Pes 
— THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE | AND. AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
through a certain 
Olen 
mounted, in the case P efore us 1 705 
the, 
: d the * lifted) on one mile per Y 
iun pecifie ery considerable :—‘ n space in a certa in time. If you er recor 
1 5 7 p cent, in DL of summer W whieh cost of "S food, of extras, of ploughmen, ott he ig "we may Substituto 300 days a E PS 
averages 8s. a and varies fro 11s. : | keeping up live and de ad stock, then against equal to the lift of 135,450 eed cale 
70 or 8 ars — the cases given of autumn work ** you do ar during all that time 2:2 
feeding, o costs o „and t e comparison leads, as in t ployed, w. 6,492 
and varies from 7s 0 125. ; more than 100 per vlt out above, to the cost of — ° per theoretical quantit 
cent. i | the cost of winter feeding, which 2 cwt. o ght, r^ a given rate of m : ill appear from what I have a 
about dd., var fro 8. 9d. 12s. > This ecordingly ha has been done in one or two ascertain the cost o; 
30 per cent. in the cost of spring feeding, skis cases, dt e follo iid passage taken from the assume te of 
averages nearly 10s, a week, varying from 7s, 6d. essay descri Ste es the p animal—say 25 miles per hou 
to 12s. mon defini ot pue -power is theability | 37,106 ewt. drawn ( 
this is equivalent to 1 
T+ 
toli lift high perm 
[y 
ing a horse threughont the year, qnae to t the 
cases here ge ribed, and putting the summer 
season down as las asting 18 weeks, the autumn six 
— ther sting 12 weeks, and the winter 16 
weeks, amounts to about 8s, we ekly The cor 
however, bro ough 
o co 
3,000 Ibs 1 ft. 
consistent with the results of such experiments on 
draught of plou N as have been published. 
when two horses pul a plough along at the ra 
miles in an hour, — "T tension o on nine = 
> LN to a lift of 300 od 
o in effect lift that 300 Tbs 
a more accurately in another table, where th e 
rage annual eost of 35 selected inste: 
— as equal ia i ; being about 85. 4d. "mikly 
throug Sone the 
s; and this is equ 
n the 928505 part of 2} sil 
33,000 
lent to a lift of 66,000 los, or just the 
apiece, r ft. high per m 
Rose expression 1 one-one power. 
not con ously e 
of 2} m 
be 
= 
g tho horses is however onl ily 
a 
la 
ating by horse-power. 
ed the cost of maintaining th 
of th 
to u wares d the 
as we „ being abou it 217. 15s 
exch, “The — of s including that of keeping fe 
dra 
their health, quence of loss of time on headlands, 
pe 
cn 
^g Ar table. 
0 
ours; it is 
T RA 
minu al p 
farther volor bábw the theoreti 
f days when idle 
“Tn 80 the instances d 
| received [das detailed rig ie of vm work — 
the farms, as enable es me wi 
14 
minute. This s is perfectly 
"mus 
nute, which is the ordinary 
Thi 
xerted. The ploug 
mi ay of 10 ho E per acre 
awn 2852 more cha an 10 miles in that time, in couse- | engineer would 1 have to compare 
engine.’ 
TO 
must be oft 
— by 
plou; 
escribed above, I have 
2700 hours, or 51i 
h But the à p^ a 
our. a cos of dine. T 
: der va n ii . 
he 
onat tn bor d — 
Rig power on y 
ssi T 
a EE cost a 
iva- | miles 
Tbs. | acre was te to lifting 3e ert. 10 
power it was done for 6s.; 
5 cwt. 8 miles M name fewer 
er de 
8 
the pe Manes s 
on 
Other 
the aaah come 
0 
2 
Ht 
en 
m the 
accomplished by 
questioned, I m n inclined to 
determine à di 
upon 
con- 
the ment 
sad, pe and farrier's bills is gene- 
rally 5% r The wage e 
e ups 95 v 
as tivation of this co 
cultiva: The Cx aiii for inst ance, were 
| details oe 3 on my 
12 of it oe at was annual] 
sisted of oi 
har arrowings, one itan, 
grown; the 
father’s farm, at Whitfield. 
ne ploughing, three 
one rolling the Carti ing o of the 
“the | ki 
cul- g eu 
orse-power as by locomotive meer an i 
e 
given in the following ‘figures, where the total e 
toa |] 
I 
80 as to bring out the ex 
arable land :— 
nse of horse-power er 
-acre of the A e 
"Toqvr 
OSIOH JO 
380) WoE 
‘ 7 d T Br 
Nw qe 
'o8uo10y 
a 
"e[qery |'oinjseq 
‘soy 
don 
moea 
"dor 
ure 
"ester Y 
23 
“AOO 
011 
f some 100 ton 
does not ing himfrom employing the on, * 
EU. 
est. Sa^ CO 
perhaps six mim e wis m * acres dm 
there 
babl 
rrowings, two rolli sede — wice sing hn cove 
N ome one drillin -h i , the car 
yl e 
ring | 
tin g th 
s steam power for 
now is 
and 
mber of horses 
ji ill s ufloe- for the annual work of the 
the portion of the labour of the ut 
and more — — le es 
can — la eh w will paese ultim: 1 
of w differences of cost p 
wa 
a" 
carried T add ight of 8 the 1 goin 
bie t ew doub) 
bles the quant 
"pt 
hat seems to m 
valine reg e 
[haer 
E 
ama 
- 
1 
dann 
jo — 25 uod 
Mod 8 
Jo 4800 
5 ESOL, Y TENE 
The differences here in the p. of 
— 
Som 
we m es tin 
ot drug er annum 
at t mw eost per 
wid 
opera ur | 
— ine mason yon i 
you ean easily con inus 
ether von — — 
Pei "re 
accomplis ing them, then 
any M | 
4 
ete bis of 
. — of — du and etn the is of 
uu which* accordingly is 
Horse LaBo 
— on tis. mae wit t the paring ae 
that in | 
given in the follo owing | 
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THE USE AND PURPOSES OF AM 
VEGETABLE ECONOMY. | 
n 
t, 
the u 
tal 
= ammonia in vegetable nutrition. 
med that 
ind ensable 3 E — 
Ei omm value depends; and to such 
the 
the 
Multiply the mile 
“mrt 
3 
QUT 10 N 
x 
Owts. of draught 2200 
esent the 
4800 
* The inst: pip marked with an asterisk are those of pasture 
. farms as wel o. 3 3s. to 4s. 6d. per — for 
horse em n 
hould be deducted. on this 
1 over the ane prt of 
— correct. For example, Mr. 
c pasture ihid costs him | 
CR 
figures repr ewts, dra lif 
l mile Wr Pp several operations; 
— — Keres. Keres’ Acros. 
carted. | T. 
3 
Dung carted. 
i 3 
3 A 
Q 
— — —— jT LL 
Tons. | Miles. Tons. 
120 120] 60 900| à E 
2 
Add for weight of darts 
360 420 i 7 
10 per cont, an which is i 
——À—À [LL 
sed 1080 | 1260 1350 
fted) | M 
11,055 ewts. drawn 1 mile 
is idea occupied the ground of sei 
iuge monia manures 
drawn (— Ii 
and, addi 
Pur dg we have the annual labour of 2 funus mh 
* He found that the oe 
cent. of the — — fe PE od ad a bg ie 
> on ordin 
ee e m 
eight 
nary 
fifth, or 20 per * vm. of the w 
3 
as 4 per cent 
yeroads 
pike-road it 
hem that t 180 
hieh to be almost w 
me son a are found - 
per 
;on 
preconceived . opini 
bes serico authorities the. "late 
