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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [Мах 9, 1863, 1 
following particulars have been given to us in return to a circular of inquiries asking (1) for the > -power of the engine; (2) for the number (e 
acres qo and CURT ated during 1862; (3) р. pude depth of the work; (4) for the number of days at work; (5,6, 7, & 8) for the icon cosi? oil 
repairs paid for. 
readers to gather mer т юк of the cost and pro ofits of Steam Culture in the instances thus described. 
No. |Power of Engine ACRES CULTIVATED. __ Depth of Work. | Days at Work. | Wages Paid. Coals. Oil. Repairs and Rope. 
| Ploughed. Grubbed. : i 
Inches, $ s d. 5 г. d. & s.d. £ s.d 
310 615 6t09 118 87 18 6010 8 6 00 98 4 
270 240 1 56 45 0 0 42 0 0 216 0 20 
735 184 81 50 14 0 1010 0 612 0 98 
j 320 285 121 85 0 0 48 16 0 11 10 0 48 
240 400 .. 104 11 2 94 0 0 зоо p i * 
5 246 to 12 38. a e. m а 
461 16 т to8 ^ 6212 0 69 2 0 740 24 458 
50 1400 7 to 10 220 19 4 0* E М 42 
987 641 5210 0 81 0 0 315 0 14 
509 125 92 9 0 6718 0 500 49 3 # 
335 115 80& p 5T 45 0 0 2.50 69 1 E 
236 63 9 i Ея T TS з T 3á N ^ 22 1 
ve a З 169 100 10 0 56 0 0 10 0 0 
2 E G 56 510 es Re k- " Ч 
257 200 vs e ( 
E 282 357 à 813 Q 
1. Mr. 8. M. PLUMMER, Peasemore, Berks.—Size of farm: do as well with 8. Date of purchase of apparatus, | brings out all the Couch Grass by the roots without cutting. . 
770 acres; pasture, 30. Character of soil, зан Tus, 1862. Cost, 548L, at an auction at Leamington, but| it (as the реш unfortunately did); soonsoquentiy d ) 
clay resting on chalk. DON 1862, Soot. Length of rope originally bought, harrows soon collect it together, for it drie: quickly 
$00. Tui ost of alterations since purchase, 42/. 115. 3d. 1 е - rio other р“ now de 
before set to pede and 3713s. repairs since. Engine оѓ] irregular fields, as I cannot o more than n threo! ds of tha 
12-horse, ar EA Wages, 25. 6d., 2s. 6d., 28., 28., 1з. Cost of work in t time, and at t "the 
water-cart » With man. Dail erra "Qe 7 мон, 
апа horsi tend to never work with pue etd Аб х pu 
than S ho: s r day. As yet I cannot speak to the pro- 
primer of > farm, but very much li prospect, 
зж. much R^ When at work with 3-furrow 
Acre: ach year ines first püre es bug 2 inches deep by 13 inches, cannot plough that 
—Plo oughing: 1860... $20; "M61. 180; 1862, 175. Grub- depth more than 1 acre in e hours, the subsoil being so 
bing : "1860, 468; 1861, 860; 1862, 0. а. аеріћ of the very Яса; and never ploughed before more than 5 inches. 
work done varies from 6 to 9 еам. he tilth of the soil When cultivating we can do comfo bly 10 acres in eight 
could not be better, ра the padda Pee improved. The hours, though we Шет stones to contend with often. 
noe of e а kle is in good wi eee and rope enough cannot see but the engine and everything is now as good 
to last а r year. when set to work ; of. course Ree will be som 
G me offarm :| tear. 1 thresh h with the engine also. 
Soil, p clay, sandy loa ин, 7. Mr. M n Drayton, «25 mbs.—Size of far rable, 
acres ; Ал ва. те, 50. Scil gravelly -— p “Нойон. of 
cropping "ad pted: 1st, Wheat; 2nd, Barley and Oats; 
За, Onions, Cucumbers, Potatoes - , Turnip 
Li Number of horses formerly employed, 19; now, 14. 
loyed now, 16in| Date of purchase of apparati 26th of July, 1 ost 
9451. with cultivator. Length of rope originally bought, 
00 yards. Cost of re Since purchase, 22/7. 9s. 64. Ho; 
power of engine, 14 horse-power. ев: e e-man, 
oem. Aes S 3s. 6d. ; ploughman, 2s. 6d. ; anchor 1s. 5; 2 ро 
Id ropes. Ni pue coe iterations since pur- | boys, 15. 51d. each; water-cart . 18, 544. ; to 13s. 
