alec ait aati ssitinied 
May 17, 1856.] 
THE AGRICU] LTURAL ELKAR. 
347 
O-head of beasts ; ; they may require -50 -acres of the 
priere land dur ing the summer months. Fo rthe: rem en 
p I i 00 
ewes, 25 of — lambs to be kbi yea arly to keep | 
up the ewe stock, the remainder with the enst oft ewes 
to be sold eer for brie ds ae or, Dole fat, to the 
butcher. ae the winter mon ip will | 
enable you i er ad of beasts | 
than your 40 he 
4 
dead st stock required and pay fe ich is the answer to the Fie question 
| the cultivation of your farm, The =e nse p Se propose "The result to the owner was therefore as 
may be about 6/. peracre, and if you — 20 aeres | follow 
year rly this will cost you about 1202. annum, tonto valne of woodland, during 24 years oe: ieee 
I cater buildings quel before stated 7m 00 
for th f yo stock during winter for Tor mm 
about cleared and cultivated thus :— 
007. ; ex 
the aes of ane esta ate, an nd m paid shen ene 
Th 
may ha o buy from 16 to 20 beasts in autumn to | 
fatten is consuming peaa surplus roots and oil-cake. 
The ski im mi ilk the dairy a and the pee grain and 
f f 
fi rom | 
60 to 80 pigs yea sumption Top of | 
roots with ss tanh y = meal, mith ‘the W heat 
w for litter will enable you to ‘manufacture the 
quantity of man ou will require for your root crop. 
The number ands you a: quire as yearly 
labourers will be a me d, wh st also be cowman, 
two ploughmen to work the four Shared, but for the two 
first years ee will aies three ploughmen. To go; a 
F 
t be 
ne tenant or occupier so only to pay interest 
on po pasa at the rate of say 4 per cent. in addition to 
his 
CONVERSION OF LAND oe a aariak 
[We add the following report o 
he t to th 
Annual in when cli 
mo 
sed 
petog pa per statement 
r correspondent “M. hawt Mr. Hu 
kinson, of Toperten, Notts, and wa: reques! 
J. E. Denison, E Fo M.P. by whom it y van parasa ina 
* paper on the AAR ga J up of Woods in the last Number of the 
tana Agri ral Journal. 
Agre aby 40 your re que I begto hand you the 
following statement of the Sanik <9 ana wood 
ert make it lear and 
`; } 
at of 
the other 
repairing | roads, hedging, ditching, hoeing, siete, 
roe three men will be sufficient, but besides these | Th 
there will Bee additional hands — during 
Turnip time, hay and corn, and root harvest. 
From which San expenses of conversion, as 
p oe 147. 3s. oye, , and 
ss 8 0 
Surplus capital for reinvestment 5419 12 © 
Assuming surplus capital to produce 3} per 
cent. in pel perpetuity, the annual increase from 
such investment is 198 14 0 
ce br rent of woodland for agricultural pur- 
at 30s. per acre, me ig prp ag 9 ar 
-ayira of . 204 0 0 
This result gives an annual income after cating of 
wood 
against the income accruing fro 
3932. 14s., 
of 701. 
peire ‘Sy = 
n wood for ‘a long rit 3 certainly for 500 years, 
Gain of income to the owner by the operation of, per 
annum, sig lás. 
erage the cas d, from the value of the 
tim he high Sali ef the land, is vation 
and th 
ESTIMATE OF STOCK and ret Y much maji ari 
4 horses at 401. each .., £160 The averaged 38 _ es per acre, esgic epiional, yet L believe there are few conser in. dhe 
2 “dorat 202.-each “00 d 15 fee endli The country where a p pecuniary gain eae not re n from 
£200 0 0 converting woodland into tillage ; and I think it may 
Plough and cart “harness for underw as of exc sane t quality ; th i been K A 
pti iaig at i. each £24 0 0 at rertrher of 18 years, and being in fie vicinity eas ® |: sufficien o pay the Broa the 
mA gh ee ane 2 horses zM ; aie edad” realised higher prices than the average of |), ds plenty f ile tle worth oe ee Se 
4 onè-borse carts 117. 44 0 0 Staris, the @ to th j 
4 long'harvest carts 62. . 24 00 of goo od natural Tectlity. Mahea. a aad of 
CLUE PNA ne er was not so great in number of trees, or so large The not notion of ‘woodlan äs veing profitable, assumes 
2 ploughs with draft trees 67. 12 0 0 ~ that the annual growth of wood is Ponda to the interest 
T subsoil plough with trees .. 7 0 0 in respect size, as many of the ancient woods in iie eR od ei ofthe land” Baki ae 
1 cultivator s: 20.00 Notts ; yet altogether this wood , I think, as fine not ot believe tha P cetauhiasi sasa adaieg e 
2 strong iron rhomboidal as le a specimen of woodlands as any in th Oak wood, w ney 3 er cent, interest in an 
Ppeit iron light do Se alk T alas oy z county, an ainly much above the average, a Einn p pori 
lroller .. > 10 0 0 1840 it was a om to the owner to stub this wood, | 
1-corn drill By 20 0 and convert it into arable land, and in support of thas rent during the entire paio of its —— 
1 corn horse ‘hoe a . 15 0 0 iti ae E E ae 
1 seed drill 5 0 0 pintis z 
mi ae ridge aii i for manure T e p pae aii: a 1 t Home 
farea 112 0 © r ity fi enti i ia wood? Manure Water in Drains.—As many of your readers 
2 dg forts de, piece . What -was the present aiet market value of the | seem to doubt the accuracy of a statement) put forwend. 
