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THE EQUIPMENT OF THE FARM. 



with the number of horses required under the circum- 

 stances of each case. 



In the paper from which these figures are extracted 

 there is an elaborate discussion of the cost of horse power per 

 annum, on the several farms of which details are given. It 

 varies from 80s. to more than 50s. per acre of the arable land, 

 being greatest of course where a laborious rotation is 

 adopted, and where there is also a considerable area of 

 pasture land in addition, on which of course, horse power 

 to some extent is needed. 



As to the quantity of stock needed on a farm, of that too we 

 shall give examples. A judgment may, however, be formed 



