English translation of the article. Soil is crushed with an area of 20 to 24 hectares per day with ordinary equipment. The purchase price of these powerful farm equipment is, of course, very high, currently over chf45,000. However, farmers with large cultivated areas find immeasurable benefits to their employment. Includes equipment interest and depreciation, wear, damage, maintenance, coal and water costs, the latter must be brought to the scene by horses, workers, etc. Decoville estimates spending at chf 131. 65 francs or 26 francs per business day. It is cultivated to a depth of 33 or 20 centimeters per hectare of cultivated land, and costs about 10 francs 88 centimes for rough raising, 6 francs 58 centimes for cultivation and 5 francs 48 centimes for rolling. Keep in mind that horses and cows cannot work in areas where there are more than 50 centimeters of crevices in the ground. This farm equipment can be used continuously up to 30 times. Date: 17 March 1878.
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