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II. The Small, Farm, 23a. 1r. 5p., was established in 1856, 

 for the purpose of affording an illustration of small farm man- 

 agement, and to present to the sons of small farmers an example 

 which they may imitate. 



The following five course rotation is carried out on this 

 farm : — 



1st. Turnips, Mangel Wurzel, and Carrots. 



2d. Potatoes, Winter Beans, and Cabbages. 



3d. Italian rye-grass. 



4th. " " 



5th. Oats. 



The Italian rye-grass is sown in autumn, immediately after 

 the harvesting of the potatoes and beans, and a most luxuriant 

 crop is thus obtained. This season they had grass three feet 

 long, and yielding ten tons per statute acre on this farm early 

 in May. Italian rye-grass has been sown on the Albert Farm 

 in autumn, after grain ; but though every care has been taken 

 to have the ground properly prepared by the use of Bentall's 

 broad-share, grubbing, &c., yet the following crop of grass has 

 not been quite satisfactory. 



Some are not favorable to two years' growtli of Italian rye- 

 grass unless where there is an unlimited command of liquid 

 manure or frequent top dressings of the artificial manures. 

 This grass is a gross feeder; and when it grows luxuriantly the 

 first year, it degenerates in the second, not so much from 

 the habits of the grass itself as from want of nutriment in the 

 soil. 



As might be expected, the pecuniary results of the working 

 of this farm are more favorable than those of the larger one. 

 There is a balance of <£70 lis. S^d. after allowing the sum of 

 .£42 7s. 8d. (at the rate of £2 6s. per statute acre,) for the 

 pupils' labor. 



III. The Horticultural Department consists of a kitchen 

 and a fruit garden, and a small range of glass, including a 

 vinery, peach house, and conservatory. On the soutli side of 

 the buildings there is a neatly laid out pleasure-ground. These 

 various branches of this department afford to those pupils who 

 have a taste for gardening an opportunity of qualifying them- 

 selves for discharging the combined duties of steward and 



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