repair is under 57. annually. The expense of threshing and dressing grain for market is computed for wheat at 1s. 4d. per quarter; oats, 9d.; and barley, 1s. per quarter.

GREENDYKES.

Greendykes, occupied by Mr. Archibald Cuthbertson, extent 434 acres. On the 20th November there were being fattened 67 cattle, half-bred shorthorns, reared in England; average price, when purchased in September, fully 187.* Also 500 half-bred wethers, a cross between the Leicester and Cheviot, and 140 black-faced wethers. Mr. C. always purchases cattle well forward in condition, sometimes nearly fat, and changes two, three, and even occasionally four, times during the season. He considers that, when the cattle leave 5s. per week for keep, he is paid; average payment hitherto fully 6s. The average payment of sheep on turnip is 9d., on grass 6d. Mr. C. now seldom uses cake or corn, except to finish off the cattle. When cake is allowed, 6 lbs. are given. He is of opinion that cake, when given, should never be continued beyond from two to three months, and not less than six weeks. The same rule he finds to apply in changing cattle from turnip to grass, and vice versâ; as with entire change cattle, for the first three weeks, usually lose condition. Mr. C.'s average payment from turnip for several years, whether consumed by cattle or sheep, is nearly 87. per acre. One-fourth of the farm is generally under turnip, and, from the soil being a stiff clay resting on the coal formation, this has only been rendered practicable by thorough-draining, liming, and the liberal application of guano. The distance of the drains is 18 feet, the depth from 24 to 42 inches. Mr. C. finds that, with the 24-inch drains, the land is sooner dry after heavy falls of rain. For the last ten years the turnip break has not been ploughed in spring: by avoiding ploughing in spring, a fine tilth is always secured, and generally the crop braids well, and produces great weights. For the last fifteen years barley is generally taken after grass, in place of oats, and, with guano, great crops are produced. About 40 tons of guano are used yearly; last year 5 to 6 tons of cake. Average produce of wheat crop, 40 bushels; barley, 68; oats, 70; beans, 37. The whole management is very superior.

MARKLE.

Markle, occupied by Mr. Wm. Christie, extent 551 acres, waste about 30 acres, resting part on the red sandstone and part trap-rock-most of the farm a somewhat stiff clay. This, generally considered the best inland farm in the county, was let in 1852 on a 21 years' lease, at 417 quarters of wheat, second fiars, and 4057. in money, being a rise of about 5s. an acre over the previous rent, and being about double the rent paid by Mr. Brown during the average of his two leases. This farm produces the finest quality of grain, and is also celebrated for its feeding properties. Fully one-third of this year's wheat crop is already threshed and sold for seed; average price from 76s, up to 90s. per quarter; average crop this year about 37 bushels per acre; average weight from 63 to 64 lbs. ; highest weight in any season 65 lbs. Average produce of wheat for the last six years, 39 bushels; barley, 52; oats, 58; beans, 32; potatoes, 8 tons. The land is grazed two years; average payment of grass, besides keeping 19 farmhorses and 10 cows, 55s. The sheep kept are half-bred ewes; average price about 30s.; this year 34s. Last season 120 ewes produced as follows:-for wool, 35l.; 20 lambs at 28s., 50 at 25s., 120 at 22s.; ewes sold fat at an advance of 4s. ; in all, deducting 31. 8s. for 2 ewes that died, 321. 2s. Besides these, hoggets are generally grazed: obtained for their wool last year, 601.—

*This price must not be taken as anything like the average price paid for lean stock brought to the county; the average price certainly does not much exceed 91. per head. This year, from the high price of lean stock, and the deficiency of the turnip crop, more than the usual number of year-olds have been purchased.

the number being 150 Cheviots sold fat during summer. At present (20th November) there are 120 half-bred ewes, 120 half-bred lambs, besides a few other sheep. When black-faced wethers are fattened on turnip, average payment 9d.; Mr. Christie finds the sheep make the greatest progress when the turnips are given in a grass-field, a fresh supply daily; average payment from turnip per acre, 71. 58. There are also at same date 71 cattle feeding, purchased in September; 19 half-bred polled Fife, at 187. 58.; 17 Galloways, at 137. 15s.; 28 half-bred short-horns, 24 years old, 97. 10s.; 7 yearold home-breds: average payment from cattle-feeding, 5s. per week. Cake is only given to finish off. Last year there was expended on oilcake 1407., and 507. on beans; on manures, about 3007. Part of the cattle are kept in boxes and part in courts. They make about equal advance. During cold weather those in the boxes make the most progress; in spring, those kept in open courts. The expense of labour last year, excluding grain for 9 hinds, was 6351. 13s. 6d. ; average is about 7001. The farm is cultivated on the 7 course, 2 years in pasture. The tenant expended, during his last lease, on lime and draining, nearly 2500l. The outlay has been judicious, and the occupancy during the last 19 years profitable.

LIST of STEAM and WATER ENGINES, &c., applied to Agricultural Purposes in the County of HADDINGTON, on May 20, 1853.

VOL. XIV.

Barley.

Oats.

Beans and Peas. Turnip Seed.

Turnips.

Potatoes.

Mangold.

Carrots.

In multiplying the Acreage by the average of District No. 4, allowance has been made for 30 Acres returned as Turnips, but subsequently bare fallowed.

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A turned as Turnips, but subsequently bare fallowed.