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farm of about 1000 acres, which we visited, not more than 
16 acres of barley were sown this year ; and on the Eastburrt 
farm it cannot be regarded as a general crop, its place being 
taken by oats, except, as a rule, on one field every year. 
Both barley and oats are mown with the scythe at a cost of 
about 10a-. per acre, including sheafing, stooking, and raking, 
all these operations being found necessary in this northern 
climate. The only difference between the harvesting of these 
crops and wheat is that they are made into long stacks instead of 
round ones. 
The quality of the barley grown is very good, and most of it 
is sold for malting. 
4. Seeds. — -The seeds are sown broadcast, about 35 lbs. to the 
acre, as soon as possible after the oats have been got in and 
the land Cambridge rolled, certainly before the spring corn is 
up, so that sowing is generally finished by the end of April. 
The mixture of seeds used for the strong land . is the follow - 
ing: — 14 lbs. trefoil, 11| lbs. White Dutch, 3^ lbs. red clover, 
3^ lbs. plantain, and 2 lbs. parsley. On the lighter land, which 
consists of a very loose light gravel, the mixture consists of 
14 lbs. trefoil, 14 lbs. White Dutch, 4ilbs. plantain, and 2^ lbs. 
parsley. On some portions of the farm a certain proportion of 
Alsike has been tried in lieu of an equivalent quantity of White 
Dutch Clover. 
Clover sickness is prevalent not only on this farm but all over 
the district, and hitherto the extension of the four-course system 
has been the only known antidote. The system adopted, though 
it may be termed a seven-course system, is really a four-course, 
in which barley, followed by peas, and afterwards turnips, is sub- 
stituted for oats and seeds on a certain portion every year. This 
portion varies according to circumstances, but the deviation from 
the four-course system is not greater than they are compelled to 
make in consequence of clover-sickness. 
The whole of the seeds are used for grazing purposes. 
5. Tares and Peas. — For tares the barley-stubble is ploughed 
immediately after harvest, and from 10 to 12 pecks of tares are 
drilled to the acre at the same time. For peas the land is ploughed 
either late in the autumn or early in the spring ; and late in Feb' 
ruary or early in March it is harrowed and drilled with about 
4 bushels per acre of Early Dun Peas. No farmyard manure is 
used for these crops. As soon as the peas are well up they are 
hand-hoed once at 4s. per acre, and they are harvested generally 
before wheat, in July or early in August, at a cost of about 5.9. 
per acre, exclusive of leading and stacking. 
Tares are mown for the horses as soon as ready, which is 
generally early in June. 
