Real Facts.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 17 June 1890, Page 2

Real Facts.

:. » " To the credit of our Palm^rston contemporaries ho it Bi ; 3, thai ;they never lose a eh me© of making public any wonderfitl result arising froiri the .cultivation, .of the soil hi their neigh* bom-hood. TVe imagined that we could stand anything further that -might he writfen, but we hesitated at the lust, the output of the Time*. It, i 3 said to bo " a striking instanae " and it is, as it- riialceS the farmer reckon as profit thu returns, from sheep he hart only just, purchased previous to this sUk-Ic taking ! Tbe following is the tatement : — A str'rk* ing instance of the productiveness* of the Ma»\awa'u soil, and: the exce'Jenjfc results to be obtained from careful farm management, is afforded: by the following figures which have beta

handed us by a well known settler in this district : —In August last year 464 hoggets were purchased at 7s per head, and put upon a farm of 91 acres. In January the ,ab.eep were shorn, four haying die 3, and the fleeces netted 3s l£d, equal to a re* iil'O.l £30. Inihe same month 203 were frozen, averaging 671ba each and 81bs of fat, and the estimated returns are 18s per head on the ruling price for frozen Mutton, irhich gives £150. The remainder were frozen in March last, averaging 58lb, and at 10s per head a sum of 4180 is produced. Besides this, 400 bushels of oats were gro wn ott the „< land, And after deducting.exnans^^^rowjnj; the grain and so fortn,' the SMUIi- ia' a return of no less tEifc^Bf 2^ -acre on t4ie iand for 4>a seren myths' tfoiu 'Ayguet t 'l^^ Maw^ 1890. W« toi»r«|y ,wißjx to point ot^-ih^ very grave omissions made in r«tnrn, otherwise w« might venture to suggest that 200 sheep at 13s hardlygives >£l^;'nor is it- afr exactly accurate statement that 430 fleeces at 3s Hd equal only. £30. However if we rectiiy these figures, and. make tjie. .. bushels retura£33 9s Bdthe total m sale* would be £365 4s 2d or a little over £4 on acre iheit'e'ins 1 mostly ot&rttecl' hkVo been the cost of obtaining this amount, and whieih we make- to be as faliows : —To the purchase of 464 sheep @. 7s =r&l6i2 ißs'od: A ' To shearing andbales £6. Labour on the fnrm for 7 months at 80s a week=£45 t rates and taxes £8 'Int'eivwjt on value ...of" value of property (say £1000) which is eSctr«m«ly low ' for its producing povvers, £46 18s 4d ; ploughing and! reap ; iiig. .10 acres; tlireahing oat 9 £10 , aiid ; fcacktJ.£9; malci\ig^ ib all an expense of £287 Is 4d which thus eaves the' return for* the 7' mouths or the.9l acres only r^"sß 23 lOd or 12s -lOd per acre! -liittFe' omissions like the above, are apt to make farming appear more profitable than; it i* but it does not effect ;tbe richness of the soil. Welho^e;the informant of tlie 'Twits w'i II havJß'nq unpleasant re* 1 binder of the anloimt'That the slieep cost. We haVe heard some business people rem^tk, wbenithjej had attache^ then • .names itP/a|: promissory ' note v thank, gooa^lthat bill wi .paid," but an owne^^aiarni like the one deeori^j hpiipVobably. paid' ; paah ifor suoh a : »n3|p. lot of stock and ovedppkedrtibeilact. -