\ FEBRUARY. 10Q 



work, must have very high keeping. I cannot 

 therefore lay their labour at less than 2s. a day 

 each*, and the carter at Is. 6d. a day, which, sup- 

 posing they carry, one day with another (allowing 

 for wet weather and hindrance by accidents, &c.), 

 30 loads a day, will be about 5|d. per load more, 

 making in the whole 74^. a. load for filling, carting, 

 and spreading. 



" As farmers differ in opinion abo.ut the quantity 

 that should be laid upon an acre, some preferring 

 80 loads, and others 70, I will take the medium, 

 and say, 



Seventy-five loads, which, at 7{d. a load, is per acre, .2 8 5| 

 Harrowing and rolling several times, to pulverize and 1 Q & . 



spread it equally on the surface, per acre, ....... J 



Wear and tear of carts and harness, including acci- "1 ^, 



denis, at a farthing per load per acre, J 



Los-; of seed, as it should always be laid upon a layer, ^ 



and be some months before it is ploughed in, per \ 1 O 



acre, 



.2 12 5f 



SAINFOIN. 



" The sowing of sainfoin seed ought never to be 

 deferred longer than the beginning of March, but 



* Two shillings a day for a cart and horse may be thought a 

 high price, but \vhen it is considered that he is, or ought to be, 

 worth 201. I believe no person in his senses would lend another 

 such a horse, pay keeping, shoeing, and farrier, and run the ha- 

 zard of his being spoiled by be ; ng whi;-p:d and strained 30 times a 

 day out of a cla^-pit, for le?s money. 



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