194 QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 Mar., 1902. 
Second Fear. 
£ 8s ad 
Pruning a 0 6 O 
Two ploughings .. 10 0 
Hoeing xi 015 0 
Replacing misses ... 015 0 
Scarifying ... be “ 015 0 
Sulphuring and baiting . css ih @® © 
Interest at 7 per cent. on capital 1 3 0 
£5 14 0 per acre, 
or for 100-acre vineyard, £570. 
Third Year. : 
& a 
Pruning, tying, and picking cuttings uw 
Two ploughings ... 1 0 0 
Hoeing say 015 0 
Replacing misses ... O 8. 
Scarifying... Lay: mt on: 015 O 
Sulphuring and baiting ... or i @ © 
Interest on capital at 7 per cent. iL 1B) 
£6 10 O per acre, 
or for 100-acre vineyard, £650. 
Approximate total cost, at per acre, 
for three years are 103 £26 10 0 
Total cost, at per 100 acres, for three 
years... ox) Dens x 2,650 0 0 
To this should be added cost of water conservation, cottages for men, tools, 
implements, carts, horses, and also cost of land and cost of supervision. 
At the termination of the third year there would be in hand a crop which, 
after deducting the cost of picking, would be an asset against the upkeep of 
the vineyard for the fourth season. 
About that time it would be advisable, in order to maintain the fertility 
of the land and the fruitfulness of the vineyard, to spend every three years, on 
alternate blocks, about £1 worth of chemical fertilisers, or, say, an expenditure 
at an annual rate of 7s. per acre. 
Fourth Year and After. 
From the time of pruning to vintage, inclusive, the cost, when the 
vineyard is in full bearing, would be— 
AY th Gh 
Pruning, tying, picking, and removing cuttings 110 O 
Two ploughings ... om, ox) 10 0 
Hoeing round vines and secarifying 2 oO ® 
Sulphuring and manuring... on cot 15 0 
Picking 4 tons grapes and carting to cellar 210 0 
Interest on capital at 7 per cent... 210 0 
£10 15 O 
or on a 100-acre vineyard, £1,075, bringing the cost price of the grapes up to 
£2 16s. per ton. 
This does not include interest or sinking fund on purchase cost of the 
land and plant, and on cost of supervision. 
