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Farming of Lancashire. 



Fall of marl . . 64 cubic yards. 

 1 cubic yard weighs . 32 cwt. 



128 

 192 



1 fall = . . 2048 cwt. 

 h „ = • • 1024 „ 



l£ „ = . . 3072 „ or 153 tons 12 cwt. to the acre. 

 1 waggon takes . . 23 cwt. 



134 „ ... 3072 „ 



One horse will draw 35 waggons a day, generally taking 2 wag- 

 gons at a time, in summer ; the marlpit being a quarter of a mile 

 from the moss-field. 



35 waggons X 4 days = 140 waggons. 



£. s. d. 



2 men in pit 4 days, at 2s. 6c?. . . . 10 0 



2 men in field, spreading, &c. 4 days at 2s. 6d. . 10 0 

 1 boy driver . . . . . . 0 4 0 



1 horse . . . . . . . 0 12 0 



Oil and extras . . . . . . 0 4 0 



3 0 0 



1 fall and ^, or 96 cubic yards of marl, at 7d. per yard 2 16 0 

 which is about the price ; for it does not take quite 4 days, nor 

 140 waggons ; and therefore the cost of draining and marling, with 

 about 153 tons of marl, one customary acre of 1\ yards to the 

 perch, is 41. 18s., being about 3Z. per statute acre. 



To carry all the water from the extensive area of Rawcliffe- 

 moss, and others adjoining, it has been necessary to open a large 

 dyke 5 or 6 miles long. This little canal is made by a circuitous 

 course to fall into Morecambe Bay, passing through Pilling ; but 

 so flat is the country, that it has not more than 7 or 8 inches of 

 fall in a mile. The cost of keeping this dyke clear is paid by the 

 proprietors, through whose lands it successively passes. 



The moss-land is found to produce the best potatoes of any 

 known ; and whilst in other soils the failure of this crop has been 

 a total or partial loss to the cultivator, the moss-farmer is reaping 

 an abundant harvest. On the customary Lancashire acre he can 

 get 



£. s. d. 



60 loads of large potatoes at 10s. . . . 30 0 0 

 20 „ small 7s. . . . 7 0 0 



37 0 0 



One load being equal to 240 lbs. ; and the above price is taken 

 from the average of the first six weeks of this year in Garstang 

 market. The present price is 13s. 6d. 



