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(lay of 10 hours, including- removals. In preparing for roots, 

 the stubble is broken up (! inches deep, manured in the frost 

 (January), and cross-ploughed in spring G or 7 inches. For 

 further particulars, see Statement, 



Cost of Work icith Single Engine TacJde. 



£. s. d. 



Engineer, 3s. 4cZ. ; ploup;liman, 2s. Gd. ; ancliormnn, 2s. ; ^vater-) ^ -|(> p 



cart, boy and horse, 5s. ; 3 mpe iio'.-tor-bovs, os. Sd ) 



Coal, 1 ton " 15 G 



Oil 16 



1 13 6 



The 3 men have 4cZ. an acre extra divided amongst them for once ploughing 

 and twice cultivating. The 4 boys have 2d. an acre extra for once ploughing 

 and twice cultivating. 



The piece-work money, supposing the average day's work was 

 6 acres, would be 35., which, if added to 1/. 13s. 6d., will 

 increase it to 11. 16s. 6d. This, then, Avill represent the expense 

 of a day's work, without any charge for interest and maintenance, 

 for which Mr. Cooper allows 20 per cent, upon the cost of the 

 tackle. 



Wear and Tear from July 20 to JSiov. 18. 



£. s. d. 



8 dozen shares, lis 4 8 



21 clips, Is 110 



2 pulleys, 2s 4 



1 digging-breast 3 6 



2 small rope-porters, 20s 2 00 



5 rope eyes, 2s. 6r? 12 6 



6 rope-porter wheels, 3s. 6(/ 1 1 



1 new road clutch, 25s 15 



Eepairing spindle in plough 6 



Sharpening coulters (four times) 112 



Incidental expenses 5 



28 shiftings, with two horses, 5s 7 



24 13 

 These repairs, effected during a period of 17 weeks, give 29s. Hid. a week. 



Mr. Cooper's elaborate statement of the work done, and the 

 cost of doing it, which here follows, will command attention. 

 Such details are much too scarce. In the first place we are 

 directed to the year 1862. There we find the description of 

 work, the nature of the soil on which it is done, the time occupied 

 in doing it, and the worth of the work. The cost of the tackle, 

 added to the expenses of working, are balanced at the end of each 

 year, and the balance is carried forward. Thus, 631Z. 18s. lOd. 

 is carried forward to the year 18G3, and 2G1/. 4s. Qd. to the year 



