82 Cultivation of Arable Land Cat ting and Harrying Grain Crops. 



equal in quality, were two of them reaped clofe by the furface of the ground, and 

 the other two at fomc height, though not fo high as in the general practice of the 

 diftricl:. Each of the portions was found to meafure fomething more than a 

 quarter of a Scotch acre, which is more than a fifth larger t nan that of the Englifh 

 ftatute acre. 



The produce was then fet up feparately into jlooks ; and the length of time that 

 fight reapers took to the part that was cut low t was found to be one hour and 

 twenty-four minutes; and that taken up by the fame number, in the part cut high, 

 only forty-eight minutes. Theexpenfe in wages was eighteen-pence each the day, 

 and that of maintenance fix-pence. The refult of the experiment on the grain 

 being thrdhcd out and meafured, and the ft raw weighed, was found to be greatly in 

 favour of low cutting.* 



In order to facilitate the bufinefs of cutting grain, different attempts have been 

 made to conftruct machines for the purpofe ; but hitherto we believe without com 

 plete fuccefs. An implement of this kind, which could perform the operation 

 in an eafy, correct, and expeditious manner, would be of van: importance to 

 the arable farmer in this uncertain climate, efpecially as the difficulty of procu 

 ring a fufficient number of labourers infuch bufy feafons has been lately much 

 increafed. 



It is thus dated in the Agricultural Survey of the Weft Riding of Vorkihire. 



Result. 



. s. d, 



Eight fliearfrs (renpers), one hour and twenty-four minutes, at 2s. per day, 



or 2 d. per hour - - - - - -024 



Same number of labourers, 48 minutes - -014 



Difference of expenfe in favour of high cutting 



Or per acre - - - - - 4 O 



One peck and a quarter of wheat more from the low cut portion than that 



cut high, at Is. 4d. the peck, is - - - - 1 S 

 Fourteen ftones (22 avoirdupois pounds) more of ftraw, at 2d. per Hone, is 024 



4 Q 



Or per acre - - - - - 16 

 Deduct the increafed expenfe of cutting, and there will remain in favour of low 



cutting per acre - * - 12 



