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steam pressure of from 70 to 80 lbs., in a day of 10 hours, 

 ploujjhs 8 acres 5 or 6 inches deej), and cultivates from 10 

 to 15 acres, 8 or 9 inches deep, with harrow following; the 

 removals, which occupy 2 hours, being included. No actual 

 account of work done is kept ; Mr. P'json estimates it at about 

 100 acres per year twice over. The preparation for roots is as 

 follows : 1st. The stubble is broken up by the cultivator, with 

 harrow attached ; in the space of two weeks the field is crossed 

 with these same implements. It is so left till spring, when a 

 seed-furrow is turned by horse-power. All clover-leys are 

 ploughed by steam as well as they can be done by horses. 



The Cost of Work. 



Per Day. 



Manual labour : — £. s. d. 



Engine-man 02 6 



Ploughman 02 6 



Anchor-man 020 



2 boys 2 



Water-cart, boy and liorse 5 



14 



Oil 2 



Coals 11 11 



1 1 Ih 

 N.B. — No piecework payment. 



The coal used is known as " Staveley Hards," I65. 6c?. per ton 

 home, about 15 cwts. being used per day of 10 hours. The 

 mud-holes of the engine are cleared out once a week. 



No. 26. Mr. Edward Greene, the member for Bury St. 

 Edmunds, eighteen months ago took the farm of 400 acres, near 

 that town, which we visited September 8th. The soil is a good 

 friable loam on a chalky subsoil, well suited for the growth of 

 roots. The fields, which lie on each side the turnpike road, are 

 large ; they are bounded by straight fences, which are without 

 timber. There is a partial supply of water from ponds ; the 

 greater part has to be carted an average of three-quarters of a 

 mile. The farm requires no drainage. When entered, the farm 

 was exceedingly foul: already (since November, 1865) a change 

 has been wrought, which is due to steam-power, and could have 

 resulted from no other in so short a time. A decided, vigilant 

 man, who professes to " farm on the gallop," when he employs 

 steam-power, will scarcely be satisfied with less than steam-pace. 

 Mr. Greene farms on the four-course system, and intends to keep 

 to it. If farmed so high for roots as to throw down the barley- 

 crops, he believes it possible to stiffen the straw with salt. 

 , The Apparatus, purchased November, 1865, consists of an 



