Agriculture. ?9 



t 



I ftotr proceed to state the operations performed upon Improvement 

 the second portion of waste land improved by me. of ***** lan<K 



2. One close of 21 acres, for which I have a lease for 21 

 years, at 10s. an acre, is no steep, that no waggon or cart 

 can be used, to carry off the crop ; drags must be employed 

 for this purpose. 



This land was so steep, and was incumbered with such a 

 quantity of stones, that a respectable gentleman farmer, 

 whose lands are contiguous to it, and to whom it was of- 

 fered in exchange for other lands, declared he would 

 not cultivate it if it were given him as a present. I should 

 observe, that it was stipulated in my lease, that the landlord 

 was to be at the whole expense of fencing. 



The greater part of this land was began to be ploughed for 

 me in December 1804 by a neighbouring farmer at 20s. per 

 acre. It was at first ploughed one way. The steepness of 

 the ground made it necessary for the horses to drag the 

 unencumbered plough to begin the furrow again upon 

 the " vantage ground." Two acres of it could not 

 at first be ploughed at all. Hand labour was here em- 

 ployed. 



The difficulty of ploughing proved so great, that 1 

 thought it right to make some addition to the stipulated 

 price of 20s. an acre. It was harrowed in June 1805. The 

 whole of the field was cross ploughed in July J harrowed 

 and manured in August with 5200 bushels of lime, about 

 250 bushels an acre. The quantity of lime generally used 

 in this country is about one-fourth less than this. The 

 lime was carted in small quantities, and laid upon the land 

 with the assistance of three men Avith each team. §o many 

 men were necessary on account of the unevenness of the 

 ground. 



The fence, made at my landlord's expence, consists of a 

 wall six feet high, 20 inches broad at the base, and 14 at the 

 top. It is to be pointed next summer with mortar. The 

 materials were partly stones collected in the field and partly 

 sand-stone obtained from a quarry, opened for this purpose 

 in an allotment to be described hereafter. The fencing is 

 mentioned in this place, because it was in this part of the 

 process that the stones were collected off the land. The land 



