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placed together in a row ; a furrow is then ploughed on each side, 
so as nearly to cover the roots with earth, and thus protect them 
from frost, &c. The white tankards are first fed off, being gene- 
rally consumed before the hard weather commences. They are 
pulled and sliced for the sheep, to Avhich they are given in 
troughs, with an allowance of cut hay, and about half a pound of 
linseed-cake each per diem. After these are finished the swedes 
are topped and tailed, and thrown into heaps, from which they are 
sliced and given to the sheep. The green round turnips are fed 
off by ewes and lambs in March and the beginning of April ; 
and the land is immediately afterwards sown with barley. 
ip.) Catch Crops. — The 15 acres intended for green round turnips 
perform another duty previous to being devoted to that crop, 
being sown with either tares and winter oats, or early peas. 
Rye for feeding is also grown as a catch-crop before green round 
turnips. 
In the first case, after the barley-stubble has been forked over 
to get out twitch, it is manured with ten three-horse loads of 
farmyard manure per acre, which is ploughed in 5 inches deep ; 
and the land is immediately drilled with 2^ bushels of tares, and 
half a bushel of winter oats per acre. This crop is generally fit 
to mow for the horses about the middle of May, and the land is 
immediately afterwards ploughed and cleaned, and soon after the 
middle of July sown with green round turnips. 
Early peas are sometimes sown on barley-stubble instead of 
tares. The land having been forked as before, it is manured 
with eight three-horse loads per acre ; this is ploughed in 
5 inches deep, and 3^ bushels of early peas per acre are drilled 
in about the end of November or early in December, the rows 
being 9 inches apart. When well up they are hand-hoed at Is. 
per acre. Harvesting is done the third week in July, the whole 
strength of the farm being employed in cutting and carrying 
as quickly as possible. The peas are cut with hooks, and are 
immediately carted on to a piece of seeds or hay-stubble to ripen. 
They are laid out in beds with paths between them, so that they 
may be easily and frequently turned until ripe. 
As soon as the peas are carted away the land is cleaned, 
ploughed, and drilled with green round turnips, and a dressing 
of 3^ cwts. of superphosphate, and 1\ cwt. of rape-cake per 
acre. 
For rye the land receives the same preparation, except that no 
manure is applied, and it is sown in September or October, with 
3 bushels of Giant rye per acre. This crop comes in for spring 
food for the ewes and lambs in April. Alter the rye is fed off 
the land is ploughed 6 inches deep, rolled with a three-horse 
roller, and then harrowed. After this treatment it lies for three 
