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arranged that he can do all his carting and manuring with three 
carts, one of which will be loading whilst another is being un- 
loaded, and a third on its way to and fro, then by having gearing 
to the carts he will be able to avoid the extra expense of 
purchasing waggons for carting his corn, &c., and will only 
require — 
£. s. d. 
1 wa<];gon to cany corn to market, &c 30 0 0 
3 carts with gearing to take oil', at 15Z 45 0 0 
Tackle for G horses, at 4?. 17.s. Qd 29 5 0 
2 iron ploughs with skim coulter, &c., at Al. lis. iid. .. 9 15 0 
2 wooden ploughs, at 3?. 10s 700 
2 plough beuds and traces, at 10s 100 
1 sheet-harrow 2 10 0 
1 pair 3 -horse harrows 3 14 0 
1 pair 2-horse ditto 2 11 0 
1 pair 1-horse ditto 2 2 0 
Scuffle 6 10 0 
Wood roll 2 10 0 
Scuffle-drill* 7 0 0 
Weighing-machine 5 0 0 
Sack-barrow 0 5 0 
80 sack-bags, at Is. 7cf 6 6 8 
Bushel-measure 0 12 0 
Winnowing-machine 12 0 0 
Seed-liopper 0 3 6 
Barn-shovel 0 3 6 
3 ladders of 45, 30, and 15 rounds respectively, at 10c?. 
per round 3 15 0 
3 cart-ropes, at 7s. 6c? 12 6 
3 hand-drags, at 12s. 6c? 1 17 6 
10 hay-forks, at 3s. 6cZ 1 15 0 
Chaff-cutter 4 10 0 
Oat and bean mill 6 6 0 
4 pig-troughs, at 10s 200 
Dung-drag 0 2 6 
Churn and butter-river; &c 250 
AVheelbarrow, buckets, spades, and sundry tools . . . . 5 0 0 
. 12 dozen hurdles, at 8s 4 16 0 
£206 17 
Forming a total of — £. s. d. 
Livestock .. 1013 0 0 
Cultivations 263 18 4 
Labour 163 6 0 
Implements 206 17 2 
£1647 1 6t 
Or in round numbers 8Z. 5s. per acre. 
* It was the author's purpose to describe this scuffle-drill, aud to call attention 
to its merits as adapted to strong soils. The rate of charge, however, which it 
seems was allowed by custom for the work done by it — viz., 5s. per acre— leads to the 
impression that a more high-priced implement would be more economical. — P. H. F. 
t The amount of capital required would probably be decreased by about lOOZ., 
in consequence of the proceeds from sales of sheep and wool before harvest, 
