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No. 36 14 acres OATS sown middle of April on good sandy 

 soil ploughed in February out of 10-years-old grass (which was 

 poor and mossy) by digger plough with skim coulter, to a depth 

 of 8 inches; rolled with heavy Cambridge roller 4 times; harrowed 

 with ordinary harrows, twice with a drag-harrow, sown with disc 

 drill and harrowed, f cwt. sulphate of ammonia, 2 cwts. steamed 

 bone flour per acre applied after rolling and well harrowed into 

 the soil before the oats were sown. Crop very satisfactory. The 

 opinion is expressed that if spring weather had not been so un- 

 favourable the crop would have been very good indeed. 



No. 37. 13 acres OATS sown first week of April on sandy soil. 

 Ploughed January /February out of 20-years-old grass by " Oliver " 

 plough with skim coulter ; furrow about 9 inches by 7 inches. 

 .Before ploughing, gorse bushes were grubbed and burnt. After 

 ploughing, the ground was rolled twice, harrowed, drilled, rolled 

 and harrowed, again rolled and again narrowed. 4 cwt per acre 

 of a mixture containing superphosphate, sulphate of ammonia and 

 dissolved bones ploughed in the first. week of April. Crop quite 

 satisfactory, but suffered from the dry weather. 1^ acres of this 

 field were first shallow ploughed, dragged and harrowed four 

 times and then deeply ploughed. On this portion the crop is much 

 better than 011 the adjoining land. 



No. 38. 8 acres OATS sown in March on thin Wold soil ploughed 

 in December out of 15-years-old grass to a depth of 4 inches; 

 rolled and harrowed four times. Result a failure, about one-third 

 of a crop. Grower remarks that the old pastures of the district 

 appear to be infested with wireworm, so that for the first two 

 years there is little return. He adds, " I broke up 8 acres along- 

 side the above piece 4 years ago, which is now growing a splendid 

 crop of oats." 



NOTTINGHAM (7 reports-2 successes, 5 failures). 



No. 39. 150 acres light soil on a gravelly sub-soil ploughed in 

 January and February out of grass 20-40 years old to a depth of 

 6 inches. Part was prepared for TURNIPS and part for OATS, the 

 land being pressed after ploughing for oats, and rolled with a 

 Cambridge roller after cultivating for roots. The oats were 

 rolled after sowing; the roots drilled on the flat. Both crops 

 were successful. 



No. 40. 8 acres OATS sown March loth on a dark soil overlying 

 a white clay, ploughed out of grass 16 years old. Before plough- 

 ing, the gorse bushes were hooked to chains and pulled out by 

 horses, and the rough grass well trodden with store cattle. 

 Ploughed in February, rolled four times twice with a Cam- 

 bridge and twice with a flat roller and harrowed twice. Part of 

 the crop very good, but a portion suffered through late frost in 

 May. Success attributed to the use of a suitable plough with a 

 disc coulter, which buried all the old turf, and to the subsequent 

 rollings. 



No. 41. 22 acres OATS sown middle of April on clay soil, 

 ploughed by steam in March out of 40-years-old grass, rolled with 

 Cambridge roller, harrowed and sown. Ploughing was very 

 rough, but late frosts made it possible to get a seed-bed. 

 Wireworm greatly damaged several acres but, taken all -over, the 

 crop was fair. 