airs since purchase, about 201. including shares. Cost of water-cart a-day, 4s. Daily consumption of coa 
ower of engine, 14-horse. Daily cost of wages ; one at 18 cwt., costing 163. a ton on the ground.. Horse for water- 
3s. 6d., one at 2з. 6d., one at 2з. 2d., in some cases we find it cart, 191. 4s. Qut of the 462 acres p own to ploughing, 
ie have another man i 284 were done with digging breasts. Included in the 
221. 9s. 6d., put down to “ cosi ” із the price of 
new shares, blacksmith's bill &c. Тһе average dep 
ploughing and digging is 8 inc and of cultivating, 
Tinches. As to the quality of the work, there 
ison between horse and steam tillage. St p i 
із so effectual, der that all work done by the end 
1863, we have worked our с! 
moving seven 
172 acres and mi 
about two miles. 
WILLIAM LAW: 
Mr. Bra; 
. arable, 233 acres; kador. 13. Apparatus bought Jan. 4th, be in as good condition as when purc 
1862; 'cost 8251. med of rope poor any ета re 800 yards | 8. Mr. Тномаз М, RICHARDSON, Hibalds 
and 
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STEAM CULTIVATION IN 1862. 
and 
mpanying these. bare details are a number of par articulars relating to the history of heh Г cases in previous years, which wil] M: able 
FOWLER'S STEAM PLOUGH, 1862. 
s May $, 1862, 500] $ ton of es 542-9 on the ground, say 7s. 
Repairs cultivating in October, and have ploughed and сані 
Hore „ро - Tw the pres y acres named above; tbe me 
t 
tow, 
e bought si 2 ble, 400 асте man; fen 
23l. since 5 purchase. un for neighbours ; Soil, light as well asstrong clay. Rotation 
bel of мар uM of cropping adopted: 4-course system on the light land 
and Beans in li n clay. soil. be: 
2 porter boys, ie pt Water-cart, land was ploughed at a depth of 9 and 10 inches, and the 
ЫЗ о aos costing 11s. 6d. а ton. m oie rd а depth of 7 inches, and the effect was vi 
The harvest of 1863 wi in the following crop of Swe in 
iveness of the ее p ay ever seen grown in any previous year, but on 
the whole I ltiy the lanx ороо as the 
o w 
Ü-horse pow: tivat 
; ploughman, 25. 64.; voa d menced x dew "in А August, 1862, immediate on the 
ls. ўе Cost of water-cart a-day, 2з. 6d. h т S 
consumption of coal, 15 cwt. ; 
eh e done in ven 
achin hr 
"ultivator lately, 12 days, ee cost of ploughing. In your form there is no item for shi 
times, twice out of the seven ing zd A field to another ; these I put down at 5s.—there 
making 71. 1 
1 
yton, Carlisle.—Size of far do this work, and with the rest of the apparatus appears to 
hased. 
in lieu of apparatus, tem 
horses formerly employed, 12; now, 6; oxen, 4; now, д n t, 800 yards. 
none, Dateof purchase of bp. one set in October; i 1860, 430 yards steel anhy ; Ое i M m 
1860, made by myself. Cost about 700L, with the en gine. Oct., 1862, eel г 
Length of rope originally bought, 1800 yards; none bought то 
f alte: ns since "s i 
Cost of с groun 
; ploughman, acres grubbed in 1860 and 700 grubbed in 1861. The strong 
ap may descri zi -— and 
orked ор the triangular system Е large pes d iron placed 
ahok with. Е "acting porters on the sides, Ped Fowlers AMES CHRISTY, ruine ciae eru че 
cultivator, and it is well аты "for working irri and 677 acres; wei 92. Soll: 1 
Бин be uel but 18 not to be compared with the direct arl C 
m inlarge square fields. I have, however, now e f: 
ренү hi рап proc qo iland by 9351. Prnt 
anchor windlass, whic ven o; on the headland b; 2. cost wi r, "he 
the engine attached to it, and a movable anchor mos е 800 EM d bought о E 
opposite Бем; ала with his lm vate i m- since p , 9 including 
costing 165. 6d. a ton. 135 acres dwing the winter Poe ns both farm 
"ho: забие ofthe work done| neighbours, and have бопе from 15 to 20 
>) 
ding d ter. Ihave 
dy (March pene 300 acres us and 
only one breakage of the small anchor by great neglect 
апі 
before i 
able and the в are longer, and I allow the men 30, engine ome 
> after 6 o'clock. the uq зат 5 fé 
done 
TE 
windon, 
stable, as our work is so superior to horse work, as it | | 
he miile, a ogr mu qm superior у ото жо 1 
E work horses could not possibly do at any price, and 