2 spades, 4s. 0 B80 cose of timber and underwood, producing such ann a | by ne wey tg to the that water will 
1 pickaxe, 4s, 040 value, supposing it it to be stubbed and sold ? “passing through a clay soil 
8 hay forks, 2s. aero 116 © 3. What wo the total expense of stubbing, to the depth vot dto feet, beg tan, in corrobora- 
12 do. rakes, 1s. 6d. |. 018 0 burning, draining, fencing, and pee for tillage? | tion of ie echi’s assertion, that I observed a similar 
3 ladders, 20s. is 3.0 0 4. What would be the annual value of the land for fell of , When dressed a 
Hay-making machine . 40 Pig ATEN Seal 
——..19 2 0 d fi loughineg it i va in the 
Threshing machi porcata I ploughing y : 
a poses ee The fi socal though essential to be known, is ordi- ay a which lasted for nearly a fortnight, during the 
Corn separ 18 0 0 narily very we to estimate, tine in addition to pe adi of ett time the drains discharged a. highly 
Horse-pow' . 35 0 0 it the underwoo' ich recurring at regular intervals hark tasted and found anything but 
Bushel, peck, and quarter h e R may be exa ety lies there is the question, whether | a pena tg ure lying all this time spread upon 
Sack bar machine » 610 0 the occasional falls of timber exactly represent the the surface, * From the moment however that we got it 
Sack . FO mber, whether they 
Taa een gon TROD eat fall. chort-or are in excess of that increase, and trench | its usual pellucid appearance 
A chaff-cutter 15°0 0 upon the permanent stock ¢ Iti is the want of accurate | both surprised | and eppoited, pat jat on 2 sefeton the 
2 Turnip-cutters and basket .. 12 0 0 i 
Foo Rae eon err Ap E esi exaggerated notions of “3g value of woodlands which splashing the ‘ant ung or and pe t 
3 tubs for pi A SER have hitherto poa ii. se and kt at once to the drain: r 
6 pig troughs 00 In t! a" case rockwood Hills a fair test existed on | the cracks and fissures to be found in all well-draine 1 
mes spars for steam- this poin The otis” was purchased of Lord Howe in | land, without giving time for any chemical acti action of the 
g food tor pig beasts 15.0.0 gee AE an the whole of the timber was then numbered | soil ; but once covered in by the plough the rain could 
Dive stock : 10 salty o cows in and m ae reach ne dng only by slow through the 
calf at 147. . 140 0 0 d in 184 h sou, and no rinsed as before, con- 
Frenat Fo Pe The er was again mensure in 1840, w erates EARE d the dung oe "aaa 
i ely he aes the whether the timber felled | the ere 
ror in autumn, 
say 15 apa panne at between T ns sea TE 1840 "ail represented growth 
— -< 210 “00 o period. It was fi ly serene he growth w 
100 ewes in lamb, sasuke 00 i the wood in the 24 years, from a to 
4 y 330 0 0 pee oft pe bat being equal to an annual rent of 
2 kshire sows, at BG gir ond ret Ima may say here that my pot 
Say 10\store pigs, at 30%. |. 15 0 0 mud one 
32 0 0 909 0 o| Per a 
Seed corn, say 20 from the average ened gl otek the midland Arii 
ee 40 Se aa > ibe 12 0 0 of the count: 
corn, say 10 acres in 
20 bushels, 3s. 30 sti present net value of the 
eo corn, say 1 10 do. in ‘Barley, stock of timber and r. was found by admea- 
y 4 0'0 
p rares A a en surement valuation to be 73441., oe ie 
ioc Ib, per mou, iio Ib. at pec 500 sie: by the righ gg 
ERS wedes, per 
0 0 —Th of | 
ao. te iget, ERS The third Question—The expenses of stubbing and |S 
Lat och ws P E. 
5 do. Potatoes, 8 sacks per acre as Stubbing the roots of 38 Oak trees at 1e. each, £ s. d. 
40 sacks 3 a 7200 being the extra cost above the ordinary price of 
5 do. Carrots, 8 Ib. per acre axe félling 118 0 
t1s.'6d. ok 8300 Trenching the ground 10'inches deep in the winter 
4500 after banat and stubbing all the roots of under- 
Horse corn, say 100 bushels per it 2s. Od. per 1 aire a arada or per acre pi s 
annum for cart-horses, 6 horses. Burning all roots... 
wilbeonsume600 buasat 25: 15 0 0 ea Draining land 3 ier deep aiherra of Ban 030 
Shepherd and cowman, say 12s. 440 
Fencing ith doubte-poste nd rails ‘and Quick, to 
a o peewee: O divide the land into inclosures of 20 acres each, 
3 other men, do, 9s. do. 70 40 gates and posts to each field, average per acre. 117 0 
Tohoeing four time: of ae 
apenreipeand Potajoens Sep ac. 50 8 0 Total cost.. .“ 1513 0 
To harvesting 44 ac. o eat 
harvested to yard, lls... 24 4 0 After stubbing and preparing at the cost ere 
To harvesting and storing 33 tessa er wner let id oe one 
ay ge a D ole Bet which being double the agricaitural value, one 
10s. per acre r 15 0 0 rele ert apr sa at Sogi ee 
PEPPEN Daaa pán, 30 0 0 paration 110 0 x 
Tasteam engine .., ‘ene 18610 0 Nett cost af w £14 30 jile hi 
The fi -Question.—After the first year of Potato 3 “the 
: Sith 9-9 | planting nos See land to the | Mr. Davis deny the existence.of 
This'sum will be sufficient to purchase the live and | tenant of the adjoining farm at 30s. per acre, and so | the subterranean furrows of which the Keytherpe 
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