On Reclaiming Bog Land. 1 87 
27,540 yards of this soil weigh 33,000 tons ; quantity of land 
earthed over is 331 acres, at about 100 tons per acre. Expense 
per acre about 14/. 10^. 
The labour is all done by task-work, the boatmen getting 7d. 
per cubic yard for the soil dug out of the ground, boating and 
landing. 
Whoever undertakes to improve peat bogs should pay parti- 
cular attention to draining, as otherwise top-dressing and the ex- 
pense of labour are money thrown away. 
£. 
s. 
d. 
27,540 yards of soil, at ']d. a yard 
803 
6 
0 
Draining 331 acres, at 4/. 2*. 6d. 
1365 
7 
6 
Deduct ..... 
2168 
12 
6 
From whole money expended 
4770 
1 
10 
There remains 
. £2601 
9 
4 
For planting, canal-boats, carting the soil from canal side, and other 
expenses. 
The writer has not allowed for the interest of the money. 
Loxton Manor House, near Cross, Somersetshire. 
XVIII. — On the Advantage of very Shallow Cultivation upon a 
light Moory Farm in Gloucestershire. By Henry Parker. 
Having had considerable experience in the cultivation of moory 
land, and having for several years turned my attention to the best 
method of procuring early spring feed, I proceed to state my 
mode of management upon a farm of 200 acres of arable land of 
light, poor, thin moory soil, with a subsoil of either blue or white 
clay, peat, or white gravel. 
Rotation of Crops. 
First year, Early turnips No. 1 
Second „ Wheat „ 2 
Third „ Vetches and turnips, or Swedes ... „ 3 
Fourth ,, Barley „ 4 
Fifth Meadow grass, Lolium perenne, var. . „ 5 
Sixth „ Meadow grass, second year .... „ 6 
First Year, Cultivation for Turnips. 
No. 1. This portion being always the second year's seeds of 
No. 6, I breast-plough and burn, throw the ashes equally over the 
