496 APPENDIX. 



PLANS OP FARMS-BOOK, WITH STATEMENTS OP CULTURE, EXTENT, 



KENT, &c. 



This is a book which will be found very useful for reference. Procure a 

 book made up of planning paper, and about the size of fifteen inches broad by 

 twenty inches long. On the one side of opening in the book, or what may be 

 termed the folio, a number of columns in a tabulated form are given ; and on 

 referring to the example given, it will be found that the first column is for 

 the name of the estate, the second for the name of the field on the farm, the 

 third for the number of the field as entered on the plan. The plan of the farm 

 is given on the opposite side of the folio. The next column contains the 

 culture of each field, whether it may be permanent grass or arable. The fol- 

 lowing column contains the extent of each field, and the next the rent per 

 acre, and the next the total rent ; and then follows a column for giving the 

 date of draining the field, and another for remarks. It is understood that 

 where no date is given in the drainage column the field has not been drained. 

 Then at the bottom is found the total extent of the farm and the total rent. 

 A book made out in this form is very useful for lying in an estate office, as the 

 culture, extent, rent, and drainage of any field on the estate can be known at 

 once on referring to the statements. 



Other columns might advantageously be added to the statement as, for 

 instance, in England, where land is tithable, a statement of that might be 

 given, and the nature and quality of the soil and subsoil might alsojbe added 

 in fact, any interesting item which would give a general history of each 

 farm. 



