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Oil' Imjirovcments effected hy Draining . 
I am anxious to give a statement of the profit and loss upon the 
whole farm, but I find it a difficult matter, owing to the constant 
change of stock between the farm and demesne ; however, I have 
made the following statement to the best of my judgment, taking 
the average upon the whole for the five preceding years to 31st 
of October, 1843 ; — 
Dr., the Farm. 
31st October, 1843. £. s. d. 
To one year's Rent of Farm . . . ,212 0 0 
To Expenditure for Wages, Tithe, Manure, and all 
other disbursements for one year . . . 503 12 4 
To Oats for 8 Horses, 30 weeks, 1 bushel each per 
week, at 3.v. Qd 42 0 0 
To one year's Interest upon 720/., expended in 
draining . . . . . . . 36 0 0 
To ditto on Capital of 900/ 45 0 0 
To Seed-grain, not included in the expenditure . 30 10 6 
869 
2 
10 
By balance 
18 
9 
8 
887 
12 
6 
6V., tlie Farm. 
£. s. d. 
By value of Wheat, Barley, and Oats, one year . 367 2 6 
By keep of 40 head of Cattle in pasture, turnips, hay, 
and straw, one year, at 2s. (yd. a-hcad per week . 260 0 0 
By keep of 220 Sheep upon clover and turnips, one 
year, at 3(/. per liead . . . . .143 0 0 
By Wool from 220 Sheep, at 2s. 6c/. . . . 27 10 0 
By Breeding and Rearing 20 Pigs . . . 30 0 0 
By 12 tons of Bones on hand, cliarged in 1842 in the 
gross at 5/. per ton . . , . . 60 0 0 
887 12 ^ 6 
Having given an account in detail of the quantity of draining 
done up to this time, 1 beg leave to state that the system set out 
upcm has been strictly adhered to in the execution of the drains, 
of which I gave a section in my first report to you (vol. i. p. 34). 
The only variation is, that where there is a strong clay 1 prefer 
ramming it upon the stones to any other material, as no water 
should be sufiered to go from the top of a drain. There are 
many opinions as to the mode and kind of drains, as well as the 
material to be used; but having suitable stone upon the farm, I 
think no better drain can be })ut in : it is effectual and perma- 
nent ; the same parallel lines arc kept in putting out the drains, 
