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October 1. Started the ridger and subsoiler on No. 1, heavy land, 37 acres 



•wheat stubble, which was finished at 9 a.m. on October 8. The tackle was 



then shifted to No. 3, heavy land, 36 acres. On October 9 we lost half a day 



by rain. On the 10th it was wet again, but we worked on and did an 



average day's work. On October 12 we lost half a day by wet. The 36 



acres were finished at 11.20 a.m. on October 16, when the tackle was 



shifted to No. 3, light land, Part I., 5 acres, which was finished at 11.15 a.m. 



on October 17. The cost for the 78 acres is as follows : — n j 



X. s. a. 



Men, 14 Ways, at 18s. 6ri 13 8 3 



Coal, 8 tons 14 cwt., at ICs 6 19 6 



Oil, at 9cZ., for 14 Ways 10 10 



Extras, at Is. 6cZ. per acre, for 78 acres 5 17 



Total 26 15 7 



Or an average of 6s. 10c/. per acre. 

 1873. 

 September 6. Finished harvest. 



September 22. Started the smasher on No. 3, heavy land, 38 acres beau 

 stubble, which was finished at 4.10 p.m. on September 26, when the tackle 

 was shifted to No. 2, heavy land. Here is the cost of the 38 acres : — 



£. 5. d. 



Men, at 19s. per day, for 5 days 4 15 



Coal, 72 cwt., at 22s. per ton 3 19 3 



Oil, at 9c/. per day, for 5 days 039 



Extras, at Is. 6c/. per acre, on 38 acres 2 17 



Total 11 15 



Or an average of 6s. 2c/. per acre. 



September 27. Started the ridger and subsoiler on No. 2, heavy land, 30 

 acres wheat stubble, which was finished at 11 a.m. on October 2. The tackle 

 was then shifted to No. 1, heavy land, 39 acres barley stubble, but through 

 a breakage of the windlass we did nothing that day. The next morning we 

 started. On October 7 it was wet, we worked only half a day. On October 10 

 the 39 acres were finished, excepting three short turns, when we had another 

 breakage of windlass. On October 11 we shifted the tackle to No. 2, light 

 land, 13 acres wheat stubble, on which on Monday, October 13, we started ; 

 and at 4.50 p.m. on October 14 we finished the 13 acres, when we shifted to 

 No. 1, light land, 12 acres, which we finished at 12'45 p.m. on October 16. 

 The cost of the 94 acres of ridging and subsoiling is as follows : — 



£. s. d. 



Men, 17 days, at 22s. per day 18 14 



Coal, 235 cwt., at 22s. per ton 12 18 6 



Oil, 17 days, at 9c/. per day 12 9 



Eepairing two brackets to windlass 2 



Extras, at Is. 6c/. per acre 7 10 



Total 41 6~3 



Or an average of 8s. 9c/. per acre. 



■ The quantity of work for the 4 years stands thus : — 



1870. 1871. 1872, 1873. 



Acres. Acres. Acres. . Acres. 



Cultivating 53 39 42 38 



Eidging and subsoiling . . 65 92 78 94 



Totals per year .. .. 118 131 120 132 



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