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TABLE 21. Returns and Costs per Acre according to Level of Butter fat Production per Acre (£).

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Range of Butterfat Production per Acre (lb.). TTnrW 75-00 to 100-00 to 125-00 to 150-00 to 175-00 to 200-00 to 225-00 to 250 and 9 9-9 9 . 124-99. 149-99. 174-99. 199-99. 224-99. 249-99. Over. Butterfat per acre .. .. .. ..lb. 56-826 85-686 112-469 137-84-1 160-788 186-774 210-406 i 238-363 281-535 " Value of butterfat per acre at 9-25d. per pound .. £ 2-190 3-303 4-335 j 5-313 6-197 7-199 8-109 I 9-187 10-851 Pig returns at Id. per pound of butterfat .. £ 0-237 0-357 0-468 j 0-574 0-670 0-778 0-877 0-993 1-173 Total income per acre .. .. .. £ 2-427 3-660 4-803 5-887 6-867 7-977 8-986 j 10-180 12-024 Less total working-costs per acre .. £ 1-187 1-555 ; 1-954 2-319 2-550 2-967 3-191 3-415 4-104 Interest and labour balance per acre .. .. £ 1-240 2-105 j 2-849 3-568 4-317 5-010 5-795 6-765 7-920 Less male labour reward per acre .. .. £ 1-051 1-386 1-648 1-790 2-120 2-367 2-529 2-653 2-921 Interest balance per acre .. .. .. £ 0-189 0-719 1-201 1-778 2-197 2-643 3-266 4-112 j 4-999 _____ _______ _____ — Interest balance per acre capitalized at 5 per cent. £ 3-78 14-38 | 24-02 35-56 43-94 52-86 65-32 82-24 99-98 — —__™™ — — ——, — _ _________ Government capital value of land and improvements per £ 14-490 21-731 25-561 29-573 35-114 41-169 45-711 45-641 46-763 acre Value of dairy stock per acre .. .. .. £ 2-481 3-073 3-905 4-411 5-029 5-623 6-034 6-719 7-383 Value of horses per acre .. .. .. ,. £ 0-449 0-522 0-620 0-675 0-775 0-869 0-958 0-995 0-993 Value of pigs per acre .. .. .. .. £ 0-062 0-071 0-096 0-113 0-120 0-147 0-129 0-135 0-397 Value of implements per acre .. .. .. £ 0-736 0-993 1-192 1-538 1-560 2-004- 2-005 1-981 1-819 Value of milking-plant per acre .. .. .. £ 0-307 1-262 1-543 1-685 2-055 2-257 2-202 2-555 2-622 Total capital per acre .. .. .. £ 27-652 32-917 37-995 44-653 52-069 57-089 58-026 59-977 Main working-costs per acre .. • • 1 £ 0-765 0-948 1-164 1-425 1-494 1-729 1-918 1-899 2-529 Total depreciation per acre .. .. £ 0-196 0-245 0-301 0-357 0-401 0-476 0-475 0-516 0-520 Overhead per acre .. .. .. £ 0-185 0-274 0-367 0-398 0-500 0-512 0-608 0-712 0-765 Stock-feed, &c., per acre .. .. ' * £ 0-041 0-088 0-122 0-139 0-155 0-250 0-190 0-288 0-290 Total working-expenses per acre J £ 1-187 1-555 1-954 2-319 2-550 2-967 3-191 3-415 4-104 Number of farms .. .. .. • • 1 • • 68 87 108 105 84 53 29 10 6 Average area of farms .. .. j acres 191-7 143-5 137-1 116-5 91-3 82-1 83-2 75-4 85-6 Average size of herd .. .. ..I* •• 55-9 51-9 63-0 60-4 54-0 54-3 59-0 59-6 74-3 Average butterfat per acre .. .. .. lb. 56-8 85-7 112-5 137-8 160-8 I 186-8 210-4 i 238-4 281-5 Average butterfat per cow .. .. j lb. 195 238 245 264 272 282 296 ! 302 324 Average cows per 100 acres.. .. J •• 29-2 36-2 45-9 51-9 59-2 66-2 71-0 79-0 86-9 * Break-up of total working-costs per acre. f Brief descriptive details.