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No. 128. A field of 12 acres, 800 feet above sea level, under 

 grass for over 100 years, was ploughed (disc coulter), thoroughly 

 harrowed, and heavily rolled when just dry enough to take roller. 

 Soil partly clay, partly shale. OATS were taken, and were success- 

 ful. " I consider the reason for such good results is the extra 

 rolling to tighten the land." Success also attributed to the use 

 of basic slag, 7 cwt. per acre. 



No. 129. 6 acres POTATOES were planted on stiff loam soil on 

 Devonian shales, . ploughed out of grass about 20 years old. 

 Before ploughing, the land was disc-harrowed twice, and then 

 cross-disced twice. Ploughed in February and March to a depth 

 of 5-6 inches, rolled, disc-harrowed twice in two directions, rolled, 

 harrowed, and ridged up for potatoes. The crop is promising. 

 Success attributed to the thorough cutting up of the turf by 

 the disc-harrows. 



CORNWALL (4 reports 3 successes, 1 failure). 



No. 130. 35 acres of DREDGE CORN sown in April after grass 

 about 200 years old on light loam 6-11 inches deep. The grass 

 was broken up by tractor late in March, heavily rolled, twice 

 harrowed, again rolled, harrowed, twice rolled and harrowed. 

 Compound manure (composition not stated) was applied. The 

 crop was a success. This was a deer park, which had been heavily 

 grazed and was in poor condition. Success is attributed to the 

 manuring and the extra heavy rolling. On parts where no 

 manure was used, the crop was not nearly so good. 



No. 131. A field of 20-years-old grass on poor granite soil was 

 ploughed in November, soil inverted to depth of 5 inches, 

 subsequently rolled and harrowed several times. Dressed with 

 basic slag before sowing. Crop (OATS) a failure. It is 

 remarked that the field is typical of the poorest granite soils 

 and that the first crop is usually _a failure, the second being 

 much better. It is explained that the surface of these pastures 

 has a thick, mat of fibrous grass, which takes a long time to 

 rot, so that little food is available for the plant in the early 

 stages. With liberal manuring, good results are generally 

 obtained in the second year after breaking up. 



ANGLESEY (2 reports 2 successes). 



No. 132. A field of 14 acres was broken up out of grass about 

 40 years old on good red loam soil on the Carboniferous Lime- 

 stone. Land ploughed at the end of March, subsequently 

 harrowed, drilled with OATS, and rolled. No manure -used. The 

 result was " one of the best crops in the county." It is noted 

 that the ploughing of grass land is a common practice in the 

 county, and good crops almost invariably follow. 



No. 133. A field of 10 acres was broken up at the end of March 

 out of 60-years-old grass on a good loam soil, and sown with 

 Tartarian OATS. The land was harrowed before and rolled after 

 sowing. " Grand crop." 



CARDIGAN (1 report 1 success). 



No. 134. 20 acres Tartarian OATS sown April 20th on sandy 

 loam, ploughed in March out of grass 20 years old. Rolled with 

 a heavy Cambridge roller, harrowed with, spring-tooth and 

 ordinary harrows, and the seed drilled. Crop described as 



