1 6 THE LANDED INTEREST. 



one of which can do the work of ten men. This 

 has multiplied the effect of human labour tenfold, 

 and that at the most critical season, the harvest, 

 when the entire crop ripens within a fortnight, 

 and must with all possible expedition be saved 

 without loss of time. For hay-making, a similar 

 machine is in the same proportion available. It 

 would be difficult to reckon the vast saving which 

 the introduction of this most important invention 

 has made at these most critical periods, haytime 

 and harvest. 

 Thesteam- Next to it is the steam-plough, which, on 



plough. 



heavy land and in large fields, especially where 

 coal is moderate in cost, and water easily avail- 

 able, is both economical and expeditious. A 

 steam-plough, capable of ploughing ten acres a 

 day, will do the labour of ten men and twenty 

 horses, and, where deep culture is advantageous, 

 will execute the work much more effectively, and 

 with no injurious trampling of the tender soil. 

 But it is as yet a costly implement, beyond the 

 reach of small farmers except when hired as an 

 auxiliary, and not capable of doing its work with 

 economy within small enclosures. The saving of 



