$ 
* 
416 THE GARDENER 
the account on the score of accident is also probable. £ s. d. ! 
On the whole it wd be Im p apr — the 
IA 
[Mar 3 
$ CHRONICLE AND A GAZETTE, 
ДЕ ч worked t zed the [ye there o 
doubt the сти performa 
in rtion to w 
элиннн нини for 120 acres 
por td nd for 0 aeren at ia or d Ner 
upon that farm, or 967. in all, aiee 
ree ee ae n Mr. Plummer d ^ year on 
his steam plough has been only 2767, against 
4931. - sav - -— d if it be hoan that tliere € his 
in general wi ough upon the farm for the 
n its machinery without going out for hire Шен P ihe 
: of 4231. whic h would have been charged ag ainst it 
d 
must be compared with а | winter Vetches—and to any land (not this sor = 
аА sum, whlch the horse млг displaced нач have may intended for Mange (206: 1000), that ime P А жр 
cost—for in that case Мг, Plum ects to do with Turnips a e grown on bone-dust and NASA ough we are acc! 
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one team бее save dim" rs of Fd to 
annu 
head of repairs the annual s charge- reater Да it will bein other years. Ч 8 | toa 
чо Peasemore Md duri Pad ihe ecl is MENU results then upon the whole from Mr. — Fee pack to | 
Тһе шер of coals is j^ ra UL rience during thi year—taking Do account O Swedes. It was next Gane or Aus A 
xd e а costly item. The coal brought Я t 2 p farm—that 700 acres plough- | 
bà to Peasemore during the year ending 11 10 work e upo t baral an acre for fuel | 
March, 1861, eost КЁ 25 .. 01 mg and scarifyiug cos ет f all kinds, 25. | 
he engine coals are 18s. а ton at New- oil 9d.an acre for repairs ot à > d БОО | 
bury, eight miles off: ене used for the yi н r wages, including share f removals, and a | 
housecost 22s. per ton. Of this quantity 25 cre ges, ren Кап ерге of val 
ottagers had half-a-ton apiece, or about 11 0 0 p- T. ап асге TOR E s. 10d. E acre, or 3791. 3s. 4d. pi 
The foreman 3 tons .. uu 'These sums amount t Lo m tual cost 
The house could not be estima ted as con- n the 700 acres leder b ; the actu (38 acres), 
suming during the year ач than 15 tons 16 10 0 1 1 mated beme ui wm (a1 1 ас " 
And there were - ow at the end o as already esti © of steam ploughin g o vember, | 
the year more than e beginn ing, у This estimated cost per а Кате we MERE Wheat Stubble ; 
10 tons s 10.0 0 о 0! Peasemore is o obably зніч than wi and subsoiled), and No | 
ы lly e cted. In connection with it there is | were ploughed in success 
Leaving as consumed ja the бау at F 3 genera r xpected, iat Mr. Plummer's | out, and did 60 acres ру н for a e | 
Possotaoró, say 51 0 this, hov t1 
Carriage being in other- п neighbours кч hire his men 9 apparatus а * | Nov ; ! 
wise empty return waggons, say iid СӨҢ e, paying. for the о Qum acr re) themselves ; онор Barle ey; 30 a Pelan: 1 
"usua acit or auda, 1880—41. 60 the de and quality of the work | Swedes: and od US Mer кү i 
i , We ы e 
I find thak during * the year about 700 acres hav | thus d (e are an SOME enhancement of the mere senes, whieh Pa bi Res ud [EE 
been ploughed or scarified оп Peasemore by this idi ney valuation which Mr. me bod Di crost-ploughed ET 
sumption of fuel, and this amounts to rather more | а t PU 20 abrasio lid in they 
than 14 cwt. of coal per acre, or including ича | Plummer thus erives, ploughed еура А ее Бей d MN | 
" rhe D ђ 
iaces dor a ei Ош УГ По aat aeii in tl hat EE УВЕ асруну ана Swedes. 
case em ed to hi ress о This is the list of its eee in tlie ye 
ME he ol consumed duri e e year Ї have no кишу el upon thi e farm, The Аа я. is MS | which Mr. Plummer has had 6, But tlis 
but it way probably te tds 3b o is f the un in 1860, as arranged for before | work 
pcc every four days, or -— € — 95 or 30 ropp ing o кой th rni of tl А 
gallons for the work upon the by Mr. Plummer in the spring cost іпешт 
66 0 0 year. The reader must compare the figures with the ma У 
oil together cost маа И 5 Nos. 1, 2, 2, 4, 8, 23, 24, and 27—30 1 acres in all, are 
(d) The de аккын їп the value o engin. e, lying chiefly around the two sets 3 
though nothing parhapa diring tue Вин УЧ ОН» Sb rm hinge аа 05 house; Хов. E o не Ъз 
must of course amount to а considerable item bes of farm ^ ings and ar ; "X of cours 
Tong run, and probably it may be fair to charg 38, 39, a 42—34} acres in all, woodland ; Nos. | work, 1 
cent. on the value of the whole apparatus, pad ie An and. part o of 17 i acres), are d ӨШИ; and the power an : 
{һе rope, which is supposed to be ver goo od by the I 
nn клу of 400 учо This the ге "n remainde in | 
mounts to e . 8 ыта: п — | br | 
( this — € added the M of t A EDS 1 Clover on whi 
ото who аге farm-labourers engaged їп оће No. | Wheat. | Swedes. mum Каена Жой Grass, |] fi | 
