. Farmer and stockbreeder . 73 18 t Telephone rent 17 7 C Hired cartage . 102 12 11 Various losses . 23 7 8 Estimated Talue ol crew yard dung _. L500 t t £33,406 13 4 Bay 237 acres Brass at £5 acre _ _ 1,185 0 0 Bay 1,086 acres arable at £29 16s. 8d _32,221 13 4 £33,406 13 4 * Nearly £8 per acre on arable area. t One oil engine. I Includes hire of steam ploughs. I All used that year on 330 acres potatoes. January 22. Agbicola. A CONUNDRUM ABOUT HAY _ Bra,—Being a subscriber to your valuable pub-lication I venture to ask the rhyme or reasonfor the following. Of course, it must be distinctly und
. Farmer and stockbreeder . 73 18 t Telephone rent 17 7 C Hired cartage . 102 12 11 Various losses . 23 7 8 Estimated Talue ol crew yard dung _. L500 t t £33,406 13 4 Bay 237 acres Brass at £5 acre _ _ 1,185 0 0 Bay 1,086 acres arable at £29 16s. 8d _32,221 13 4 £33,406 13 4 * Nearly £8 per acre on arable area. t One oil engine. I Includes hire of steam ploughs. I All used that year on 330 acres potatoes. January 22. Agbicola. A CONUNDRUM ABOUT HAY _ Bra,—Being a subscriber to your valuable pub-lication I venture to ask the rhyme or reasonfor the following. Of course, it must be distinctly understoodthat being a farmer it goes without saying Imust be stupid, but, stupid or not, I do want toknow why, now the war is over, the Governmentstill continue to -persecute us as they do. Forinstance, I had to plough up a great portion ofPasture land to grow wheat, with the result thatnay hay crop proves insufficient for my to a neighbour to buy. Am told that theGovernment inspector has taken all the hay in. Photo by] [ Glimpse of a Homestead. the district (in this case the inspector is a pro-duce merchant). I apply to him and quote hisreply :— The price of the hay, if you cut it out andcart it, will be £7 10s. per ton, plus theGovernment schedule charges, which are16s. 6d. per , Sir, £7 10s. per ton is reasonable if theproducer gets that sum, but what beats me iswhat the 16s. Gd. item means when I have to cutand cart. The farmer gets none of it. Thebuyer pays it. Where does it go to? If to themiddle man, why should the Government bolsterhim up at the expense of the producer or con-sumer? If on the other hand the Governmenttake it, what right have they to do so in face ofthe enormous taxes we are asked to pay?—I am,etc., Querist.» • M ? SECURITY OF TENURE Sir,—As a tenant farmer desirous of seeingthe standard of farming elevated and the soils ofBritain . producing better and more abundantcrops and more capital and labour employed inthe
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