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farm, from 60 to 80 loads per acre : I found his team 

 at work at it, and measured the carts : length, six feet; 

 width, four feet; depth before, two feet; ditto behind, 

 one foot ; contents, 36 cubical feet ; price of filling, 28s. 

 per 120 loads, filling and spreading, and pumping out 

 water from the pit, if necessary ; six horses, two tum- 

 brels; four men fill 30 loads a day. The expense per 

 acre for 60 loads : 



Filling and spreading 



Two days work of six horses, allowance of' 



oats, two coombs a week, at lOS. which, 



for two days 

 Hay . i 



Decline of value, 5I. 12s. 6d. per horse per' 



annum, at such hard work, or 4.\d. a day 



for 300 days ; and for six horses, 2S. 3d. a 



day _ _ _ 



Interest of his purchase, 30!. or 30s. a year, i 



i|d. a day, and for 6, 7|d. - j "-^ * :> 



Driver, at is. 6d. - - - 030 



Wear and tear of carts, and interest of first t 



cost, 25I. say 15I. per cent. 3d. a day J 



046 



O I 



o 



Sundries, shoeing, harness, Sec. - 013 



Per acre for 60 loads - - p^.i 19 2 



He scuffles the marle after spreading. 



Examining a team (belonging to one of the tenants of 

 Mr. Colhoun) at clay cart, 1 found the tumbrels four feet 

 three inches long, three feet nine inches broad, and two 

 feet three inches deep, consequently hold, if full, 35 cu- 

 bical feet : the wheels five feet six inches high, and six 

 inches broad : eight horses (sometimes nine) were employed ; 

 D d 2 four 



