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and interest, 4GZ. 13*'. per annum. Assuming tliis to be fair, it 

 will be found that horses would have done the work of the 

 year 1804 (731 acres) at a cost of 5G0/. ; steam would have 

 done it at a cost of 184/. 2s. lO^f/. Were every advantage to 

 be pushed to the utmost, the comparison would be even more in 

 favour of steam ; but we are contented with an approximation to 

 the truth. 



Having reason to question the accuracy of our notes respecting 

 tlie live stock, a note Avas forwarded to Mr. Cooper. Some 

 extracts from his reply are here transcribed. " I find that 

 1 have increased the (quantity of my sheep stock, but the great 

 advantage to me has been holding on, or buying more sheep 

 in the spring of the year when farmers find a difficulty in 

 holding hoggets on flock farms. By cultivating in the autumn 

 1 can do this. The green cropping before roots which I 

 can thus obtain enables me to carry a much larger stock 

 of sheep at that profitable period than I otherwise could do. 

 I certainly grow more roots, more corn, and make more money 

 from the land than I have ever done before, besides always 

 being at the head instead of at the tail of my work. You may 

 speak of the general advantages which are felt in every branch 

 of the detail of my success from the application of steam power 

 to the land, in doing the work wlien it ought to he done.'' He 

 feels, in fact, that it improves the whole pace of a farm, deepens 

 the interest of the men in their work, and impels them onward 

 towards mental development. It may be remarked that although 

 the price paid for labour is the same per acre, the earnings much 

 depend on the depth of the operation and strength of the land, 

 some days being high, the same with the consumption of coal 

 and oil, the former varying from 1^ to 2h cvvts. per day. 



No. 22. Lord Leconfield, Petworth Park, Sussex, September 

 25. His Lordship's vehicle met us at the station, drove us 

 through the beautifully-undulating park, where herds of deer 

 were feeding under the protecting arm of stately beech-trees, to 

 the farm which lies at the extremity of the woods which skirt the 

 park. There we were met by his Lordship's bailiff, Mr. Smith. 

 The shades of evening were descending, and we were prevented 

 from forming so close an acquaintance with the operations at 

 Petworth as could have been desired. That part of the farm 

 over which we walked we found in a high state of culture. The 

 fields, formerly small, are now enlarged, and are naturally well 

 supplied with water. The 4-course system of cropping is 

 observed. The land is drained 4 feet deep 2 rods apart. There 

 are 700 acres — 500 acres of it are stiffish, requiring 2 horses to 

 plough 3 roods 6 inches deep. Some will bear sheep feeding, 

 some not. Considerable improvement is said to have taken place 

 in the produce per acre, and in the texture of the clay staple, 



