CAN'T AFFORD HIGHER WACES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 158, 28 March 1908, Page 3

CAN'T AFFORD HIGHER WACES.

A FARMER'S BALANCE-SHEET. • ' This is tho .balance-sheet of a Greendale farnier, who told the Conciliation Board at pdrfield on Wednesday' that ho could not afford to pay his men tho higher wages demanded:— . •, INCOME. , ; ', £ s. d. Sale of 304 sheep and lambs 306 11 3 .Sale of wool ... ... ... 45 19 3 'Aged.ewes on hand- (40 at .7s. 6d.) ■ ... ... -15 o'o One draught horso ... ... 27 7 6 'Sale of oats (1907,cr0p) .... 34 5 4 Ono horso' 6 3 6 i Wheat sold or in hand (1420 bushels at 4s. 3d.) ... 301 15 0- , Seconds (36 bushels at 3s. ' r-; ,6d.y ... ... ... 66 0 Sacks , ... .... ... ... 10 11 4 .Grass seed on hand ..... 12 10 0 Two calves ... ... ... 4 5 0 /Two jpigs ... ... ... 5 10 .Skins and fat' ... ... 2 10 0 Chaff ... ... ... 1 15 0 Sded.oats ; ... .... 516 .7 -Total j ;-. ... . ... £785 16 9 EXPENDITURE. ; , £ . s. d. -Purchase of 100 lambs and ",.i '150 ewes ■ 192 18 6 -Timber, wire, and stakes ... 19 11 2 Horse ... ... ... 20 0 0 .Sacks and twine. ... .... -.12.18 0 Binder twino ... ... 6 11 Grass seed ... ... ... '-6 10'. 0 Manure ~ .... . ... ... 412 6 Bread ... • ... - ... 76 0 Coal ... ... .... 3 7 6 |[Four pigs . ... . 4 0 0 Wages of yearly map ... 57 0,0 I Wages of girl ... 26 0 0 . ■Wages of harvest hands ... 914 0 Haulage of wheat ... ... 50 0 * Shearing and wool-packs .... 4 4 4 Blacksmith's account; ... 10 2 0 Threshing V ... ...; ... . 25; 69 •, Horse service ... ... '4 0 0 Taxes, water and sheep rates 20 11 11 ' -Interest on land-tax value of • farm . ... 1 ... ... 200 0 0 Interest ori .plant (£7OO at - : - : 5-per, cent.) 35 0 0 of - implements," , . harness, etc. ... 30 0' 0 , Insurance (accident and otherwise) ... ... ■ 212 0 / ■Total" ;.. , ... £706 14 9 - Credit balance.' ... .£79 2 0 On the, balance he said he had to recompense his wife and himself for their labour, to, provide for the risk of death among the [stock, and to replace tools,, etc. -■ ' ; Th'cro. are . one or two - apparent inaccu--.racics. The iterii'-for bread, which ,should be charged to his own_ " recompense," is also ..charged .in tho farming expenses. Depreciation'. of ..tools -should also be. covered ■by the '■'! dopreciation on. implement's.". But, on the ■whole, the balancc-shcet is- exceedingly in'teresting,'-.. arid ; will bo-a good' basis for comparison by Other farmers—if they have kept books.- , ' ' ' ■