THE FARM OF UPl'KK BANDEATII, STIULINGSUIKH. 191 



Drainimj. 



As I said l)(,'fove, 2 acres had l)een drained wjiilc Ijuryiiijjj the 

 moss. The remaining 8 acres were drained in the snnimei- of 

 1871 with :)-inch tiles, the drains l)eing 16 feet apart, ami fiuin 

 3 to 4 feet deep, at a cost oi £6, 9s. Oid. ])er acre. My father, 

 who was joint-tenant with nu;, ])ersoiially supervised tlie (Opera- 

 tions of reclamation and draining. In Se])teniber 1871, on the 

 surface of the now cleared ground, 1 "1 tons per acre of farm- 

 yard manure were spread, at a cost of £4, 7s. per acre. In tlie 

 beginning of November the ground was ploughed, with a furrow 

 of about 8 inches in depth and 9 or 10 inches in l)readtli. f)n 

 the 12th of Marcli 1872 5 tons of lime-shells were applied to 

 the acre, and harrowed in at a cost of 60s. per acre. Four 

 bushels of rye were then sown to the acre. It will be remem- 

 T)ered that the summer and autunni of 1 872 were very wet, so 

 that the rye was ncjt cut till the .'!d of ()ctol)er. It was, how- 

 ever, safely secured, and, when thrashed about three weeks 

 afterwards, turned out .">2 bushels of grain ]ier acre, which sold 

 at ."i2s. per quarter ; and 62 stones of straw U) the quarter of 

 grain, which sold at 8d. per stone. The field was ploughed 

 again the same year. In the following spring it required com- 

 paratively little extra working for j)otatoes, of which 12^ cwts. 

 of rocks per acre were planted in the first week of April. Ten 

 tons of farmyard manure and 4 cwt. of dissolved l)ones and 

 l*eruvian guano were given per acre. The potatoes were lifted 

 about the end of October, and yielded 6 tons per acre, which 

 sold at £3 per ton. In the first week of April 1874 3 cwt. of 

 dissolved liones per acre were given in order to ])enefit the grass 

 crop to follow, and 5 bushels per acre of oats were sown ; and, 

 innnediately after rolling, the following mixture of grass seeds 

 per acre, intended for one year's hay and one year's pasture : — 



.s. 



Eye Grass, ..... 30 lb; 



Timothy, . . . . 10 11 )w 



Red Clover, ..... 5 lbs 



Alsyke, . . . . . . 2il1is, 



Wliite Clover, ..... 2i lbs, 



.50 lbs. 



The oats were cut on the 18tli of August, and, on being- 

 thrashed a month afterwards, produced 5 quarters 2 bushels 

 per acre, weighing 42 lbs. per bushel, which lirought on an 

 average 27s. per quarter; and 35 stones of straw to the quarter 

 of grain, which sold at 6d. per stone. On the 1 1th of July 1875 

 the hay was cut and secured in good condition. The production 

 was 1 ton 14 cwt. per acre, which sold at 105s. ])er ton. The 

 second crop was valued at £2 per acre. In 1876 the field 

 which was for pasture was not grazed on by the cows kept on 



