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The Influence of the 



Table VII. — Work done by the Scottish Steam Cultivation and 

 TitACTiON Company, Limited, in 1872 and 1873. 



porting steam-tackle, the tear and wear of the tackle, and con- 

 sumption of coal and water, were in consequence much above the 

 average. The system of steam-cultivation employed by this 

 • Company is Fowler's double-system. All the engines, with two 

 exceptions, are 12-horse power : the first set was started on 

 21st September, 1871. The character of the soils over which 

 this Company's operations extend is various, embracing the 

 lightest loam and also the stiffest clay. Very few Scotch farmers 

 care to cultivate deeper than nine inches." 



But one more return of work done remains to be reported ; it 

 is from the Kincardineshire Steam-Cultivation Company. Tins 

 Company has for the last eight years employed Fowler's double- 

 engine system in a district varying from a friable clay to peaty 



