570 Report on the Farm-Prize Competition q/"1874. 



thej are then flat-hoed at 4s. per acre, and afterwards horse-hoed 

 as many times as required, one man and two horses doing 9 

 acres per day. 



From 12 to 20 acres are usually grown, and from 40 to 50 tons 

 per acre is an average crop. 



The mangolds are drawn about the first week in November, 

 and the whole carted off; the work is let to the men to. get up, 

 fill, and pit, at 11.9. per acre; the pits are first covered with 

 straw about 8 inches thick, which is done at Is. 6c?. per chain, 

 taking both sides, and afterwards with 5 inches of soil at a cost 



