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Engine, 12-horse power, douLlc cylinder, traction, made by Biirrell 

 of Tlietford. It is used for thrashing and chaff-cutting. It is 

 powerful and well made. The hind travelling wheels are 6 feet in 

 diameter, and 12 inches across the tire. It drives the windlass £. 



with spindle and universal joint. Cost 400 



Windlass and llojie rortirs,\i\^{\.(ihY WqwayA ] 



C'«^<<(;a^or, Mr. Kersey Cooper's design, made hy Burrell '350 



Three-furrow PZoMf//;, by Kansome. iio/w, IGOO yards j 



Total 750 



Of Repairs, tScc, there has been no separate account kept. 



Work done, and mode of doing it. — During a day of 10 hours, 

 including removals, which occupy 2 hours, ploughing is done 

 at the rate of 7 to 8 acres a day ; and cultivating at about 

 10 acres a day, the first operation being 5 inches, the second 

 9 inches in depth. When days are long it is very usual to keep 

 the engine running from 5 A.M. to 7 P.M. The steam-plough is 

 used only to turn the wheat-furrow, or to put in long manure for 

 roots. Since November, 1865, 315 acres have been ploughed 

 or cultivated once over. 



The Cost of Work. — The men are paid by the piece. The four 

 principals take the job at Is. \0d. per acre, the men spending 

 their own time about moving, the master finding the horse to 

 draw the water-cart. The payment of manual labour is thus 

 arranged : — 



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Mr. Greene's mode of estimating the expenses — wear and tear, 

 repairs, maintenance, and interest — is as follows. The total cost 

 of the apparatus being 750/., half the cost of the engine and all 

 that of the apparatus — viz., 550/. — are set down to tillage opera- 

 tions, thus — f. 



Picpairs, wear and tear, and maintenance, on 550?. at 20 per cent. 110 

 Interest at 5 per cent, on 550?. 27 10 



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