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(2.) In 1864 this 7-acre piece was one-year seeds, which 
were grazed in the summer and afterwards sown with wheat, 
harvested in 1865. The succeeding crop was beans, followed by 
wheat sown in the autumn of 1866. In the spring of 1867 this 
was top-dressed with 2\ cwt. of guano, and after harvest the land 
was sown with winter vetches, which were eaten off by sheep in 
1868. At the present time it is again wheat. 
(3.) Mr. Boraford entered upon the occupation of this in the 
spring of 1864, instead of at Michaelmas. He found it a bare 
fallow, in so foul a condition that he considered it best to let it 
remain so that year and thoroughly clean it. So foul was it that 
the first operation was reduced to mowing the twitch and after- 
wards burning it ; the land was then steam-cultivated, but it was 
found necessary to take two legs out of the implement in conse- 
qaence of the heaviness and foulness of the land. In the spring 
of 1865 it was sown with barley, which received a dressing of 
guano after it had been laid down with seeds, which were 
grazed in 1866. In 1867 it was wheat, in 1868 peas (some 
artificial manure having been given), and this year it is again 
wheat. 
(4.) This portion, consisting of 12 acres, was vetches in 1864 ; 
these were eaten off by sheep and sown with wheat, which 
formed the crop of 1865. The wheat was laid down with seeds 
in the spring of that year, and these were grazed in 1866 until 
the beginning of July, when they were burst up by the culti- 
vator. In 1867 the crop was wheat, in 1868 peas, and this year 
is wheat again. 
Croohhurii Field. — This is about 16 acres in extent, and has 
required a great deal of improving. In 1864 it was one-year 
old seeds, which were allowed to remain until the next year, when 
the field was drained and the seeds ploughed up. In 1866 it 
was peas, in 1867 wheat, in 1868 vetches fed off by sheep, and 
this year it is again wheat. 
Hill Ground. — At the present time this consists of 80 acres, 
but originally it was in five pieces, and some of it so foul that 
in 1865 it was found necessary to burn it, for neither plough nor 
cultivator could do anything with it. The result of this burning 
has been so remarkable that Mr. Bomford wishes that he had 
been induced to treat more of the farm in the same manner. 
The first part of this, comprising 25 acres, was one-year 
seeds in 1864, but very foul and bad. At Midsummer, they 
were broken up by two steam - cultivatings, in 1865 it was 
wheat, in 1866 vetches followed by rape, in 1867 wheat laid 
down with seeds, remaining in 1868 mixed seeds, which were 
broken up at Midsummer, and in 1869 it is again wheat. 
The second part, about 18 acres in extent, bore a very bad 
