Practical Statement on the foregoing Subject. 155 



£, s. d. 

 Brought over - - 47 10 O 

 To 24 weeks' keep at grass, at 35. each ox - 28 16 O 

 To 6 tons of hay, between Oct. 1 and Dec. 1, 



when at grass - - - - -1500 



To repair of yokes and bows - - - 18 



To wear of plough and dressing shares, mending 



chains, &.c. - - - - - -4136 



To cash paid Esau Green for ploughing 385 



acres in eleven months, at 15. 4c?. - - 25 13 4 



To cash for harrowing 291 acres, at 6c?. - 7 5 6 



£\29 16 4 

 N. B, This price per acre includes driver and attendance. 



Creditor. 

 By 385 acres ploughed, at 45. \oid. - - 93 8 10 

 By 291 acres harrowed, at 25. 6d. - - 36 7 6 



;^129 16 4 



If this had been lett by hire, it would not have been taken 

 by any neighbouring farmer at less than 85. per acre plough- 

 ing, and 45. per acre harrowing. 



If the harrovv'ing of tivo acres be admitted as equal to 

 ploughing one, it follows that the work done by these oxen, 

 (caparisoned in the old-fashioned way with yokes and bows) 

 is equal to the ploughing of 530 acres in eleven months, or 

 578 acres in a year. 



It may naturally be supposed, that on so elevated and 

 exposed a bill as that of Mendip many interruptions to 

 tillao-e work must occur in the course of a year, notwith- 

 standing which ihe man's earnings (driver included) amount 

 to 145. per week nearly; to which must be added sundry 

 work in the time of harvest, (after his day's work at plough- 

 ing) and other occasional labour, amounting to the average 

 of 25. per week, constituting altogether the receipt of 135. 

 per week for himself, and 35. per week for his boy. 



In conducting this experiment the claimant has sedu- 

 lously guarded his mind against all bias and partiality, being 

 4 desirous 



