Farm Notes.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4392, 30 March 1909, Page 4

Farm Notes.

x> - '•-*-* tjKfrTid-frrnv. THE COST. OF GROWING i-~ '.v CHAFF ‘ i W -f- I -T f mt is some speculation among iculturists as, to , the price which. I he set this season .on oaten chaff. ) yield this year will probably be ecord in many districts, and at the sent time the supply is likely to be ater than the, demand . There, i 8 1 a Fair amount of last season’s iff on hand, which is selling at £4 ■ ton. It. is contended that the new ison’s stuff will commence at from =to £3 63 per ton, but some buyers j already attempting to beat down > price to £2 12s 6d. With a view snoring the farmer how he really nds in the matter, a “ Dominion‘ >resentative obtained the following rticulars regarding the cost of procticp per acre from a practical agriturist in the Wairarapa : £ 8 d mt of property per acre 015 0 ed« 0 10 o oughing 0 9 0 anuring 0 5 0 arrowing, two strokes 0 3 0 rilling 0 2 0 >lliog 0 2 0 itting 0 8 0 ooking and Stacking 0 6 0 itting and Delivering 0 116 Total 3 11 6 7j. ; . ield, say 2 tons per acre at £3 5s per acre 6 10 0 3ss cost 3 116 Profit 2 18 6 This return is based on the yield om land like that on the Opaki lains, jtony,. with an average crop, bich in a few instances might be receded by from 20 to 50 per cent, will be seen that with small crops id low prices there is not a great >al of profit for; the farmer, after all s labour and trouble.