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dition, particularly when carried on in winter ; but which is 

 not advisable, as frosts, more or less, are expected every 

 night in that season ; no more turf should be cut, carried, 

 and spread in the day, than is likely to be planted before 

 night. 



No stock of any kind should be admitted upon the young 

 pasture until after the grasses have perfected and shed their 

 seed. 



The expense of converting arable land into pasture by 

 transplanting turf (according to the certificate delivered by 

 Mr. Henry Blyth, of Burnham, as a claimant for the pre- 

 mium offered by T. W. Coke, Esq., 181G, for the encourage- 

 ment of this new description of husbandry), is as follows : — 



A. K, p. 

 Extent of grass-land pared to produce plants for 



transplanting; the turf being clean pared off... 1 2 18 



Extent of arable land transplanted with the above 11 15 



Expense. £. s. d. 



To ploughing or paring 1 acre, 2 roods, 1 8 poles, 



at 10s. per acre 16 1^ 



To carriage of 600 loads of turf, 50 days' work 



for one horse, at 3s. per day 7 10 



To lads driving carts, one boy fourteen days, at 



Is. 2d. per day, and one ditto at 10^. per day 19 8 

 To scarifying H acres and 15 poles of ground, 



when covered with turf cut in pieces, at 2s. 6d. 



per acre 1 7 8| 



To labourers, filling, cutting, spreading, and 



planting the turf on 11 acres and 15 poles of 



land, at 30s, per acre 16 12 9| 



£27 6 4 

 Total expense per acre £ 2 9 2 



Mr. Blaikie observes, that in the foregoing estimate there 

 is no allowance made for the expenses incurred by ihe clear 



