468 Report on the Exhibition and Trials of hnplements at Leeds. 
We have stated above that on this very stiff soil Mr. Howard's jilough was 
broken. The same accident occurred twice to Mr. Fowler's — once ap:ainst the 
stump of an oak tree left in the ground, and again from contact with a large 
stone firmly imbedded in the stiff clay. We attribute no blame to the im- 
2)lements ; for breakage of some kind was, under the circumstances, inevitable, 
unless the plough and tackle could resist a greater strain than the engine could 
exert. But this was not the case, and we record the facts chiefly with the view 
to calling the attention of engineers to them, in the hope that they will be able 
to devise some remedy for an evil which may at any time occiu', adding thereby 
greatly to the cost of repairs, and to the average cost of the work done, by reason 
of time lost on such occasions. 
This \vas the conclusion of the trials to which the steam cultivators of the 
first class were subjected. AVe have purposely avoided burdening those remarks 
with records of the time and coals consumed, cost of labour, &c., feeling assured 
that the reader Vv'ill more easily obtain the required information on these 
points by reference to the subjoined tables. 
Class I. — Steam Cultivators on Heavy Land. 
Name. 
Average pressure 
of Steam. 
Total Fuel 
burnt. 
Time 
occupied. 
Quantity 
of Land 
operated on. 
Depth in Inches. 
Manual 
Labour 
per Day. 
Wear & 
Tear, 
Interest, 
S;c. 
Cost per 
Acre. 
lbs. 
cwts. qrs. lbs. 
11. 
M. 
A. i:. 
r. 
5. 
d. 
s. d. 
f. d. 
FowLEll — 
Ploughing 
76 
7 0 0 
0 
2 3 
21 
8 
11 
C 
14 6 
7 10 
Scarifying 
6 1 26 
4 
41 
2 3 
29 
7 
7 2 
Howard— 
Ploughing 
70 
1 1 17 
1 
56 
0 1 
33 
5 
16 
2 
12 2 
17 2 
Scarifying 
> > 
10 0 1 
8 
12 
5 2 
19 
5i 
3 
> ) 
6 8 
Class I. — Cost of Fowler's Apparatus on 4-(tcrc piece of Liijld Litnd, fallow. 
Cost per Day. 
£. s. d. 
1 anchorman 0 2 4 
1 engineman 0 3 4 
1 ploughman 0 3 4 
2 porter-boys, at Is. 3d 02 6 
Total cost of manual labour . . . . Oil 6 
Water carting 0 4 0 
Oil 0 10 
Interest on purchase-money, 825L, at 5 per cent, per 
annum, and wear and tear, at 12 J per cent. = 
1442. 7s. 6d, divided among 200 working days, or 
per day 
1 11 0 
Coal consumed per day, 17 cwts. 12 qrs. 10 lbs., at) ^ ^ 
20s. per ton / ' 
Total cost per day £2 8 4 
Total cost per day when cultivating the turnip-land or fallow = 2?. 8s. 4d. 
Quantity of land worked per day of 10 liours =: 7a. 2r. 4p. = 7'.'i3 acres. 
Cost per acre, Gs. 5(Z. 
0 14 6 
