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4. Oats ; 5. Beans ; and, 6. Wheat ; and, in that rotation, 

 he calculated, that it would be possible for one pair of hor- 

 ses, to keep in cultivation, 42 Scotch, or 52 English acres. 

 The following gives a general view of the nature of the la- 

 bour they might perform: 



Days. 



.1. Ploughing, harrowing, and rolling, - 165 



2. Threshing, - -47 



3. Various works, as driving dung and fuel, market- 



ing grain, corn and hay harvest, road works, &c. 90 



302 



4. Sundays, - 52 



5. Days without work, owing to bad weather, holi- 



days, &c. 1 1 



Total, 36.5 



Calculating the number of working days at 302, and the 

 expence of a pair of horses, with the ploughman, &c. at 

 L. 135 per annum, that is at the rate of nine shillings per 

 day, and about one shilling per hour whilst working, sum- 

 mer and winter. How little is such an expence considered 

 by servants, and often even by the masters themselves ? 

 What losses are sustained, by errands to the smith's shop, 

 frequent and unnecessary delays at the end of ridges, and 

 other idle and pernicious practices.* 



In regard to a light soil, it would appear from Mr 

 Hope's diary, that a pair of horses, on such a soil, may 

 keep in cultivation, about 50 Scotch, or 62 English acres 

 per plough. Much, at the same time, must depend, on the 



* Farmer's Magazine, June, 1812, p. 231, 



