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Italian Irrigation. 
Nature of Cultivation. 
Manure equal to first year 
Three ploughings and harrowings, at 3s. 4d.'> 
each / 
Net produce, \ih bushels, at 3s. each 
Ploughing and harrowing .. 
Net produce 
Straw 
Five ploughings and harrowings, at 3s. Ad. 
Net ■produce 
Straw . . 
Totals 
Deduct expenses 
Net returns for four years 
Annual return per acre 
2nd, Culture of an acre of the same land as 
the preceding, converted into an irrigated 
meadow. Averages of three years. 
Manure. — 1.50 cwt. of manure, at ild. each 
Cost of irrigated channels and spreading! 
manure / 
Cost of watering, cutting, making, &c. ' .. 
Produce of three cuttings, 60 cwt. of hay,l 
at 2s. Ad. each J 
Eeceived for pasturage after third cutting 
Totals 
Deduct expenses 
Annual net return of one acre of irrigated"! 
meadow j 
Comparative Statement. 
Annual net produce of one acre of irrigated! 
land ../ 
Annual net produce of one acre of un-l 
irrigated land J 
Excess per acre in favour of irrigation 
E.xpenses. 
2 10 6 
0 10 0 
0 3 4 
0 IG 8 
4 0 6 
1 16 1 
2 16 3 
0 12 0 
12 9 
4 U 0 
2 14 0 
1 16 1 
0 17 II 
" The precedinj^ details apply to summer iirijfation in Pied- 
mont ; the following show the net rent derived from a farm 
of about 350 acres thorou2:hly irrigated, in the province of 
£. s. d. 
Ucnt in money paid to llie landlord per acre 1 19 6 
Minor items paid in kind 013 
Connnunal (parisli) char2;cs paid by the tenant .. .. 0 18 
Government chargjes jiaid by tenant 094 
Proceeds of sale of wood reserved by tlie landlord . . . . 0 19 
Gross rent pur acre .. .. 2 13 G 
