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 HAROLD H. MANN have got in several of our districts and on of our softs. They are as follows :-- several ONE MAN'S WORSt PER DAY IN PLOUGG 1. Light, moist garden laud (0hMtar, Ousrst) Country plough ... ... ... 2. Moist, clay loam (Allbag, Kenken) Country plough ... ... ... Msston plough ... ... ... 8. Moist, sandy loam (Kumts, Kansrs) . . Country plough ... Meston plough ... Dry, black cotton soil. Country plough ... (Osdag, Dharwar) Rsnsome's ]. T. I. plough ... ... Wet, blsek cotton soil (Gsdag, Dhsrwsr) Country plough ... ... ... 0.65 0.44 0.0 0.1,3 o.o 0.47 0.98 I quote the figures ms I h&ve collected. I doubt the record of the Meston plough at Alib,--d before any of these figures will deserve full credence. the number of records on which tBey are based will have to be very much increased. But, with the above exception, it would seem that the efficiency of $ man's labor by adopting modern of the country. 0 per cent. In hundred per cent. e&n iron ploughs rather than At 'Gadag the increase was Kanara by between three or The amount is probably consider- be very much increased those about four ably greater than this, because no allowance has been made [or the quality of the work done,--though I hope to do this in my further investigations. Now let us compare these figures with those ob- tained in America, using ploughs drawn by two horses, and managed by one man. There is only one of my figures which can be easily compared with those recorded in America, namely the dry black cotton soil at Gadag, (]. T. I. plough. In this case one man and a that obtained in with Bansome's