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cultivated and crossed, and a Coleman's scarifier is run tluough 

 the land just before sowing- ; this is generally found sufficient. 



Cost of WorL 



Manual and Horse-lahour : — £. s. d. 



Engine-men 30 



Windlass-man 03 



2 anchor-men U 3 10 



Steersman 02 2 



2 boys 18 



1 boy and horse 04 



17 S 



Coal 15 7 



Oil ..026 



Daily working expenses .. 1 15 



N.B. — No extra payment to men. Coal — " Staveley Hards," 18y. 4(Z. per ton 

 home, consumption 17 cwts. per day of 10 Iiours, 15s. 7c?. 



The farm lay in a very creditable state, but we were struck 

 with the comparative uselessnois of machinery capable of ren- 

 dering- such unmistakable assistance, upon a farm of this kind, 

 Avhere horses, owing to the steepness of the inclines and the 

 tenacity of the soil, work to great disadvantage. The consump- 

 tion of fuel, too, is a serious increase to the expense. The charge 

 per acre is somewhat heavy. Adopting Mr. King's mode of cal- 

 culating the expenses, &c., the daily working expenses 1/. 155. dd. 

 -\- the wear and tear and depreciation (1/. 15s. 2(1), make in all 

 3/. liJs. lid., which spread over 5 acres gives 14s. as the cost 

 per acre completed. Mr. King considers that since the engine 

 is employed only 20 days in a year for cultivation, and nearly 

 50 days on thrashing, &c. &c., only one-third of its cost should 

 be charged to steam cultivation. The charge for interest would 

 then be, on one-third of 335/. : — 



£. s. d. 



Cost of engine Ill 1?> 4 



Cost of other tackle 250 



3G1 13 4 



Interest on 361Z. 13s. 4f/. at 5 per cent., 18/. Is. 9<^/., or, divided 

 among 20 days, 16s. \d. per day. The account would then 

 stand thus : — 



£. s. d. 



Daily working expenses 1 15 9 



Wear and tear at 7s. per acre, twice cultivated.. 1 15 

 Interest at 5 per cent. 18 1 



4 8 10 

 Or 17s. D(?. per acre, twice cultivated. 



