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6- wheel presser, and seed sown broadcast. Part of the field was 

 dressed with 3 cwt. superphosphate and 1 cwt. sulphate of 

 ammonia per acre. Crop good. Success attributed to pressing, 

 and to the fact that sheep had been eating roots on the land for 

 two months before ploughing. The artificial manures produced 

 no marked effect. The best part of the field was that ploughed 

 in the end of March. 



HEREFORD {8 reports 6 successes, 1 failure). 



No. 86. 20 acres PEAS sown June 1st on clay loam soil overlying 

 Old Red Sandstone. Ploughed at the end of May by tractor 

 out of 14-years-old grass; thoroughly harrowed. Crop successful. 

 The owner remarks that even if the seed does not ripen fully, 

 fodder would prove a satisfactory crop. His intention is to pre- 

 pare the land for wheat in autumn. 



No. 87. 11 acres OATS sown in the beginning of May on heavy 

 loam overlying clay, 600 feet above sea level. The land was 

 broken up by tractor in the end of April out of 40-years-old grass 

 of very poor quality, which never yielded more than 3 ton 

 inferior hay per acre. After ploughing, land was lightly har- 

 rowed, and oats sown at once. Rain fell heavily soon after 

 sowing. In some parts the young plant was yellow,- and a month 

 after sowing 1 cwt. of sulphate of ammonia per acre was given. 

 The action of the manure was marked, and these parts are now 

 the best in the field. -A crop of 50 bushels per acre is anticipated. 



An adjacent field of 6 acres was ploughed by horses in April. 

 By frequent harrowing and rolling a fine tilth was secured. A 

 hard frost set in, and on cultivation this soil crumbled to a very 

 fine tilth. Here wireworm took nearly all the crop (OATS). In 

 those parts of the field which were damp, and where the harrows 

 did inferior work, the oats were good. It is remarked that this 

 field would have given a better crop if it had been rolled and 

 drilled with disc drill without harrowing and cultivating. 



No. 88. A field of 7 acres was broken up by a 4-horse plough 

 out of 25-years-old grass on sandy soil; heavily pressed, and 

 cultivated by harrow only, as frost produced fine tilth. Part of 

 the field was cropped with POTATOES, which promise well, and part 

 with MANGOLDS. The first sowing of mangolds was a marked 

 success, the second a partial failure owing to the dry weather. 

 Roots and potatoes were grown for fear of wireworm ; otherwise 

 oats would have been taken. 



KENT (26 reports 15 successes, 6 failures). 



No. 89. 13 acres PEAS (Sangsters) sown in March on a sandy 

 loam of good quality; ploughed in January out of 12-years-old 

 grass to a depth of 7 inches, pressed with the cartwheel, ' har- 

 rowed several times with heavy harrows. A very good crop. 

 Result attributed to the thorough consolidation of the land. 



No. 90. A field of 12 acres was broken up \yith a Kent plough 

 out of 50-years-old grass, on sandy loam soil. PEAS were sown. 

 No manure was used, as cake had been fed on the land to sheep. 

 The peas grown were : ' Alderman " and " Autocrat," and were 

 very successful. 



No. 91. 35 acres OATS sown early in March on light loam over- 

 lying Chalk; land ploughed bv s!/-am in December and January 



