COST OF WHEAT.
A FARMER'S CALCULATIONS. The following balance sheet showing the cost of growing wheat was handed to a Christchurch reporter on Friday by a commercial man, who vouched for the honesty of the farmer who prepared it. He added, in giving the information, that many farmers complained of losses on growing wheat, and desired permission to sell in small lots, but few put their figures upon paper. The" cost per acre was stated as follows:
The' yield was 23 bushels, which at 5s lOd a bushel represented £o 14s 2d, or a loss per acre of 7s 3d.
Land * a. ■ 3 5 u 0 Ploughing 0 10 0 Discing "... 0 2 6 Harrowing (four times) 0 6 0 Drilling 0 2 G Harrowing after drilling0 1 C Eolling 0 2 6 Two bushels seed wheat • .,. 0 13 0 ljcwt manure .'. ... 0" 9 5 Heaping - 0 6 0 Twine 0 6 0 Stooking 0 2 0 Thrashing ... .:. i o 0 Labour 0 6 0 Cartage from farm to station Total ... 0 10 0 .... ... £8 1 5 Less, allowance for (rent prior to Total cost sowing 1 0". 0 £7 1 5
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Otago Witness, Issue 3339, 13 March 1918, Page 11
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192COST OF WHEAT. Otago Witness, Issue 3339, 13 March 1918, Page 11
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