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ing the four following months at 13s. 4d. At these prices, abou 

 £25 per acre was realised for the best beds ; but the parts which 

 had been under-cut for four years did not exceed £10 to £12. 

 About 10 acres were made into hay, but the equality was inferior, 

 and difficult to harvest. Mangolds range from 40 to GO tons per 

 acre, and some have been sold on the ground at 12s. per ton. 

 Swedes average 30 tons an acre, and command about los. per 

 ton after topping and tailing. 



A large stock of swine has been purchased, and at our last 

 visit thare were 80 on the farm. Forty were ready for market, 

 and would make £5 to £6. They are fed mainly on barley 

 grown on the farm, which at current prices was not worth more 

 than 25s. per quarter. 



The farm is wrought along with 56 acres of grass land under 



rental, and there were fifty cattle in the yards of the sewage farm 



which were to be sold off as fat before the 25th of March, which 



were expected to make from £25 to £35. As with the crops 



grown on the Bedford farm, the farm committee resolved to keep 



stock oa the farm to consume what could not be disposed of 



with advantage. For example, if the swedes do not make about 



15s. per ton or thereby, they will be retained for consumption on 



the farm. The same remark applies to mangels and rye-grass 



but as a rule, there is a considerable demand from Northampton 



and neighbourhood. The cropping of the farm in 1875 and 1882 



was as follows : — 



1875. 1882. 



327 acres. 327 acres. 



The cultivation of kohl-rabi, cabbage, potatoes, and carrots 

 were not included in the crojiping of 1882 ; but cabliage as a 

 heavy cropjier, niid as taking a number of dressings of sewage, 

 will be more or less cultivated. In introducing live stock, we 

 omitted to .^tate tliat extensive and commodious buildings have 

 1)een erected at the entrance to the farm. They consist of a 



