1 June, 1898. ] QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 437 
The returns from this were— 
Grist wheat 1,693 bushels, value £432 
Seed wheat ras wn G00 9, aE 7 5 
Malting barley... xn ALO gp " 580 
Cape barley ey ae SOOM “ 160 
Maize 43 te an Gy) 5, ¥ 525 
Wheaten hay 350 tons 5 1,050 
Juucerne seed ie ... 6,000 lb. ee 300 
Potatoes... ne, or 20 tons i 120 
(otalewee Wtlea | ere C3592 
Returns per acre— 
Grist wheat 
Barley... 
Wheaten hay 
Maize 
Lueerne seed 
Potatoes 
eee 
. 
16:9 bushels 
265 ,, 
1 ton 
21'9 bushels 
7°5 lb. 
5 tons 
Besides this, several thousand sheep were grazed on the farm, 30 horses 
were constantly at work, and many kinds of the best agricultural machinery 
were employed. There was a large quantity of lucerne hay in stack and 
growing. Probably the crop may be set down at 8 tons per acre per annum, 
Maize was a partial failure, having been sown late. Swine, poultry, pumpkins. 
and garden and orchard produce were not noted. 
It will be seen that the market value of— 
& s. d, 
Grist wheat was a fraction over 0 5 1 per bushel 
Seed wheat bs by) ms, () ay 6) in 
Malting barley ... BY ae; 0 4 0 uy 
Cape barley... Fes xn 0 4 0 i 
Maize...) re oo ay @ 8} @ s 
Wheaten hay 3 0 Oper ton 
Lucerne seed O 1 Oper lb 
Potatoes... on W Mh 6 0 Oper ton 
Showing that the prices for farm produce twenty years ago differed very 
slightly from the market prices of to-day, except in the matter of wheat. 
These figures are absolutely correct, as they were supplied to me by 
Mr. Davenport from the farm books. 
Taking the average return per acre al! round, we find it to amount to 
£2 4s. 1d. gross. Trom this the working expenses and seed have to be 
deducted. This may be set down at something over £1 per acre, or, say (to 
bring our net return down to that of the New South Wales farmer), £2 4s., 
which would give a result of £L Os. Id. per acre as profit, which is exactly the 
profit realised by a farmer in New South Wales, the results of whose four 
years’ farming of 885 acres were published in the April number of the 
Queensland Agricultural Journal. 
The latter set down the average total cost of production during four years 
at 15s. 9d. per acre, the wheat yield at 10} bushels, and the average prices 
realised 8s. Gd per bushel, leaving a profit of £1 Os. 1d. per acre. 
At Headington Hill, however, everything was conducted on a lavish scale, 
and when I saw the farm it gave one more the idea of a thoroughly up-to-date 
English farm than of a Darling Downs farm of the earlier days. I regret 
that I cannot give any statistics about the sheep. They were valuable cross- 
breds, and no doubt realised very good prices, whether sold right out, or whether 
only the wool was taken into consideration. 
Mr. Davenport was very generous to the few neighbouring farmers. He 
never demurred at lending them any farm implement they were in need of, 
and also helped them in a variety of other ways.—Ed. Q. A. Journal. 
