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Costs and Returns per Acre according to Size of Herd (£). ! Percentage Position (by Main Sections), (applies to Table on left). Number of Cows milked per Farm. Number of Cows milked per Farm. — ■ r i ī — n i i Under 31 to 41 to 51 to 61 to 71 to ! 81 to j Over Under 31 to 41 to 51 to 61 to 71 to 81 to Over 31. 40. 50. 60. 70. ! 80. 100. 100. 31. 40. 50. 60. 70. 80. 100. 100. __ __ ________ _ i Butterfat per acre .. .. .. ..lb. 120-015110-786 123-626 101-410 113-287 130-804 126-061124-729 120-015110-786 123-626 101-410 113-287130-804 126-061124-729 %%%%%%% % Value of butterfat at 9-25d. per pound.. .. £ 4-626 4-270 4-765 3-908 4-366 5-041 4-859 4-807 90-24 90-24 90-24 90-24 90-24 90-24 90-24 90-24 Pig returns at Id. per pound of butterfat .. £ 0-500 0-461 0-515 0-423 0-472 0-545 0-525 0-520 9-76 9-76 9-76 9-76 9-76 9-76 9-76 9-76 Total income per acre .. .. £ 5-126 4-731 5-280 4-331 4-838 5-586 5-384 5-327 100-00 100-00 100-00 100-00 100-00 100-00 100-00 100-00 Less total working-costs per acre .. £ 2-467 2-172 2-124 1-853 1-942 2-027 1-909 1-883 48-13 45-91 40-23 42-78 40-14 36-29 35-46 35-35 Interest and labour balance per acre .. £ 2-659 2-559 3-156 2-478 2-896 3-559 3-475 3-444 51-87 54-09 59-77 57-22 59-86 63-71 64-54 64-65 Less male labour reward per acre .. .. £ 2-415 1-829 1-837 1-523 1-580 1-705 1-528 1-381 47-11 38-66 34-79 35-17 32-66 30-52 28-38 25-92 Interest balance per acre .. .. £ 0-244 0-730 1-319 0-955 1-316 1-854 1-947 2-063 4-76 15-43 24-98 22-05 27-20 33-19 36-16 38-73 Interest balance per acre capitalized at 5 per cent. £ 4-88 14-60 26-38 19-10 26-32 37-08 38-94 41-26 Government capital value of land and improve- £ 33-575 27-935 28-360 23-828 26-220 28-813 25-593 24-162 78-50 77-60 77-76 77-62 78-33 79-17 78-34 77-33 ments per acre Value of dairy stock per acre .. .. £ 4-079 3-682 4-012 3-541 3-855 4-247 4-076 4-272 9-54 10-23 11-00 11-54 11-52 11-67 12-48 13-67 Value of horses per acre .. .. .. £ 0-945 0-745 0-681 0-569 0-559 0-677 0-562 0-536 2-21 2-07 1-87 1-85 1-67 1-86 1-72 1-72 Value of pigs per acre .. .. .. £ 0-117 0-109 0-105 0-081 0-094 0-096 0-110 0-085 0-27 0-30 0-29 0-26 0-28 0-26 0-34 0-27 ' Value of implements per acre .. .. £ 1-553 1-469 1-336 1-145 1-320 1-177 1-174 1-129 3-63 4-08 3-66 3-73 3-94 3-24 3-59 3-61 Value of milking-plant per acre .. £ 2-503 2-060 1-976 1-533 1-426 1-382 1-152 1-061 5-85 5-72 5-42 5-00 4-26 3-80 3-53 3-40 Total capital per acre .. .. £ 42-772 36-000 36-470 30-697 33-474 36-392 32-667 31-245 100-00 100-00 100-00 100-00 100-00 100-00 100-00 100-00 Main working -costs per acre .. •• 1 £ 1-382 1-291 1-277 1-140 1-188 1-236 1-170 1-145 56-02 59-44 60-12 61-52 61-18 60-98 61-29 60-81 Total depreciation per acre .. I £ 0-440 0-379 0-358 0-289 0-303 0-284 0-270 0-254 17-84 17-45 16-86 15-60 15-60 14-01 14-14 13-49 Overhead per acre .. .. .. L £ 0-439 0-337 0-363 0-310 0-348 0-392 0-341 0-418 17-79 15-51 17-09 16-73 17-92 19-34 17-86 22-20 Stock-feed, &c., per acre .. .. £ 0-206 0-165 0-126 0-114 0-103 0-115 0-128 0-066 8-35 7-60 5-93 6-15 5-30 5-67 6-71 3-50 Total working-expenses per acre £ 2-467 2-172 2-124 1-853 1-942 2-027 1-909 1-883 100-00 100-00 100-00 100-00 100-00 100-00 100-00 100-00 Number of farms .. . . • • 1 • 69 106 101 81 70 39 45 39 Average area of farms .. •• I acres 55-2 83-6 97-3 135-4 146-5 153-4 193-4 252-6 Average size of herd .. .. .. ] .. 26-5 36-2 45-9 56-4 66-4 76-6 92-8 126-9 Average butterfat per acre .. .. lb. 120-0 110-8 123-6 101-4 113-3 130-8 126-1 124-7 Average butterfat per cow .. .. lb. 250 256 262 243 250 262 263 248 Average cows per 100 acres .. .. ..48-0 43-3 47-2 41-7 45-4 50-0 48-0 50-3 .. .. .. .. Average area in acres per male hand .. J acres 41-4 54-7 1 54-4 65-7 63-3 58-7 65-4 72-4 .. .. ■ ■ ■ * Break-up of total working- costs per acre. f Brief descriptive details.