1901 
5 
2 
26 
9 
4 
6 
25 
3 
1902 
4 
2 
28 
0 
4 
5 
25 
8. 
1903 
3 
4 
26 
9 
5 
0 
22 
8 
1904 
3 
1 
30 
0 
3 
3 
28 
0 
109 
5 
795 
0 
121 
7 
676 
7 
Average for 
25 years . 
35 
31 
9 
39 
27 
0 
Manures. 
During these twenty-five years (1880-1904) the expenditure 
on manures has been : — 
Year 
£ 
Year 
£ 
Year 
£ 
1880 . 
. 860 
1889 . 
611 
1898 
345 
1881 
. 930 
1890 . 
598 
1899 
356 
1882 . 
971 
1891 
493 
1900 
356 
1883 . 
757 
1892 
458 
1901 
376 
1884 
490 
1893 . 
429 
1902 
376 
1885 . 
716 
1894 . 
330 
1903 
346 
1886 . 
. 610 
1895 
335 
1904 
370 
1887 
. 758 
1896 . 
436 
1888 . 
526 
1897 . 
423 
Total 
£13,256 
Average 
per annum .... 
# 
. £530 
0 0 
Average per acre over the whole farm 
• 
1 
3 6 
LaboXt'r. 
* 
The manual labour on the farm during the twenty-five years 
(1880-1904) has averaged 1111. per annum, or 11. 14s. 6d. per acre. 
