336 ADVANTAGES Of OXt* IN HUSBANDllY. 



Brought forward 47 10 



To 24 week's keep at grass, at 3s. each ox - 28 15 

 To 6 tons of hay, between Oct. 1 and Dec. 1, 



when at grass - - - - -15 00 

 To repair of yokes and bows - - - 18 

 To wear of 'plough and dressing shares, mend- 

 ing chains, &c. - - - - -4 13 6 

 To cash paid Esau Green for ploughing 385 acres 



in eleven months, at Is. 4d. - - - 25 13 4 



To cash for harrowing 291 acres, at 6d. - - 7 5 6 



.£129 16 4 

 N. B. This price per acre includes driver and attendance. 



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By 385 acres ploughed, at 4s. 10|rf. 

 By 291 acres harrowed, at 2s. 6d. 



g . If this had been let by hire, it would not have been taken 



by any neighbouring farmer at less than 8s. per acre plough- 

 ing, and 4*. per acre harrowing. 

 Proportion of If the harrowing of two acres be admitted as equal to 

 wo ploughing one, it follows, that the work done by these 



oxen, (caparisoned in the old-fashioned way with yokes 

 and bows) is equal to the ploughing of 530 acres in eleven 

 months, or 578 acres in a year. 

 F • „ f(u I* ma y naturally be supposed, that on so elevated and ex- 

 man and boy. posed a hill as that of Mendip many interruptions to tillage 

 work must occur in the course of a year, notwithstanding 

 which the man's earnings (driver included) amount to 14s. 

 per week nearly ; to which must be added sundry work in 

 the time of harvest, (after his day's work at ploughing) and 

 other occasional labour, amounting to the average of 2s. 

 per week, constituting altogether the receipt of 13s. per 

 week for himself, and 3s. per week for his boy. 



In conducting this experiment the claimant has sedulously 

 guarded his mind against all bias and partiality, being 

 desirous of getting at the truth by the most accurate inves- 

 tigation ; and he has no doubt, that the statement of work 



performed 



