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Of Ploughing. 



prefer having their furrow- slices fully eleven inches broad (* r ); 

 so that the same quantity of ground, ploughed by them in a 

 given number of hours, must be considerably greater, than 

 that worked in other districts, where the nature of the soil, 

 requires to have the furrow-slice of a narrower breadth. 



The effect of short ridges, and consequently of frequent 

 turnings, is most strikingly exemplified, in the following 

 table, drawn up by the nobleman formerly alluded to, from 

 actual experiment. 



Thus it appears, that when ridges are 78 yards in length, 

 no less a space of time than four hours and thirty-nine 

 minutes is spent in turnings, in a journey of eight hours ; 

 whereas, when ridges are 274 yards long, one hour nineteen 

 minutes is sufficient, in the same length of time. What 

 then must the waste of time be, in small paddocks, and 

 when four, or perhaps five horses are yoked, one after the 

 other. 



10. The Expense. 



The cheapest ploughing, in any part of the United King- 

 dom, is upon the light lands of Norfolk. It was formerly 

 as low as from 3s. to 4s. per acre ; but now, two horses and 

 one man, cost the farmers at the rate of 9s. per day ; hence, 

 as they generally plough an acre and a half a-day, the ex- 

 pense is about 6s, per acre. But when ploughing is done 



