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XXI. — Report to the Honourable Robert Hcnrij Clive of his Poles 
Farm Improvements, effected by Thorough Draining. Con- 
tinued from Journal, vol. iv., p. 177. 
Sir, — Since my report to you in March, 1843, I now bej; leave 
to state what further improvements have taken place, and I think 
I cannot do better than continue the plan upon which I com- 
menced, viz., by bringing forward the abstract quantity of thorough 
draining and subsoil ploughing to that period, and adding thereto 
in detail what has been effected subsequently, together with an 
account of the success obtained, and other matters connected with 
the improvements; and in doing so I will endeavour to make the 
statement and report clear, beginning with the quantities done 
since my report in JMarch, 1843, which I will add to the former 
quantities and expense, showing the full amount of expenditure ; 
but I beg leave here to state the quantity of acres the farm con- 
tains in arable, meadow, and pasture, viz. — 
A. R. p. 
Arable 125 3 16 
Meadow 45 0 29 
Old pasture 50 0 29 
One and two year old leys for permanent 
pasture . ' 21 3 24 
Farm-house, fold, stackyard, cottages, &c. 2 3 17 
Total . . . . 245 3 33 
No. 13, 14a. 2r. Op. — 9038 yards. This field was an old coarse 
sward, with a very uneven surface. The surface and subsoil vary 
much; part of it is a tolerable loam, part a stifl' clay substratum, with 
very large pebbles imbedded, which the subsoil-plough turned out lo 
some extent, and a small part shelly sandstone. The drains are 18 
feet and 24 feet apart; drained in 1842; a great part of the stone got 
in the field and wheeled to the drains. 
Getting the stone, wheeling to drains, cutting drains open, 
breaking the stone, putting it in, and filling up drains, 
1 129f roods (of 8 yards per rood) at lOrf. per rood . £47 1 5 
Getting 160 yards of stone, at 5f/. per yard . . .368 
Four horses 4^ days carrying the above stone to drains, at 
12* 2 14 0 
Subsoil ploughing 14i acres, at 2 15. . . . . 15 4 6 
£68 6 7 
Cost per acre . . . . . . £4 14 3 
