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brambles, have also been swept away. The function it has per- 
formed meanwhile is that of a place of refuge for sheep in wet 
weather, and being situated on the summit of a gentle hill, it is 
well placed for the purpose. The land is better adapted for 
tillage than pasture, and it will probably be turned to that purpose 
in the autumn. 
Duck Meadow. — This is a small piece of permanent pasture, 
measuring about 4 acres. Five years ago it was a swamp, but 
it has been thoroughly drained and is now a very useful piece 
of grass. The other grass-land was in the same condition in 
1864, and has since been treated in the same manner as the 
two closes already mentioned, so that it will be unnecessary to 
describe them in detail. 
Arable Land. 
Lower Bushels. — At present this field measures about 23 
acres, but formerly it consisted of two distinct closes of 7 and 
16 acres respectively. Ultimately, it will, like most, if not all 
of those to be hereafter described, be thrown into one great field, 
crossed only by steam-roads a quarter of a mile apart. 
The 7-acre portion was in 1864 a very bad lot of seeds, which 
were ploughed up and sown with beans that autumn. In 1866 
it was wheat, in 1867 vetches, in 1868 wheat again, and this 
year it is peas. 
The IG-acre portion was, when the farm came into Mr. Bom- 
ford's possession, a wheat-stubble so foul that it required special 
treatment to get it at all clean ; and although it was ploughed up 
and cleaned in the autumn, it was found necessary to leave it a 
bare fallow the next year (1865) to allow of its being got into 
decent condition for a crop. After that was accomplished the 
following succession of crops was obtained : — Oats in 1866, 
seeds in 1867, wheat in 1868 ; and this year it is partly winter 
vetches and partly peas. 
Bi(j Bushels. — -Twenty acres of land which in 1864 merited 
no better description than "old twitch." In 1865 it was in 
vetches, eaten off by sheep ; and in 1866 wheat, manured heavily, 
either with about 24 one-horse loads of farmyard manure per 
acre previous to ploughing, or with a dressing of guano in the 
following spring. Seeds were sown upon the wheat, and as they 
failed the land was broken up and fallowed the next year. In 
1868 it was wheat, and after harvest the stubbles were ploughed 
up and sown with winter oats and vetches. 
Oh/field Ground. — This now measures about 34 acres, but in 
1864 it consisted of three nearly equal fields, averaging a little 
more than 11 acres each. In that year the first part was beans 
bestrewed with an abundant crop of wild oats, which neccssi- 
