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We inspected this farm in 1875, and the cropping and the 

 prices obtained for the produce that year were as follows : — 



It appears that there has never been so much realised in 

 any one year since 1875 — the average sum obtained for the 

 produce being only about £1000. The remaining 100 acres 

 was let to a tenant at the average rent in the year referred to, 

 but the tenant left the farm, and the present tenant took it at 

 £3, Gs. per acre. In consequence of the bad seasons, the Board 

 has allowed £50 per annum for three years, as an abatement of 

 rent, which reduced it to £2, 16s. He however gave notice to 

 leave at the following Michaelmas, and an arrangement has 

 been come to for the tenant to remain at £2, 10s. It was stated 

 that the labour on the sewage farm amounted to £220, which 

 included the engine man at the pumps and the hire of horses, 

 but it did not include the labour of the horses belous^inf^ to the 

 Board, which might be put at £20 per annum. In regard to the 

 falling off in the returns from the sewage farm, Mr Garrett 

 refers it mostly to the seasons, and to the lower prices obtained 

 for the produce. As an example, he states that good hay is not 

 making more than £3 per ton. 



Banbury was reputed the best paying sewage farm in Eng- 

 land, but a great change for the worse has taken place. Upon 

 little more than 130 acres, a reduction of £-150 per annum is a 

 very large sum, but like all similar investments a good deal 

 must be put to the account of the improved sanitary condition of 

 the town. 



Northamj)ton Irrujation Farm, 



It is now more than eleven years since extensive works were 

 erected between the town and the river Xene for cleansing the 

 sewage, but every api)liance failed to bring out satisfactory 

 residts. Tlie sedimentary nuitters were removed, but the liquid 

 thougli clarified was not ])uri(ied. The etlluent water helil in 

 sohuiun much of the fertilisini^' ingredients, wliieli on exposure 

 to the atmosphere smelled badly in the nostrils. The premises, 



