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include this in the expenditure on the crop. Suffice it to say that the Argentine 
farmer can purchase 50 squares (200 acres), within 124 miles of a shipping port, 
at 50 dollars per square (or £5 for4acres). The Queensland farmer pays, say, 
£3 per acre, but the payment extends over twenty years, thus making the purchase 
of his land a very light burden on his incomé. We will consider the land 
purchase question later on. 5 
Let us suppose that two farmers have purchased land—one in Queensland, 
the other in Argentina. The following figures will give a fairly accurate idea 
of their expenditure, returns, and financial position at the end of their first 
year’s operations. We assume that there has been a fairly good season in both 
countries :— 
Queensland. Argentina. 
r ' =) & dk SOMES emECLS 
Cost _of outfit for the farmer, including house, ploughs, harrows, 
drays, reaper and binder, horses, cows, pigs, poultry, &. .../ 200 0 0 200.0 0 
EstimatepD Cost or Propuctne 160 Acres or WHEAT. 
Expenditure of family for groceries, clothes, &c. ... _ + 42 0 0 42 0 0 
Wages of one farm hand, including ploughing, harrowing, drilling, 
at 10s. 3d. peracre .. ix “t ad ab 82 0 0 24 0 0 
Extra harvest hands (Argentina) ay ; 15 0 0 
Harvest work (Queensland)— 
Reaping and binding, £64, at 8s. per LESH) 
Stooking ... ete SEEN IES Taye gy 96 0 0 
Stacking... +. £24, at'33. 5,9 5, f 
Seed i. Sr ier a9 ‘ nF Fy ee 2 32 0 0 22 0 0 
Hail insurance a iy att ar hs ry be} 4h Ate 13 0 0 
Threshing 2,933 bushels (at 1s. 8d. per 220 1b. in Argentina: at 
53. 6d. per acre in Queensland) int md rer! he 44 0 0 64 0 0 
VLG ap RY, “4s he ty 20 0 0 32 0 0 
Provincial tax oe erst re ee var, ie 8 0 0 
Cartage to railway station er, Sy veh $f ae Ae 13 6 8 22 0 0 
Railway freight, 124 miles i ist at Ais fer > arf UW) fh 48 0 0 
Commission, &e. ... rei “35 4 ae nes Span +5 1216 8 iby Zi 45) 
Interest on original outlay for land—£250, at 12 per cent. bee ae 30 0 0 
a iS 2 26008 LD ale ne ES amt) 
Interest on cost of outfit ... he ESA ean? Ae; on x 24 0 0 
5) i CP STG L200 atts ee RIL ONrGY {0 
Allowance for depreciation net Pas brs 10 0 0 20 0 0 
Sundry expenditure ae Ny. ad iby Ui) 15 0 0 
First year’s instalment on land purchase 80 0 0 10 0 0 
674 3 4 601 4 5 
Cr. —— a 
ARGENTINE. 
By sale of 2,933 bushels of wheat, at 2s. 9d. «. £403 5 9 
Balance to Dr. a xis Se 197 18 8 
GOl 4 5 
QUEENSLAND, 
By sale of 2,933 bushels of wheat, at 3s. 6d. se O18) 5956 
Balance to Dr. ee a: : 160 17 10 
674 3 4 
Maize Crop and Sundries, 
First ploughing, at 4s. per acre : 120 
Second ploughing, at 3s. per acre ... 9 0 
First harrowing, at 1s. per acre ayo 1) 
Seed maize 3. Ny al 110 0 
Planting, at 1s. 6d. per acre ny 410 0 
Harrowing twice, at 9d. per acre .., 410 0 
Disc harrowing twice, at 1s. per acre 6 0 0 
Pulling maize, at 3s. per acre r a 4) (0 {0 
Carting maize, at 2s, Od. per acre ... ue x z Wi Fit) Wf 
Husking and threshing, at 14d. per bushel ret re oe 1 0 0 
600 bags, at 5d. ore tie a Mi nis fon ress 1210 0 
Drawing to railway station, at 3s. 6d. per acre... a ay? 10 10 0 
95 0 0 
