AN ACRE OF WHEAT.
ITS COST IN BRITAIN,
In 1913 the cost of growing an acre of wheat in- England was £7 17b lid; This year, a White Paper shows the lowest of a series of estimates obtained by the Board of Agriculture was £9 17s per acre. The board's own estimate is £10 8s 6d an acre; other* estimates reach as high as .£ll 15s Od. The items which' show the greatest difference between 1917 and 1913, taking the details of the estimate of £11 los 6d, are shown below.— 1913 1917. * » ' . - £b. d. £ s. d. Harvesting' ..*. ... 015 10 I 9 2 Threshing" .and delivery .:. ... 0 14 \0 - ? 0 .2 Seed corn "and pick-' ling , > 012 5 12 0 Cultivation 1-13 8 3 0 7 The estimate of, the Technical Committee of 'the board puts the cost of* cultivation at £1 18s, harvesting at £1 3s 4d, and threshing and delivery at 16s •6d per acre. On the other hand, the; committee thinks'seed corn and pickling will cost £1 5s for every acre of wheat grown.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVII, Issue 9127, 24 October 1917, Page 5
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177AN ACRE OF WHEAT. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVII, Issue 9127, 24 October 1917, Page 5
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