270
ON THE RURAL ECONOMY'
I. Clay Land.
12 horses at L. 50, - L.
600
0
0
1 saddle ditto, ....
40
0
0
Harness and stable furniture for the whole,
65
0
0
(>' ploughs fully mounted at L. 4,
24
0
0
2 small weeding ploughs at L. 2, 10 s.
5
0
0
6 pair of harrows, ? atL , 2)]0 s.
20
0
0
2 pair grass-seed ditto, 3
1 pair of brake ditto, -
5
5
0
2 rollers, -
10
10
0
2 drill-barrows for beans, ...
1
10
0
6 box-carts at L. 15,
90
0
0
6' corn or hay ditto at L. 4, 4 s.
25
4
0
Hand and wheel barrows, forks, graips, shovels, and
cart ropes, -
6
0
0
Corn bags, weights and measures, liand-lioes, riddles
and other barn-looms, scythes and rakes,
20
0
0
* Threshing-machine and fanners,
170
0
0
Carry forward, L. 10S2 9 0
* Besides this sum, which is merely the expence of the machine itself, withthe necessary fanners, a further sum might have been charged for bringing onand carrying away the water, for the buildings required for a machine workedby wind; or for the shed and horse-course of a machine worked by horses.But it was thought better to confine the charge to the machinery itself; for,though a considerable additional expence must be incurred on these accounts,it has been supposed, in the preliminary remarks, that the necessary accommo-dations have been already provided, either by the landlord or a former tenant. Asthe'mill may be of some value at the end of an ordinary lease, nothing has beencharged for annual repairs under the second head.
It ought also to be noticed, that the prices of several of the articles under thisbead vary considerably in different districts, according to the materials andworkmanship. In Edinburgh , for instance, where all sorts of implements are