farm work when not at work with the steam plough. byTuruips | 
The daily wage qs £hus at work is as fol 1h di 
Driver, 3s. ; Bran. 3r. ; алс r Jad, ° d à $e Tee | Acres Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. lscover g | 
boys, 11d.; water cart boy and horse | | А 10 vegetable gr з 
vr efr me РШ during the past pon em ier ploughed SEP * 5 4 | thorough ploughi : 
d fi 78 acres, of whic 2 
the farm, and though I have rev f | E^ ч сз Г generally | 
the days when they were at work, yet the 700 acres | i s almost i x 
loug! at Peasemore can hardly have been di in 1 | 23 З after i 
ess time than 110 days, including stoppages, re- 0 9 . steam culti 
; 110 days at 14s. тт 0 " A » 
(7) The removal vals, referred to, take less than four ———— 6 2. autumn, whic н 
приз dign may ce ped require tbenseistanee А e заг | 
Dun: te ur horses with quum н v 39  |greatl Г 
. Supposin| removal for every relig LU . А; 
und TENN MÀ gag. 28 E 5 22 = m . In ^ r^ : [ 
dues -. 1010 0 " m is : 19 ard ats, 1 
; 5 z xi Hi ы ; 
ix m 20 ЕШ ~. | promising as possible— 
ee gp ласы 9. iem ith Rape 
P н 0. РР — - "т 9 "9 as I walked over it, and the м 
эй LE dut. g m * 34 ds xi 29 ке a „close behind the ке 
DM з; сы е а сш лаб, 0.0 T д s: ‹ л 
оп = e 6 00 E 55 5 z [side it was [ona piis before 
Depreciation of value га p3 ix j 0 у We i : p 15 as possibl : on the other | 
e emm supply d water eM З САЛА, те 14 s and. rough, an din 
Ы I 51 ` 22 acres ha ns 1 
95910 0 gp x: р 20 n or Barley and Oats, мет з 
Add 5 per cent. on the cost of the whole apparatus 39 0 0 25 x i xs m plonghed in in October, 1860, from. the: 1 ; 
„Ör a total annual cost of < .. — £9210 0| 34 = 1 - ә “ stubble which ha | 
т: 2: 2% р mt it 
Ноне апа steam-power, then, may be thus contrasted | 169 | 138 | d$ -|. 101. [5:349 the : 
so fiel rie cost р, оон n Peasemore during the Wheat; 169 jBwodos; and Е в: ева» to 
year 1860-6 : be followed by y тот rrips, 181 еей Wa arlig wa and Oats, aod ЕЛЕ adi ] 
con — Cor Set d gold 161 acres; dive and Grass, 142 acres; Sainfoin, 56 | апо бн ИП e á character В 
12 Но Share* of | асгев; or upwards of 709 a acres of arable land, and Е bite b dt екот? а. 1 
= Horses. |, Engine. 305 acres of pasture, # er 344 acres of wood] and; ; in EXE ——_——+ J 
— MÁS т 
5 por cent. on Ist соф... £2019 0| £39 о 0 ali, upwards of 774 ac Ss zu i ek : 
Food fuel, &c. .. e e| 8812.0) 600 d j Pays om this S account unt of the корр. M 
Billscrepairs .. . m uo 4.8. 0 12 0 0 зе eld course is most par Р 
чар. д е ne Не HE 19 0 | Dhus nearly all the Grass of tast уеат is this year in атт =" 
аг ра. чн : eat. Almost all the Wheat of last year is to be dos dotado fid f 
£493 10 0 | 287210 0 > Swedes this year, or isin Ry ^ or Vetches to be ee med му 4 
"-— — —M—Á " for | 9 wed by Turuips. Almost all ihe Swedes and Turn ЖАА fiU f 
vides Чум of last year is in ceris most of last year's Беу pend t 
the aer be added up, not deducting tear and wear ver, or Sainfoin. The excep- |. ЛАУ in 0106 
бопе farm, ind adding for other » : P- | ploughing to any 2 pth y 
о 
| tions to this. rule. are Ss d rly. Turnips are sown iol 
T v eo Sa «ег реон де RR Diog | turning the first furrow, п 
у Oats o 8 торз er | the first soi is Hw be je agat 
two green crops. I те ii croppi larger mou 
ye ia (їп ilh Ae wd e Aai Es cul s 8 | peculiar йик eti o clear 
tion required by a given extent of ground under it, and | w, and facilitate the fi 
also in i Шосе бов of де quantity of carriage needed. I am taking out a ра 
mos i : 
Aq ФИТ ДЕ P 595 wA" 
wi пех a light dressing of farm- -manure as far asit will Tui mode of УЯ 
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t in fact the year 1860-61 has been one of th 
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may have been adopted, t à " em known. Andif 
the value of steam-powe can be employed 
eios $ the whole of daylight м ч to its utmost 
without injury, is comparatively greater in such x 
ull use being thus made of the shor 
hen alone the land is in fit orier—yet no 
ef " of engine—this assumes that every year as large 
а 
тошо 50 eost of f tho engine will be chargeable x work 
under pigs ud young Bees The Tuus ran are con- | ® J- gie 
sumed on the land by shee —— g эХсивне, the 
The following is the list t- of work actually don ame 
steam cultivation since the purchase of e eei has теа off thoat Y 
and чуртта in March, Eas Lud wea : ninga see 
tw n first to No. d ploughed 22 acres of land | 2616 816 pen гв of these 1 3P% 
that had и f ld dd by sh e Ом will be, and it is o! з » 
went to dee n аба Ает. eop 14 det vienen ce "hl Е M « weazel," i ph g to io destroy Ji P. 
* This is а long outlyin, m E he permits the game 
shown in t them dd MMC me ie EI njuring them in their К infancy 
