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were too steep for this work they have been throv/n down by 
picks and shovels. 
As to the produce of the first corn-crops, it may be sufficient 
to state that they were at least equal to an averag-e of the returns 
from the old cultivated lands of the district. The first crop of 
swedes and turnips was undoubtedly far superior to the general 
crops of the locality. Up to the present season (1863) this farm 
has been cultivated by the breast-ploughs instead of horse-ploughs, 
and the crops have been satisfactory to the occupier. Whether 
this plan will be continued, or a steam cultivator or horse- 
ploughs used, is a matter for future consideration. 
The following Tables show the prices paid for the different 
works performed both by owner and occupier : — 
Owner's Wor/i. 
Eoad-makinsc, iacludinwdifrginj: stones and") o? r\ 4. ai o 1 • 
cartage.. .. .. .T .. ..j^' *° 8«- Pcr chain. 
Building boundary-walls, 4 ft. 3 in. high,) u u Qg 
including digging stones and cartage .. / ' • » • • d 
Draining 4 ft.^ deep, including the pipes) „ ^ 
and sujierintendence / " '-S- per acie. 
Clearing the land of timber and gnibbingj „^ 
the same, including superintendence ' " ' ' " 
Fencing with thorn quicks, including 1 
trenching the ground, supplying posts I ^-^^^^ 
and rails, and keeping all in order fori ' * ^ 
five years j 
Price List of Tenant's Work, Potter's Hill Farm. 
Breast-ploughing and burning, and spread- 1 n ^ 17 > 
ing the ashes first time .. . J 1^- 2s. to 1?. 4o. per acre. 
Breast-ploughing the oats in, or breast-l -.q 
ploughing the second time for turnips / " 
Breast-ploughing the third time for turnips 8s., 10s., to 12s. ,, 
Grubbing stray roots, &c., before brcast-i - . /. 
ploughing the first time |- os. to Os. „ 
Thrownng down old banks, and filling old J Is, to 3s. per chain, according 
ditches J to the work required. 
All the other labour performed on this farm during the first 
year was of the ordinary kind, and was executed at the usual 
price of the district. The following is a brief sketch of the plan 
proposed for cropping this land during the next few years ; but 
should sainfoin, and some other plants that have not yet been 
tried, be found suitable to the soil, then a change in the rotation 
will be adopted. 
Proposed Course of Cropping for Potters Hill Farm. — After 
laying down to permanent pasture 25 acres, and deducting 
10 acres for homesteads, rickyards, garden ground, and copse- 
wood, (Sec, there will remain as arable land, in round numbers, 
450 acres ; and allowing 10 acres each year for the growth of 
