378 Cultivation of Moorland. 



Drainage. £. s. d. 



Cutting an open drain np the centre to the head of the 



spring — 16 perch, or 4 chains, at 4s 16 



Tapjiing u])right and side springs into open course — 52 



perch of 4-feet drains, cut, stoned, and filled, at Is. 8c/. 4 6 8 



5 2 8 

 (Cultivation, 



Trenching 14 inches, by 2 spits deep 3 5 



4 tons of lime and carriage 4 34 



Horse and manual labour in cultivating, sowing rape- 

 seed, &c 10 



£13 11 

 In return for the above outlay I had a crop of rape (coleseed) 

 worth 3/. per acre, which was fed off by sheep to consolidate the 

 surface. The land was then winter ploughed to the depth of the 

 settled trenching, and cleaned in the spring, previous to being 

 sown down with permanent grasses for subsequent water-meadow. 

 The meadow is now a good one, and of infinite value to the 

 occupation, but its cost, to my thinking, was far too much " to 

 repay a tenant's outlay." Hence the cheaper plan (above alluded 

 to) suggested itself, and has since been generally adopted : its cost 

 is small by comparison, and of course not so immediate in its 

 return ; but time has shown that great things may be done ujjon 

 rough, low-lying lands, by more simple and inexpensive means. 

 I give the cost : — 



£. s. d. 



Drainage, as per former statement 5 6 



Paring off all banks and levelling in a rude way .. .. 10 



Cutting water-gutters 10 



Eaising and washing out soil to the land by means of 



floating it on by the water and gutters 10 



3 tons of lime, and cai-riage, spread upon the land after 



the above process 32 6 



Brushing and other labour 2 6 



9 15 6 

 Grass-seeds may or may not be sown with this plan, at 



a cost of say 10 



£10 5 6 

 Another yet cheaper plan has been found to answer remarkably 

 well, and the meadows are now producing excellent herbage both 

 as to quality and quantity, viz. : — 



£. s. (f, 



DrainaTe, as per statement 5 06 



Paring the rough grasses and levelling them in, &c. .. 15 6 

 Guttering for watering and washing out soil for the land 10 



Labour in raising and washing soil 10 ' 



No lime 



£6 16 



