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crops, and more particularly in the crop of mangolds, as pre- 
viously mentioned. The use of steam has also tended to the 
substitution of cultivating for ploughing under certain circum- 
stances ; for instance, wheat stubbles are now cultivated twice 
and ploughed once, instead of being ploughed three times. 
Before Mr. Hudson bought this set he was in the habit of 
hiring steam tackle, and paid 8s. per acre for cultivating from 
9 to 10 inches deep, besides the cost of coal and of carting 
water ; ploughing was done under the same arrangement as to 
coal and water, at 7s. 6c?. per acre. 
6. Pitchill, Tilesford, and the Grove, in the occupation of Mr. 
Benjamin Bomfoed. By H. M. Jenkins. 
These farms comprise altogether about 1360 acres, the greater 
portion consisting of very strong clay land, and the whole farmed 
by a complete system of steam-cultivation. Of the total acreage, 
the two farms of Tilesford and the Grove, measuring together 
about 560 acres, and containing nothing but the strongest land, 
have been recently taken by Mr. Bomford,and are now in course 
of improvement. The remaining 800 acres constitute his home 
farm at Pitchill, and consist of three portions, namely, 200 acres 
of grass land, and 300 acres each of strong land and light land 
under tillage ; this farm, having been in Mr. Bomford's occupa- 
tion for some years, is in a high state of cultivation, and, not- 
withstanding the severe course of cropping to which it is 
subjected, is cleaner than many gardens. 
The Pitchill Farm commences on the high road to Alcester, 
about five miles north of Evesham station, and about half a mile 
north of the high road called Harvington Leys. It continues 
along that road for about two miles and a half, and is situated, 
with the exception of a triangular patch at each extremity, entirely 
on the western side of it. In a westerly direction it is fenced in 
by Bevington Waste, except at its south-western corner, where it 
extends as far as Atch Lench. 
The soils of this farm are divided into five principal patches, 
the northern and southern of which consist of new red marl, the 
extreme western and the eastern of light-land drift deposits, and 
the central of a strong heavy lias clay, which is fringed, to a 
great extent, by a narrow band, consisting of either sandstone or 
limestone. 
The Tilesford and Grove Farms are contiguous, but distant 
from Pitchill about seven miles, along a devious and cross-country 
road. They are situated on the banks of a stream, called the 
