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Journal of Agriculture 



[lo Sept., 1909. 



principal water main. An ingeniou.s invention of Mr. Hope".s, in the wav 

 of a very fine spra\ or sprinkler, is shown in one of the illustrations. It 

 will water, in the still atmosphere, 1,200 ajuare feet; equal to i^ inches of 

 fine rain per hour over that area. The sprinkler is built of iron, and can 

 he balanced to any angle required bv two suspending irnn weights. It is 

 connected with the main pipes l)v means of a hose. 



4. SPRINKLER IN OPERATION. 



A bore was sunk on the highest poini on the farm, and at 100 feet 

 depth, first-class water was obtained. The supply is conveyed by pipes 

 to properly constructed water troughs in the various paddocks, thus in- 

 suring for the cO'Ws an abundance of pure water. 



Growing Crop.s. 



The ^■arious paddocks on the farm at the time of writing (ist Jul\) 

 are sown with the following crops, viz. : — 



Paddock No. i. — Sown 3rd April, i acre Bonanza oats, at the rate 

 of 2 bushels to the acre; 5 acres, mixed crop of oats, i bush., barley 

 I bush., tares \ busli. Manured with a light dressing of stable manure, 

 and blood manure at the rate of 120 lbs. per acre. 



Paddock No. 2. — This paddock has been ploughed, at intervals, three 

 times, viz., 3 inches deep, 6 inches and 9 inches respectively. It was 

 harrowed three times, and allowed tO' lie idle for two months. On th.e 21st 

 A])ril it was sown with t biish. black oats, t bush, barley, \ bush. r\e, 

 \ bush, tares, per acre. Manured at the rate of 3 cwt. mixed manure 

 per acre. 



Paddock No. 9.- Sown mi loth June with a niixtur(^ of tick beans, 

 Storm King oats, and barlrv, and has just had a heavv crop of maize 

 har\-estecl off it. Manured with light dressing of stable manure and 2 

 cwt. of superphosphate per acre. 



I^addock No. 4.- — Ploughed 10 inches deep, and allowed to lie idle for 

 two weeks ; 3 acres sown with 2 bush, jier acre of a mixture of white 

 oats, tares, rve and barley. Manured at the rate of 2 cwt. blood manure 

 per acre, and a light dressing of stable manure. 



Paddock No. 5. — Ploughed 9 inches deep. Snwn wilh a mixture of 

 Bonanza oats i bush., tick beans % bush., peas I bush., and barlev. i 

 bush, per acre. Sown 26th Februarv. 1909. Manured with i cwt. 

 superphosphate, and i cwt. sulphate of ammonia per acre. 



