go Additional Information. 



SELKIRK. 



Robert Douglas, Esq. 



The expense of raising an acre of turnips in 1790, stood nearly as under: 



£. s. d. 



Three, four, or five ploughings preparing the ground according to its 



degree of foulness, stiffness, &c. take the medium of 4, at 45. 6d. each 018 o 



To 24 single carts of dung at IS. Sfi?. each - - -200 



To 2 horses, 3 men, and 2 women, filling, leading, spreading, and cover- 

 ing it, two days each horse, at 35, 4c?. ; each man at is. and each woman 

 at 8(i. per day - - - - -- 1154 



Seed g^. four hoers to clean it a first time, at ^d. each, and two ditto to 



hoe it a second time - - - - - 049 



Taking away the earth once, and replacing it - - - 068 



r o ^ 



In 1804. 



The first ploughing would cost 75. 6d. and each of the other ones 6s. 156 



24 carts of dung, at 25 6c/. - - - - 300 



4 Horses, each at 55. 3 men, each at is. icd. 2 women, each at lod. 



two days - - - - - - 2144 



Seed IS. 6d. four hoers, at lod. 3s. ^d. two ditto at lod. is. Sd. 066 



Taking away, and replacing the earth - - - - o 



£-549 



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^•7 16 4 



But it ought to be observed that in 1804, the ground is much cleaner, and 

 easier dressed, much richer and requiring less dung, and that, consequently, upon 

 a farm having 40, 50, or 60 acres of turnips, more ground will be ploughed, 

 dunged, and hoed, with the same horses and hands, and in the same time, than in 

 1790; and there will be a saving of 6 carts of dung, at 2S. 6d. 15s. ; and about 

 IS. ^d. of the expense of labour, or nearly ^^i. 2s.; besides less expense and trouble 

 in gathering, and burning, or carrying off weeds before dunging and sowing, 

 which will always decrease as good husbandry advances. 



