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and 10.s\ 6r/. per week to men, and Gr/. to M. to boys. Women 

 were not engaged in tlie field at all. In harvest the work was 

 done by the piece (the general farm-crops being mown or reaped 

 at from 10s. to 14^. per acre), and some of the hands that worked 

 on my tillage operations were the hired team-men, each at I65. 

 a week. I think I have not undercharged the horse labour. For 

 every horse I put down 2s. Gd. per day (including use of imple- 

 ment), which should be enough, seeing that it is equivalent to 

 30Z. a year for 240 working days. The men working the horses 

 . were, of course, paid for in addition. Then as to public expenses : 

 my tithe rent-charge on arable land is about Ss. per acre, and the 

 rates of all sorts and direct (assessed and income) taxes I set 

 down at 7s. per acre. The proper rent for this particular field I 

 could only average from the rents of the immediate neighbourhood, 

 putting it at obs. ; though from the unfavourable reputation of 

 the piece for many years, it is hardly fair to value it at so much. 

 The account is as follows : — 



Expenses per Acre. 



£. s. (7. 



August .. .. Rcarifj'iug fallow intervals 1 G 



September.. .. Forking-out couch 3 



Scarifying and twice Larrowing intervals .. 2 



October .. .. Drilling and harrowing 2 f) 



Seed, 3 pecks (at, say 5s. per bushel) . . . . 3 



December .. .. Ploughing and subsoiling 3 G 



Feb. and March I'loughiug and subsoiling, and removing clods) „ 1- 



oft' wheat ) '^ * 



A]ir. and May .. Hand-hoeing the wheat 1 G 



Plarrowiug and scuffling the intervals . . . . 14 



May Hand-weeding the wheat 0!) 



Horse-hoeing the intervals 10 



June .. .. Horse-hoeing the intervals, second time .. .. O 1 



Jloulding-up wheat 8 



Subsoiling 2 



Hand-weeding wheat 4 



August .. .. Mowing and harvesting, &c 1 1 



Threshing and marketing O 10 



Working expenses per acre 2 19 2 



Add for rent, say 35s.; tithe, 8s.; rates and direct (assessed) o -ia a 

 and income) taxes, 7s. ; making together j "" 



The total outlay per acre being .. .. 5 2 



Doubtless a skilful application of the wire-rope and steam- 

 driven implements would materially lower the expense as well 

 as increase the efficiency of processes performed in my case by 

 horses, two or three drawing in a line " tandem " fashion. Cer- 

 tainly, I lost produce by the kneading of so many hoofs at times 



