338 Report on Steam Cultivation. [Clakke. 



men, "Is. ^d. each ; two anchor-men, 2a', 3rZ. each ; two porter- 

 men (not boys), 2s. '6d. each (thou2:h in short fields one porter- 

 man is sufficient); and one man with the water-cart, and engaged 

 in oiling, »Scc., 25. 3c?., or 19s. 3rtf. altogether. Then, each man 

 has 3 pints of beer, or 3 gallons for the gang, at 2s. Qd. ; making 

 the total labour per day 1/. Is. 9f/. The horse, carting about 

 900 gallons of water from a spring at the homestead, costs 2s. 6d. 

 Moving takes 8 horses, and the regular steam hands, for two 

 hours ; or sometimes 4 horses for a longer time, generally about 

 every third day — say, the cost of horses. Is. dd. upon each 

 working day. Two pints of oil cost Is. od. ; and 11 cwts. of 

 coal, at 18^. a ton, cost 9^. lid. per day. The expenses are 

 thus 11. lis. 2d. per day. 



Howard's cultivator, generally taking about o feet breadth, 

 will take more than 4 feet breadth when the 5-tines are worked 

 with wide shares on ; and with an average depth of work, 

 8 inches (the greatest depth is 13 inches), and the engine moving 

 with 60 lbs. pressure, it does 9 acres a day. The drag-harrows 

 (two being generally used), under their exceedingly light steer- 

 age-frames, accomplish 20 acres per day on an average. The 

 following are the particulars in Mr. Bulstrode's " steam-culti- 

 vating journal " : — 



" Summary of work done in 1865 — 



Acres. 



Cultivated, first time 102| 



,, second time 179 



Drag- harrowed by steam 48 



Total 329^ 



Number of removals . . . . 16 



Number of days' work .... 40 



Therefore the number of acres per day, including removals, is 



"The summary of spring work done in 1866, is — 



Acres. 



Cultivated (but not tirst time) 133 



Drag-harrowed by steam 91 i 



Total 224^ 



Number of removals (including the first setting-down) 8 



Number of days' work (including removals) . . 24 



Therefore the number of acres per day, including removals, is 



224 



— — =94- acres. And the number of acres per day, exclusive 

 24 ^ 



of removals, is -^^ :rL- 10|- acres." 



