116 Agriculture of Durham. 



Hyltox Estate, in North Durliam, the property of John Bowes, Esq. — 

 Amount expended in the Improvement of this Estate from 1842 to ISSS 

 inchisive. 



Year. 



1842 

 1843 

 1844 

 1845 

 1846 

 1847 

 1848 

 1849 

 1850 

 1851 

 1852 

 1853 



£3176 7 9 £8777 2 9 



Total Amount expended by Mr. Bowes on the Improvement of his 

 Durham Estates. 



Strcatlam Estates 



/Buildino;s .. .. £12,073 16 3 

 \Draining .. .. 11,198 2 



Gibside Estate . . .. BuiWings .. .. 7,716 7 3t 



TT u -p w (Buiklinos .. .. 3,176 7 9 



Hylton Estate .. in • • " Q^-'7'7 o 



"^ IDrammg .. .. 8,(^7 2 



9 



Total .. .. £42,941 16 Of 



At Streatlam, .during the first five years, the drains were cut 

 from 2 to 3 feet deep and from G to 9 yards apart. The remainder 

 was put in 4 feet deep and from 36 to 40 feet apart. The 

 tenants lead the materials and pay 7 per cent, on the landlord's 

 outlay. No interest is charged on the large amount expended 

 on the improvement of the buildings. The farms here are 

 generally let from year to year. This estate many years ago had, 

 from various causes, got into a very bad condition during the 

 lifetime of the late Earl of Strathmore, and the trustees, during 

 Mr. Bowes's minority, laid out from 20,000/. to 30,000/. upon 

 the estate, previous to and altogether irrespective of the above 

 liberal outlay by Mr. Bowes himself. Upon the Gibside estate 

 the draining has just been commenced under the " Private 

 Money Drainage Act." Not another word need be added to set 

 forth the laudable attention of this gentleman to the improvement 

 of that portion of the county of Durham which belongs to him. 



The expense of draining is so very uncertain —altogether de- 

 pending upon local circumstances, that it is impossible to give 

 an accurate account of it. It may, however, be useful to give 

 some ideas respecting it by the following exact account of the 

 expense of draining a field containing 11a. 1r. 20p. executed in 

 this county not long ago. 



