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the processes of draining and cleaning, wliich are almost finished 
at Tilesford, are in full swing here. 
Commencing with the arable land, we have : — 
Grove Ground. — This consisted last year of two fields, of 
14 and 5 acres respectively, the former portion of which bore a 
crop of wheat in 1^67. In the autumn it was horse-ploughed 
by the previous occupier, and in the spring it was planted 
■with vetches by Mr. Bomford. These were eaten off by sheep,^ 
with an allowance of corn ; the land was afterwards steam- 
ploughed once, and this year is wheat, which looked remarkably 
well in the spring. 
The remaining portion was last year two year old seeds, chiefly 
ryegrass. These were horse-ploughed in the summer, and the 
land is now wheat, like the rest. No manure has been applied 
to either portion, and the prevalence of coltsfoot in the latter 
shows the work which remains for the steam-plough. 
Big Ground. — This field now measures 26 acres, of which 
15 acres were two year old ryegrass in 1867, allowed to remain 
in 1868; in 1868, 4 acres were vetches after these two-year- 
old seeds ; and 7 acres were wheat, also after the same seeds. 
Last autumn the whole piece was sown with wheat, which 
received in the spring a top-dressing of 2 cwts. of guano and 
1 cwt. of nitrate of soda. This year, therefore, we have : — 
1. Wheat after ryegrass. 
2. Wheat after vetches. 
3. Wheat after wheat. 
Of the three, the first portion certainly looked the worst at the 
end of last April, the other two pieces looking very much alike, 
although the vetches had been fed off by sheep, and the wheat 
after them might, therefore, be expected to look much better 
than after wheat itself; but at the time we saw this field the 
third part was certainly the most luxuriant in foliage. What 
the result will be in corn Mr. Bomford has promised to let me- 
know eventually. 
Clarke s Field (7 acres) was wheat in 1868, and is now spring 
vetches. Grave Ditch (20 acres) was in 1868 beans after oats ; 
this year it is mixed seeds, which had been sown in the beans, and 
will be broken up at Midsummer. Smoke Pear Tree (9 acres) 
was wheat upon seeds in 1868, and is now peas. 
Landman s Rail. — This piece measures 16 acres. In 1868 it 
was barley after wheat, and is now seeds ; the barley was dressed 
with 3 cwt. of guano and superphospliate, and the seeds with 
f cwt. each of nitrate of soda and guano. From 6 to 7 acres of 
the field had been pipe-drained a few years ago at a depth of 
