HOW FARMING PAYS IN THIS PROVINCE.

Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 138, 29 September 1870, Page 6

HOW FARMING PAYS IN THIS PROVINCE.

Ay ExciTixa ADTEifiiraT?. —Oa Wednesday, July 20, Dr. SdiomW.jk (fie Director of the Adelaide Botanic Garden*), with his foreman and two men narnsd Tyre and Ljonxrd, formed an expedition to tie hills in the neighbourhood of Mount Barker, for tlio purpose of obtaining grass-trees, an I other native productions. W leu about a quarter of a mile past Fordham'* (says the " Register)," they descende I from the right hand side of the road in order to get some of the treea growing in the creek The Doctor aud his foreman were in front, aud the two me& about 50 yards behind, not in a direct line. When the two former had gone a considerable distance, Tyro slipped on a stone, and, losing his balance, commenced rolling down the hill towards a precipice about 25 feet deep perpendicularly overhanging the creek. Seeing his companion's danger, Leonard who ia a, very powerful man with, great cou.rage and promptitude, attempted to stop him, but was knocked down, anl they then both rolled on at a terrific pace. At about twelve or sixteen. fuet fVom the precipice Luonard grasped- a shrub, thus arresting the progress of himself and Tyre, and saving them from imminent death. Dr Schoniburgfc estimated that Tyre, rolled about 150 feet, and the rate which he passed over the ground was very great, his body making bounds of three and four feet, at a time. Fortunately no bones were broken, but the unfortunate man's face and hands were badly scratched, and he was not in a n't condition to be moved for several hours, after which time he was conveyed to town. Leonard was unhurt, and the Doctor avers taat he never saw such narro\v escapes from death in "his life.

Mr. Smith, of Greenfield, has put U3 in possession of the following memorandum, which presents the cost per acre, for 150 acres, of barley raised on his station last season, and the aniount realised per bushel in Dunedin — calculated at 40 bushels per acre :—: — To seed, 2 bush, at os. £0 10 0 „ ploughing and harrowing - -10 0 „ harvesting, 11s ; food, 45.; horses and feed. ss. • - - -10 0 „ sowing barley, 23.; carting to river, 6s. 0 8 0 „ rhreshiug, 63. ; coals, 25. ; food, 3s. 011 0 „ loss on sacks, 2^.; freight to Dunedin, 20a. - . . .12 0 „ insurance to Dunedin • - 0 1 0 „ storage in Dunedin • • -030 „ cart.vge in Dunedin • • -020 „ insurance in Dune.iin - - 0 1 6 „ commission in Dunsdin - -040 „ 3 months' interest on barley and guarantee • - . -080 „ interest on disbursements, at 10 p.c. 0 5 6 „ rent, per acre • - . -10 0 „ jstty dues 010 £5 17 0 By 40 bushels par acre, at 3s. 6i. -£700 Profit for management - -&) 3 0