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[lo March. 1909. 



Mr. Stewart has up to the present grown the following areas of crop, 

 and .supplies particulars of the feeding off as under : — 



1907. — Seventeen acres sown on 8tli May with \\ bushels barley and 

 2 lbs. rape with 56 lbs. superphosphate. 



BORDER LEICESTER AND SHROPSHIRE RAMS. 

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Forty-one acres sown 25th August, with \ bushel each oats and barley, 

 and 2 lbs. rape, with i cwt. superphospliate. This crop was only disced 

 in, and was not a great success owing to the big growth of bracken ferns. 



1908. — Seventeen acres Japanese millet, and eleven sorghum (5 lbs. 

 seed in each ca.se) sown ist January with 56 lbs. superphosphate. This 

 crop carried the lambs after weaning for three months. 



SHROI'SIIIKK X CROSSHRIiD HORDKK LKie'KS I F.R X CO.MEHACK.. 



Sixty-two acrt\s sown earl\ in Ma\ with i bushel oats and 2 lbs. 

 rape to the acre, with 56 II is. ^Llp(:•rp!u>sphate. This crop was started 



