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Report on Steam Cultivation. 



[Reed. 



Pate. 



Description. 



1864 — con tinned. 



Brought forward . . 



Wearing parts and) 

 breakages .. .. I 



Labour 



Shifting 33 times, at 5; 



Smith's Bill .. .. 



Incidental expenses 



Oil 



60 tons coal and cart- 

 ing, at 1 7s 



Horse-water-cart . . 



500 yards steel rope 



Int. on 2611. 4s. 6d., 

 at 10 per cent. 



808 



Deduct value of work 

 Balance carried forward 



808 



Soil. 



Depth. 



Value 

 of Woi k. 



Inches. 



£. s. d. 



261 4 6 



.57 11 9 



82 19 



8 5 



10 



6 5 



9 2 6 



51 



25 4 

 56 



26 2 3 



593 14 

 497 12 



96 2 



£. s. (/. 

 497 12 



497 12 



N.B. — Odd measure not put in this account. Engine not credited for thrashing, 

 chafiF-cutting, and grinding. 



The summary of the account for the three years is as 

 follows : — 



Acres Worked. Expenses. Receipts. 



£. s. d. £. s. d. 



1862 .. .. 577 .. .. 188 16 4 .. .. uOl 17 6 



1863 .. .. 1099 .. .. 311 5 .... 681 14 



1864 .. .. 808 .... 332 9 6 .... 497 12 



2484 



832 6 3 



1681 



6 



No interest will be found charged against the outlay in 1862, 

 because the apparatus Avas paid for by bills of long date. 



The work distinguished thus (*) was done for hire, Mr. Cooper 

 finding neither coal, horse-labour, nor water. For work done 

 at home, of course he has to find both. Yet with this difference 

 he charges himself the same sum per acre as he does his 

 customers. 



No. 31. Mr. W. L. Woods, of Chilgrove, near Chichester, and 

 his father before him, have clothed an unattractive elevation with 

 beauty. In the winter-season the climate is sufficiently severe 

 to warrant the name. The house stands at an elevation of 280 ft. 

 above the sea-level, and some parts of the farm are much higher. 

 The farm is his own ; it consists of 345 acres of arable land and 

 50 of pasture. It may all be ploughed with 2 horses ; the sub- 

 soil is chalk. In some parts the staple is a stiffish red soil, in 



