LORD LEICESTER’S ELEVEN-COURSE SHIFT. 59 
explained to us that it will first be fed or mown as may be 
found convenient, fed hard in the early spring, and gently 
handled as the summer progresses, to keep out the sun, and 
avoid serious consequences from possible scorching. There is 
no objection to leaving some of the feed until the autumn, as 
later on the stock will gladly pick down what they have earlier 
ignored. 
At the third set, the seventh course, we notice king twitch 
commencing to assert himself, which he seemed to do with 
greater ease as the pastures become older, and in one place 
(the eleventh course) he had fairly established supreme 
command. 
The eighth, ninth, tenth, and eleventh courses are all 
pasture. : 
The cash returns from each field show that these lands 
under grass gradually decrease in value, and during the last 
three courses leave much to be desired if the seasons are at all 
unpropitious, but this is set off against the improved value 
when the lands again come under cultivation. Although the 
year of 1895 was considered by no means favourable, yet 
it was not looked upon in the light of a bad year, and if his 
lordship never experiences a worse he considers he will not 
have much to complain about. ; 
This is contentment indeed, which our old proverb says 
“ig worth more than a kingdom.” We wish that all other 
agriculturists were only of the same opinion. 
