426 THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [JULY 6 
LAND DRAINAGE REPORTS. Bie 
Puace anp Darr | Extent | Cost per Soil, Direction of Drain. Depth of Space Size of tiles. Cost of Cost of tiles. Materials | Before Drain- After Draining. 
a Drained.| acre, ar Apart. digging. used. ing. 
A. R. r. E * d. Inches. Feet. Per Perch. Per 1000 feet 
Streatham, Suffor 
shire, 184 1 182) 4 5 0 Strong loam, | Right down the 22 33 8 8d, 2 Tiles. In a poverty- {Answered all expecta. 
resting on clay slope stricken state | tion: better crops of 
tte: rt. 
ý 9 092] sa Ditto Ditto 2 | 3 2 Ditto N. 4 „ E 
1845 „% wh 6 2 88318 i Ditto Ditto 22 ine ae Ditto oe to 7 per cent. gladly paid 
a 16 236) 57 Ditto Ditto 30 is — 6d. iles 148. 6d. on outlay. 
Han, Led! 14 3 6 3 8 8, Ditto Ditto 27 36 ; oon 9a. 10 10d. Soleo ita ád, 
8 1842 130 © 0 2 10 0 Strongioam, | Across slope 30 30 bic * 3 m Soaking Not perfectly drained: 
h marly subsoil . j | insummer, | but 50 tons more hay. 
-- (180 0 0 8 0 0 Ditto Redrained down |36to 48 30 in s 35s Tiles, Poorest land [Now effectual, 
Grove, East Retford, hill in the parish, | 
wee ... on histous 3 30 .. ove ore soe Tiles. wee Disappearance of 
Oe Mewes clay subsoil Sedges and Mosses, 
+= [200 0 0j 510 0 Retentive clay | Down the slope 30 is eas pes vie Broken Sour pastur- 20 to 40 bsh. per acre of 
2.inch size age. W 
1841 on — — pe ons si . — oe ~ 30 10 35 bsb, „ Beans, 
1842 ie od ves os èss -s è oat * ove dsi oe ~~ 20 to 25 tons of Turnips, 
1843 * bad oo oo an on . s. ove on one oo sas 24 to 3 tons 8 of Hay, 
2 Wigtown,, 150 0 0 O © | Chiefiy alluvial] Greatest fall 27 15 2 or 3 inch tiles, i 70s. to 80s. | Tiles. 2 Satel a 
1 7 9 clay aa 36 20 and soles per acre, 
8 aar, à 
shire, | 20 0] — [Subsoil clay and] Dow the slope | 48 21 | Tiles and soles Š „ is inches of A 
stones r stones over 
tiles 
Mid-westofScotland| 73 0 0 |9710 0 | Retentive clay a 80 15 [Pipes 2 to 8. inch“ 32d. 148. 6d. to20s.] Stones, 12 — — of 2, per acre 
bore ins., broken oss produce, 
Northamptonshire, Labour. to 3 ins, size 
1946 * 33 0 0| 411 7 Heavy clay, with wie 48 36 1} to 3 inches 31.98. p. acre.] 158. to 37s. | Pipe tiles, ae Tiles made on theestate 
| veins of sand drawn by e uaa 
” 61 O 0f 815 5 | Clay of various r 48 36 Ditto 22. 108. „ Ditto Ditto — per cent. 
consistences ; for — mori as as addi- 
i 16 0 0 4 2 Strong clay ad 48 30 to 83 Ditto A. 198. „ Ditto Ditto tional Mr. 
6 16 0 0 415 7 Hard clay mi 48 39 Ditto Ai. 168. „ Ditto Ditto Parkes’ R. for. 
