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Paragraph 6

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Calves less than seven days old, unweaned piglets, and unweaned lambs shall not be included in the estimate.

TABLE

CROPS

Standard man-days
(per acre)
Wheat2
Barley2
Oats3
Mixed corn3
Rye—for threshing2·5
Potatoes—first early15
—main crop and second early15
Beans for stockfeeding3
Turnips, swedes and fodder beet for stockfeeding9
Mangolds11
Rape or cole for stockfeeding1
Kale for stockfeeding1·5
Cabbage, savoys and kohlrabi for stockfeeding5
Mustard for seed, fodder or ploughing-in3
Other crops for stockfeeding (inc. vetches and tares but not lucerne and grasses)3
Sugar beet10
Hops70
Orchards grown commercially23
Orchards not grown commercially1
Small fruit:
Strawberries70
Raspberries80
Currants, black40
Gooseberries40
Other small fruit60
All brassicas20
Carrots, earlies60
Carrots, main crop10
Parsnips25
Turnips and swedes20
Beetroot (red beet)30
Onions, salad100
Onions, harvesting dry25
Beans, broad30
Beans, runner: bush30
climbing80
Beans, french25
Peas, green for market30
Peas, all others for processing3
Celery40
Lettuce, not under glass30
Other vegetables and mixed areas50
Hardy nursery stock50
Bulbs100
Other flowers not under glass250
Crops under glass or sheds1,300
Other crops not for feeding to farm livestock3
Bare fallow0·5
Lucerne1·25
Clover, sainfoin and temporary grasses0·75
Permanent grass0·5

LIVESTOCK

Standard man-days
(per head per annum)
Dairy cows in milk or in calf and heifers in milk10
Dairy heifers in calf3·5
Beef cows in milk or in calf and heifers in milk3
Bulls being used for service6
All other cattle2·5
Ewes0·7
Rams0·7
Wethers and other sheep 1 year old and over0·2
Breeding sows and gilts4
Boars4
Other pigs over 2 months old1
Poultry—Hens and pullets (other than growing pullets), geese and turkeys0·1
—Fowls for breeding0·15
—Ducks0·2
—Broilers, growing pullets and other table fowl0·05