EFFECT OF TARISS ON 1,000 ACRE FARM IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

Taking into account only a few of the Farmers' "Tools of Trade." Assume 300 acres cropped and 300 acres fallowed each year. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Approx. Estimate Life of Life in Cost Duty per

                                —                                                                 Cost.       for parts.   Total.    implement   years.  (Approx.)     acre per
                                                                                                                                                    in acres                 per acre.      annum.

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                                                                                                       £              £              £

Plough (25 per cent. and 30 per cent. duty) ... ... ... 45 20 65 3,000 10 5d. 1¼d. Large Cultivator (20 per cent. and 25 per cent. duty) ... ... 32 12 44 2,000 4 5d. 1¼d. Harrows (20 per cent. and 25 per cent. duty) ... ... ... 12 4 16 3,000 10 1¼d. ¼d. Roller (20 per cent. and 25 per cent. duty) ... ... ... 23 5 28 3,000 10 2¼d. ¼d Drill (25 per cent. and 30 per cent. duty) ... ... ... 45 10 55 1,500 5 8¾d. 2½d. Binder (Free and 5 per cent. duty) ... ... ... ... 45 10 55 1,300 13 1/- •• Harvester(£14, and 1¾d. and 2d. per lb. on parts) ... ... 94 10 104 1,250 5 1/-8 3d. Binder Twine (7s. cwt., ¾d. lb. duty) ... ... ... ... •• •• •• •• •• •• ⅛d. Bags (10 per cent. duty) ... ... ... ... ... ... •• •• •• •• •• •• 2½d. Lubricating Oil (3d. and 3½d. gall. duty) ... ... ... •• •• •• •• •• •• ⅛d. Chaff Cutters (20 per cent. and 25 per cent. duty) ... ... •• •• •• •• •• •• •• Grader (20 per cent. and 25 per cent. duty) ... ... ... •• •• •• •• •• •• •• Churns (25 per cent. and 30 per cent. duty) ... ... ... •• •• •• •• •• •• •• Barbed Wire (10 per cent. and 20 per cent. duty) ... ... •• •• •• •• •• •• •• Corrugated Iron (20s. and 30s. per ton) ... ... ... •• •• •• •• •• •• ••

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• About 1/- per acre on the 300 acres cropped = £15 per annum.

PRINCIPAL AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, 1917. ______________________________________________________________________________

                   —                           Australian Tariff.     U.S.A. Tariff     New Zealand Tariff.

______________________________________________________________________________ Harvesters ... ... ... £14 each .. Free Free Stripper ... ... ... ... £7 each .. Free Free Winnowers ... ... ... 30 per cent. .. Free Free Parts for above ... ... ... 2d. per lb. .. Free Free Binders ... ... ... ... 5 per cent. .. Free Free Binder Twine ... ... ... 7/- per cwt. .. Free Free Chaffcutters ... ... ... 25 per cent. .. Free Free Spraying Machine ... ... 25 per cent. .. Free Free Lubricating Oil ... ... ... 3½d. per gall. .. Free Free Cultivators, Disc ... ... ... 30 per cent. .. Free Free Cultivators, Tooth ... ... 25 per cent. .. Free Free Plows, Stump Jump ... ... 30 per cent. .. Free Free Barbed Wire ... ... ... 20 per cent. .. Free Free Most Agricultural requirements All dutiable. .. Free Free __________________________________________________________________________________ STIRLING TAYLOR 31st JULY, 1917.