12 



d. 



THE AMOUNT OF CAPITAL EMPLOYED IN FARMING. 



{Including the portion necessarily invested in respect of the Park and Demesne 

 lahour), viz. : Inventory and Valuntion at Michaelmas, 1850, tahen as between 

 outgoing and incoming tenant by Messrs. J. Comber and Son. 



£ 



Sheep 



Cattle 



Pigs 



Poultry 



Hay and Fodder ... 



Stock in Granary ... 



Cro^is of Corn, the produce of 1850 



Potatoes and Tillages 



Working Capital, Dead Stock, &c. 



Unexhausted Manures 



Cash Current 

 Total Capital 



3,500 



Which, ou 201a. Or. lip., including' the site of homestead, 2a. Ir. 27p.j 

 and the arable land, 198a. 2r. 24p., in cultivation, equals, per acre, 

 £17 8s. l^d. ; or otherwise, on 273a. 2r. 18p., the area of the farm, 

 including- downs and wastes, £12 15s. lOd. 



The Hookland Arable consists of a rich loam resting* on a chalky 

 subsoil, and adjoins the Avater-meadows in the valley, which are about 

 a mile and a half distant from the homestead ; these soils average about 

 nine inches in depth, and it may be worthy of remark that the yield in 

 cereals on an average of years was equivalent to crops grown on soils 

 twice and three times their depth. The roots grown were found to be 

 deficient in quantity, but nevertheless nutritious. 



The Field and Down Arable Land is a thin calcareous soil, wanting 

 in texture or adhesiveness which can only be acquired through manage- 

 ment in cultivation. The analysis showing the resi^ective qualities of 

 the soils, by Professor Lyon Playfair, in 1846, is given in the Appendix. 

 The Farm was taken in hand at Michaelmas, 1846. About this period 

 it was established that the land in this country, under the then existing 

 system of cultivation, did not supply its fair and proportionate amount of 

 food for the population, so that the abrogation of the Corn Laws followed 

 as a consequence. 



