JTHJ^ _A£R£CULTURAL GAZETTE. 



i J«rtlin price per yard, agree to find horses, carts 

 ** men and food lor the horses, with the exceptioi 

 . .w. «mnlover allows Grass and straw-chaff. Th< 

 ter of cubic yards carted is ascertained by taking 

 ^dimensions oi the pit j^Jeap from ^h *he soi 

 SSTwSon for disagreement. The price per yard 



S-d for every additional furlong ; so that if the dis- 

 JJ W a8 two furlongs, Bd., if three, 9d. would be 

 fcqpd per yard. The work is usually done with small 

 ^ drawn by strong ponies; these appear much 





moving heavy soil than the large 



ari »ud long teams which the farmer generally uses 

 a this part of the country. I was told by an old man 



* hallowed the 





fc greater part of hi 







ting to the test the comparative 





•ill carts. That n 





other party of d 





, his company of three men filling 





by five ponies, were able to ac- 







inn by seven po« 







he has carted 300 



^filled by three me 



working 84 hours a day ; or 16| 



HO yards of clay were filled by two men working 74 

 bursa day during 15 days, giving an average for one 



averaged 10 yards each.* The spreading was done by 



d, the men being paid by the number of 

 containing by rough calculation a cubic 



rts may be filled up to a mark made in 

 carter who works by the day keeps an 



i not interested he will in all probability 







*»deredf 10s -\ or about 2s. a day, which may be 

 S draw f earn ' n 8 s# . ^lay la 'd i n a lar g e nea P after 

 m£l ^ m tne ? lt 1S perhaps a slower operation 

 "*»% A r oar d a- f0 - * ^ ^ ^ ^ ***** 



may be moved 



kaovJv/.? r a short Stance, cheaper than it can 

 Ci S 8 /* <* horses ; and even for claying or 

 **id L S 'I 8 ° f five or 6ix acres - Arrowing 

 Stated th f apS chea P er tha " carting. It has been 

 ^""ed to m SUUdy 8 rouud three men wiU be re " 

 ^of2oS° a V :i°^ bic * ards m a day to a dis- 



The following is a system 

 adopf " 





fcCct/r^ ; 



> «* windE It «, f lk U . dUg ' L and 



T^ tw !zr , he t0 P > u ia then 



2 *** f °«» IS^ou p barrowing on a i 



^Sfl ^ Kclufc? hoth^rak 

 vrtfTork, by H. Raynbiid, 



Calendar of Operation 



^'^Tv AND N0 ™BER. 



considerable depth below 

 is dug down to the ehnk ; when 

 pulled up by 



barrowing on a piece of land 

 I about the shaft is 6d. a load 



