Tliorovr/h- Drai'n'ng and Suhsoil-Pl(Ai(jh'mcj. 17'5 
TTpon this fiolJ tlio wlioat was sown in October, 1811, (a very 
wot time ;) it came up well, althouj^h the ground was very wot : 
the drains had their full effect, and the wheat-crop at harvest was 
thin, but regular, and I think will yield about 20 bushels per acre. 
A. n. V. £. s. (/. 
No. 11.— 6 2 9. .4624 yards. This field is a mixed 
soil of clay loam, and some very inferior ; and the 
substratum is similar. Drained in January, 1841. 
A ley three years. Ploughed and sown with oats in 
April. The drains are 21 and 24 feet apart ; the 
stone got in the field. Raising the stone, cutting 
the drains, wheeling the stone thereto, breaking, and 
filling in 4624 yards at UcZ. per yard . . . 28 18 0 
Subsoil-ploughing Ga. 2ii. yp. at 21j. per acre . 6 16 6 
A. n. p. 
No, 12.— 9 2 24. .8474 yards. This is a poor, impo- 
verished piece of land, varying mucii in surface and 
substratum, some parts a clay with a white and 
yellow tinge, other parts clay loam, with a mixture 
of stone. A three-years' ley, drained in January, 
1842, and sown with oats in April. The drains are 
15 feet apart. Stone got in the field for 968 yards, 
getting tlie stone, wheeling to drains, cutting, laying, 
&c., at lid. per yard ..... 
Cutting open and laj'ing 1506 yards, breaking stone, 
and filling in at Id. per yard .... 
Carting 373 loads of stones to drains, 5 horses, 10 
days, at 15y. per day ..... 
Raising 375 loads of stone at 6d. per load , 
Filling ditto into carts, fit He/, per load . 
Subsoil-ploughing 9a. 2r., at 2 15, 
Abstract of Former Report. 
A. n. p. 
To No. 9 inclusive . 88 2 9 
„ 10 . .908 
„ 11 . .629 
.,12 . .9 2 24 
£35 14 6 
Per acre . £5 10 0 
£. 
s. 
(I. 
6 
1 
0 
31 
5 
6 
7 
10 
0 
9 
7 
0 
1 
19 
0 
9 
19 
6 
£6'j 2 0 
Per acre . £6 19 0 
Brought forward. 
Yards. 
£. 
s. 
d. 
60,032 
544 
17 
3 
9,960 
71 
11 
2 
4,624 
35 
14 
6 
8,474 
66 
2 
0 
83,090 
718 
4 
11 
113 3 10 
Average expense per acre 
.£670 
