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the clumps of trees standing in tlie midst of the fields. Here 

 and there it has, however, been employed, and generally with 

 the best results to drained land. One field was fetched up to a 

 great depth with the digging breasts, so that the red gravelly 

 subsoil was admixed with the staple, and so increased its fer- 

 tility, that the barley, wheat, and clover crops have never since 

 forgotten it. 



Cost of Worli. 



Manual and Horse-labonr per dn y : — £. s. (7. 



Engine-driver 2G 



Ploughman 02 



3 porter- bo j^s 03 



1 anchor-boy 1 G 



AVater-cart, boy and horse 4 6 



13 6 



Average labour payment extra 4 2 



Coal .. ^ 5 10 



Oil 10 



14 6 



N.B. — Men paid by the day Avith the following extra allowance per acre 

 divided between the driver and ploughman equally : — for subsoiling, Is, Sd. ; 

 ploughing, lOd. ; scarifying, M. Coal — " Gawber Hall," a hard coal, 17s. a 

 ton, home ; consumption, 7 cwts. per day of 10 hours = 5s. lOd. 



The smith's work is done on the estate. 



We were received with great kindness by Mr. Shellabear, his 

 Lordship's steward. 



No. 4. Mr. S. Linton, Long Stanton, Cambridgeshire, 

 September 12. — Mr. Linton has the advantage of farming his 

 own land. The farm, which consists of 500 acres, is generally 

 heavy. The arable land, about 400 acres, is ploughed by 3 

 horses 5 to 6 inches deep with some difficulty. There are 

 about 100 acres of a gravelly clay loam which will grow turnips. 

 The farm has been drained from 30 to 32 inches deep, li rods 

 apart. The fields, small in area, were thrown into high back 

 lands when the farm Avas bought ; they have since been enlarged 

 and the lands thrown down ; but owing to some difficulty in 

 getting off the water, there is a disposition to return to ridge 

 and furrow. The outfall it seems will not allow of deeper drains, 

 but we were led to think that a little stroke of engineering would 

 relieve the land of that which defeats the owner's present inten- 

 tions. The fields are now from 12 to 90 acres in extent. The 

 supply of water is plentiful. That which is drawn from the 

 wells that have been sunk is not so good as that which is obtained 

 from ponds. The number of horses has been reduced from 15 

 to 12, which is to 2 horses to each 66 acres. The situation 



