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No. 22. 10 acres OATS sown on sandy soil on the Coal Measures; 

 the land was broken up in February out of old grass by a double- 

 furrow plough to a depth of 5 inches. A presser followed the 

 plough. Seed drilled in April, harrowed twice along the furrow, 

 and rolled with heavy Cambridge roller in end of April. Two 

 varieties of oats, namely, " Bountiful " and " Beseler's Prolific," 

 were sown. The former is an excellent crop, estimated to yield 

 7 qrs. per acre. " Beseler's Prolific " suffered greatly from frit 

 fly, and is a much lighter crop. 



No. 23. 8 acres OATS sown on clay loam soil ploughed in 

 February out of 14-years-old grass to a depth of 5 inches. Rolled, 

 harrowed, drilled in April, and again rolled. Before ploughing, 

 5-ton ground lime per acre was applied. In previous years the 

 field had been liberally dressed with basic slag. Result, a 

 " beautiful crop, with long good straw and fine ears." The land 

 was ploughed in frosty weather, and swarms of birds gulls, 

 jackdaws, rooks, starlings, thrushes and larks cleared the land 

 of wireworms, many of which were seen when ploughing. 



No. 24. 4 acres OATS sown on sandy loam soil broken up in 

 March out of a 30-years-old meadow, which had received farmyard 

 manure each year and 2 tons per acre of lime 5 years ago. 

 Ploughed to a depth of 7-8 inches, twice harrowed, drilled in 

 April, and rolled. The oats were destroyed by wireworm. Barley 

 was then drilled, and rolled twice, and, though late, is a good 

 crop. The opinion is expressed that the rooks destroyed the 

 wireworms before the latter could attack the barley. 



No. 25. 5 acres OATS sown on poor light loam soil on the Mill- 

 stone Grit, 500 feet above sea-level, ploughed in April out of old 

 pasture. Seed sown broadcast on the fresh furrow, land harrowed 

 and rolled. The turf was quite unrotted, hollow and very dry. 

 Frit fly attacked the crop, which was " a miserable failure." 

 . No. 26. 6 acres POTATOES planted on alluvial soil broken up in 

 February out of old pasture to a depth of 5 inches. Land 

 harrowed, rolled, disc harrowed, ridged up for potatoes, and 

 planted. Sulphate of ammonia and salt applied. Crop 

 successful. 



LANCASHIRE (3 reports -2 successes, 1 failure). 



No. 27. 17 acres OATS sown in the end of April on a peaty soil 

 ploughed in December and January out of 17-years-old grass to a 

 depth of about 8 inches. The cultivator and harrow were used 

 before sowing, and harrow and roller after the seed had been 

 drilled. An excellent crop, attributed to the high condition of 

 the land, which had been dressed with farmyard manure when 

 under grass. 



No. 28. 10 acres loamy soil, 500 feet above sea-level, long in 

 meadow or pasture, were ploughed in, December, March and April 

 to a depth of 6-8 inches. WHEAT and OATS were sown in March 

 and April and the ground well rolled. POTATOES, TURNIPS, MAN- 

 GOLDS and CARROTS sown, or planted, in April and May and 

 suitably manured. AVheat failed; it was ploughed up and the 

 land sown with BARLEY, which grew well. The potatoes and oats 

 were good, mangolds and carrots partially successful. It is 

 remarked that if this land, which had probably not been ploughed 

 for 60 years, had been ploughed earlier and deeper, better results 

 would have been obtained. 



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