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working of the subsoil-plough ought not to be added to the 

 expense per acre, as the saving of frequent ploughings is great, 

 from the open state in which the land is left after the subsoil- 

 plough : at the same time I do not think the deep ploughing 

 should be done under three or four years ; and I do expect that 

 No. 2, now ploughed 1 foot and 9 inches deep, will not have 

 occasion to be ploughed again before the turnips are sown : on 

 the whole of the land done, the crops are progressively improving, 

 and I still have to report, with much satisfaction, there is not the 

 least failure. 



FURTHER REPORT. 



In addition to my report up to February last of the effects of 

 thorough-draining and subsoil-ploughing, I now beg to avail my- 

 self of the opportunity offered to state to you the crops of this 

 year, carried on from that time to the present period ; and I 

 shall commence with the different fields as they are numbered, 

 beginning with No. 1, and go through the whole separately, with 

 some further remarks. 



No. 1. Wheat this year after clover ; a fine even crop, and may 

 be estimated at upwards of 20 bushels per acre ; the whole lay in 

 a slanting direction, but not to the ground ; but yet I think it 

 will not yield quite so well in consequence. This field is in- 

 tended for turnips next year. 



No. 2. Wheat 1840; the crop was estimated at 20 bushels per 

 acre, but turned out only 19, the quality very good. It was 

 deep-ploughed after the wheat-crop, as stated, and only ploughed 

 a second time, but well worked with the turns and frequent bar- 

 rowings and rolling; the land was made perfectly clean and fine, 

 and now growing swede turnips. The crop upon the most inferior 

 part of the land is much the best ; on the best soil there is some 

 failure, but upon the whole a fair crop of turnips. 



No. 3. Wheat this year after clover ; the crop very similar to 

 No. 1, and the same number of bushels per acre estimated. 



No. 4. Barley 1840, estimated at 35 bushels per acre, but 

 turned out not quite 34 bushels ; the clover this year exceedingly 

 good, mown, and the after- crop very great, which has been eaten 

 off by sheep and working horses. It is now ploughing up for 

 wheat in fine order. 



No. 5. Barley this year, a fine crop for this land ; it may be 

 estimated, upwards of 30 bushels per acre. The clover has come 

 well. 



No. 6. Barley this year, a good crop ; it may be estimated at 

 upwards of 30 bushels per acre^ and the clover has come well. 



