On Improvements effected by Draining. 
•231 
No. n. — 4a. 3r. 25r. — 2956 yards. This is a rough piece of 
ground, with a very uneven surface, substratum chiefly clay loam ; it is 
a question at present wliether it will be continued in permanent grass 
or undergo a course or two of tillage to improve the surface. The drains 
are 24 feet apart : 369^ roods (or 2965 yards) of drains. 
Cutting open, breaking stone, laying drains, and filling in, 
at 7 </. per rood ....... £10 15 6 
Getting 155 yards of stone, at 5c/. . . . .347 
Carting and wheeling stone to drains, 4 horses 3i days, 
at 126-. . . . . . . ~. .249 
Filling stone into carts . . . . , . 0 10 0 
£16 14 10 
Cost per acre . . . . . .3100 
No. 18. — 6a. 2r. Op. — 3024 yards. This is a rough, coarse herbage, 
and should undergo a course of tillage to improve and make the surface 
more even. It is chiefly a clay loam, and the drains vary from 24 feet 
and upwards apart. 
Cvitting open, breaking stones, laying drains, and filling in 
378 roods (of 8 yards per rood), at 7'/. . . . £ll 0 6 
Getting and wheeling stone to 300 roods, at 3r/. . . 3 15 0 
Thirty yards of stone, at bd. . . . . .076 
Laying water-course and levelling 18^ roods, at 2.«. . . 117 0 
Two horses one day carting 30 yards of stone to drains . 0 6 0 
£17 6 0 
Cost per acre £2 13 0 
No. 19. — 5a. 1r. IOp. — 2221 yards. This is old meadow land ; has 
a good surface ; previous to draining was very wet, and of little value : 
the substratum varies, some part clay loam, and other parts clay mixed 
with stone. The drains are 30 feet apart. 
Cutting open, breaking stones, laying drains, filling 2221 
yards, at Irf. • . . . . . . £9 5 I 
Getting 138 yards of stone, at 5c/. . . . . 2 17 6 
Four horses 3 days carrying stone to drains, at l'2.f. . 1 16 0 
Filling into carts, at Hrf. per yard , . . . 0 14 6 
£14 13 1 
Cost per acre 
£2 16 0 
