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one of those who had attempted to cultivate it. To 

 mention only one drawback which arose from the 

 lateness of the period at which the sewage was first 

 received, Mr. Hope had not the advantage of being 

 able to apply it to his seed-beds: and thus many, 

 if not all his plants were not ready for setting out 

 so early as they would be in a future year, and some of 

 the crops have suffered in consequence that is to say, 

 have suffered in a comparative sense. Speaking 

 positively, they have in all instances been much 

 larger, not only than any that could have been 

 grown upon the same land without the use of sew- 

 age, but than any which have been raised from 

 much superior land in the immediate neighborhood. 

 The crops which have been or are being raised on 

 different parts of the farm, are of diverse character ; 

 but, with all, the method of cultivation adopted has 

 been attended with almost equal success. Italian 

 rye-grass, beans, peas, mangolds, carrots, broccoli, 

 cabbages, savoys, beet-root, Batavia yams, Jersey 

 cabbages, and Indian corn, have all grown with 

 wonderful rapidity and yielded abundant harvests 

 under the stimulating and nourishing influence of 

 the Romford sewage. The visitors of Saturday last, as 

 they tramped, over the farm under the guidance of 

 its energetic proprietor, had an opportunity of wit- 

 nessing the abundance and excellence of many of 

 these crops. Even where the mangolds, from be- 

 ing planted late, had not attained any extraordi- 

 nary size, it was noticeable that the plants were 



