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1874 in building a small cottage and a stable for one pair of 
horses and one pair of oxen ; since that time the cottage has 
been enlarged, and some more accommodation has been pro- 
vided for cattle ; the cost of this labour is included in the return 
already given on page 220 of the wages paid since September 
1875, viz., 1117/. 145. Id. The total amount, therefore, ex- 
pended up to December 1877 in wages upon this farm has 
been 1619/. IO5. Zd. 
I will now take the fields in numerical order as they are 
given in the plan of the farm (Fig. 4) : — 
No. 20. Knoclcnagowan contains 20a. Or. 34 p. ; has been fenced, and is 
now being drained. The fencing is done b}' contract at Is. Ad. per Irish perch 
of 7 j'ards ; the ditclr is dug 4 feet deep, with a breadth of 6 feet at top and 
4 feet at bottom. The bank is planted with alders, costing 15s. per 1000. 
The drains that have been cut in this field do not pass through the bottom of 
the peat ; the contractors receive 8s. per clamp of 8 x 8 x 8 feet for the turf. 
No. 21. Stone Park, 26 a. 2 r. 3 p. — The name of this park — or field, as it 
would be called in England — indicates its character; a thin covering of turf 
rests upon a gravelly subsoil containing a great number of stones of all sizes. 
The subsoil being very open and porous, cultivation was at first tried without 
draining, but the result has not been satisfactory. In January 1876, 8 acres 
north of the road were ploughed by oxen, at a cost of 30s. pei- acre ; in May it 
was worked with the American disc-haiTows, and seeded with rape and a 
cheap lot of Timothy, cocksfoot, and clover. The seeds failed, and the laud 
was ploughed again in 1877, after having been stone-drained 3 feet deep and 
40 feet apart. The drains cost Q>d. per Irish perch for digging ; the rest of the- 
work is done \)y the day. A channel is roughly built with large stones at 
the bottom of the drain, and the gravel is filled in over this. Two bullocks 
were occupied one week drawing stones. The expenditure on the 8 acres 
has been — 
£ s. d. 
8 acres ploughing, at 30s. 12 0 0 
8 „ harrowing by disc-harrow, at us 2 0 0 
Eape and grass seeds 600 
320 perches drains dug, at 6cZ 8 0 0 
"Wages for carting stones, and filling in .. ., GOO 
Two oxen, one week 100 
8 acres ploughed by oxen, at 20s 8 0 0 
£43 0 0 
An additional 3 acres have been recently ploughed. 
No. 22. Knocklegaun, 45 a. 2 r. — In this field, in 1877, there were 20 acres- 
grass north of the road, and 10 acres in oats below the road. Of the 20 acres in 
grass, 10 acres to the west were drained in 1874, and the 10 to^the east a 
year later. The following is a summary of their cropping : — 
10 acres west. Drained and ploughed in ., ,. 1874 
Oats 1875 
Oats 1876 
Grass cut for hay ] 877 
10 acres east. Drained 45, 50 and 60 feet apart ,, 1875 
Oats 1876 
Grass cut for hay 1877 
