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of time, at the cost of sixpence per rod. One 

 hundred and twenty rods are calculated to be 

 required for the draining of every acre ; ac- 

 cording to which estimate, one hundred and 

 eight acres have been laid dry for twenty years, 

 at an expense of 324/. or St. per acre. When 

 Mr. Arbuckle commenced his farming opera- 

 tions, it was the practice to gather and lay up 

 the ridges as high as possible, to keep the land 

 dry : by this means the corn ripened unequally, 

 and when beaten down in the furrows it could 

 not rise : since the lands have been drained the 

 convexity of the surface is reduced, and these 

 evils prevented. I never saw a finer crop of 

 wheat than in one of the fields which had been 

 thus managed. I really could not estimate its 

 produce at less than forty Winchester bushels 

 the statute acre. 



Mr. Arbuckle bestows great attention to his 

 seed of all kinds. He is yearly solicitous to 

 obtain the best samples of wheat he can pro- 

 cure with a view to keep up a perpetual change 

 of seed. This year he has made trial of the 

 red lammas wheat, and seems to approve it. 



The fallows and bean crops are very clean, 

 though the beans were broad cast, which I 

 should have preferred in drills. 



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