» 20 g 0j 41311 e = 48 30 Ditto Zl. 8s 9d. „ 4° Ditto Ditto —— condemned, is 
pe . 446 0 0] 416 1 | Stubborn clay a 48 36 Ditto 31. 128. „„ Ditto Ditto i —— in the 
wf 18 0 0f 5 8 4 ſolay and grave 45 48 3383 to 36 Ditto 3l. ” Ditto Ditto neighbourhood 
; 12 0 0] 4 4 8 Poor white clay Ey 48 | 86 Ditto 3l. 15 tto Ditto 
Horncastle, 1843 . 34 00] .. | 6 y 5 33 | Tiles andsoles |Ijd.peryard| e `... Tiles and | Rushes and |1844—Oats 48 bushels, 
soles coarse pasture|!845—Turnips 18 sheep 
» 12 0 0 ` Sandy soil ji 40 45 w. 1łd.per yard worth 58. per acre fur 20 weeks, 
p. acre to rent |1846— Oats 80 bushels, 
Rainton, Thirsk .../130 0 0 * Blowing sand Bes 36 to 60 60 to 70 |Large horseshoe 5 À “a Tiles, &c, Great improvement ;— 
1834 42 0 0 Clay 30 to 36] 28 rp a+ y — 
g Fo pig Bee LE Loam — 1 . N ++. — * r 
en, 
ory w aed 00 * Peat, clay veh 40 30 to 40 Pipe tiles Is. per chain 238. Tiles. — Work the land with two 
subsoil d pair ot 
Leighton Buzzard 111 © 0f 414 0 [Clay and gravel RS 30 is to33| Common tile 248. per acre ri Tiles, si ss much better ; the 
loam and sole į shallow draining 
1843 to 1846 12 0 Oj 75 0 Clay oa 30 16} Ditto ane need re ; 
55 { 16 0 0 3 9 0 Red loam 8 36 20 to 30 Pipes, 13-inch 348. 33 oes ae 2 qrs. of Beans a efficient, 4 qrs. 
acre en 
» 400; 364 Loam wk 48 86 es and soles|43s, dd, „ is ye 3.qrs.of Wheat ot Beans per acre; 6 
Dalling, Nor- j a 1 N per acre. Ars. of Barley p. acre, 
“ 18 0 Of | Dry stony clay | Across theslope | 30 42 ai 5d. p. 7 yds. Id. p. 7 ds. Bushes | Rushes and Not much improved. 
$ coarse Grass 
» Drained si Do. Down the slope 60 60 pe 28. P. 7 yds.|8d, p. 7 yds. Tiles a . Now gar a or, oa 
again * 3 wort 
? * d i : more to 
» t A ee Loam Across the slope | 30 42 et 6d. p. 7 yds.lsa, p. 7 yds. — Turnip loam, Little effect, 
wet 
Drained — i Down the slope | 60 60 28. p. 7 yas. Paid expense of re- 
ees 8. P. 7 yas. ad. p. 7 yde. aoe — draining sur meat Sones 
* 
fas wo 1si7 3 OT Stiff clay = 30 18 Horseshoe [9d. p."rod off 228. 2 Can plough earlier in 
8 yards tones over season. ; 
2 t 3 a 
» 1 0 0 9 — ae Do. | Do, | Smaller tiles — a Tiles with. ae 34 tons of Turnips per 
' E aè 
25 0 0 45 0 ‘i in F oR sis 8 ER - 
2 133 4 0 ravelly subsoil hae bs to 27 30 n 3d, per pole pa di TER Hee Worthless | ood pasture. 
= fo» | 8 6 6] Clay subsot | Downtheslope | 3 | 18 k Bd. per pole} 29s, Tiles pr i eee roe 
: a soles Wheat, soil] the best 
i difficult to] on the estate. 
» one 213 2 Diluvial so P 36 to 60} 60 ee Sd. per pole 
5 
Ratho, W. Lothianio 0 0f ,,, Various d Js to 60fHere & 2 — 
q there 
2835 to 1842 Drained A f 30 12 ad d 
Ps wy 18 to in p. 6 yds. sd. p. 6 yds. 
nu, Leven, Ting g 21 an Clay diorcanthe slope ATA i 
1827 to 184 200 +@ Soft loam Ri 1 ra * * x 
i > Drained 68 0 — Down the slope 90 to 36| 16} 14 in. of stones 2. 28. 8d. per 
Anonymous, 1845-61100 O Of .„ Clay deposit | Down the slope [30 to 36/24 to 49] 1 to 2 nch III 4 27 per 
Rathitlet, Fife, = f | 
„ es 0 O) 7 7 6 lallavial & other} Down the slope | so | se reins. of stones 21.152. p.acre 
3 Ps 4 
51 1134, per rod 
22 = 
36 f 
28 8d. per rod 
36 s.. 
30 * 
30 om 
30 i .. 
30 e 
30 1 
ew „ Carse 
of Stirling, 1847 ... 3o Er 
AA F -takes first 
West Perth, 1820 . 4 15 inches 
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