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Cost of farming practices and seedbed work in 1912 era notes
A detailed farmer's cost record from York district covers ploughing to harvesting for hay and wheat. It lists depth, cultivation steps, drilling, harrowing, grading, and manure practices with wage, horse feed, and gear costs, plus depreciation and interest estimates and notes on price pressures from bags and supplies. The writer stresses cost variability by field size and soil, and cautions that exact costs depend on crop yields and methods.
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