232 Oil' Improvements effected by Draining. 
Xo. 20.— 5a. Or. 26r.— 2632 yards. The surface of this field is 
pretty even ; it is old meadow, and varies much in the substratum. 
The surface was very wet previous to draining ; now very much im- 
proved. The drains are 24 feet apart. 
Cutting open, breaking stones, laving drains, filling in, at 
per yard £10 19 4 
Getting 160 yards of stone, at 5rf. . . . ..368 
Four horses 3 days carrying stone to drains, at \2s. . . 1 16 0 
Filling 160 j'ards of stone into carts, at . . . 0 16 8 
£16 18 8 
Cost per acre 
3 7 8 
Soughs laid in various ditches to convey water under, varying from 
6 to 12 inches square: — 
222 yards, or 27-^ roods, at 3s. per rood, for opening, 
walling, and filling iu ..... . £4 3 3 
496 vards, or 62 roods, at 2a'. 6</., as before . . . 7 15 6 
832 ditto, 104 ditto 2* 10 4 0 
270 ditto of stone for the above, at b(f. . . . . 5 12 6 
Four horses 9 days carrying stone to the soughs, at 12s. . 5 8 0 
Filling 270 yards of stone, at l;^r/. . '. . .18 0 
£34 11 3 
ABSTRACT. 
To No. 12, inclusive 
13, . 
J4, . 
15, 
,,16, 
,,18, 
,,19, 
,, 20, . 
To soughs, drains, &c 
Totals . 
A. 
n. 
p. 
VAHDS. 
£. 
s. 
(/. 
113 
3 
10 
83,0'jO 
718 
4 
11 
14 
2 
0 
y , 038 
68 
6 
7 
3 
2 
8 
l,7tj4 
10 
13 
8 
11 
2 
12 
9,696 
56 
13 
0 
G 
0 
4 
3,536 
20 
0 
10 
4 
3 
25 
2,956 
16 
14 
10 
6 
2 
0 
3,024 
17 
6 
0 
5 
1 
10 
2,221 
14 
13 
0 
5 
0 
20 
2,632 
16 
18 
8 
1 ,550 
34 
11 
3 
171 
1 
53 
119,507 
974 
2 
9 
Abstract of the separate Expenses. 
171a. 1r. 15p. drained and getting the stone — 119,507 
yards, or 68 miles 3 furlongs and 9 yards 
Average expense per acre 4/. 4s. 2d. 
128a. 1r. IOp., part of the above, subsoil-plouglicd 
Carting Stones to Drains ...... 
Avercge of tlic whole per acre, nearly, 5/. 14s. 
£. 
720 
1.34 
119 
7 3 
97 1 2 9 
