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with the exception of one reserved for the dairy cows. As soon 
as the sheep have fed off each section it is again irrigated, and 
when ready is mown. The aftermath is invariably fed by the 
dairy cows and young stock, as it is not sound for sheep. 
The " drowner," as the man who looks after the irrigating is 
here termed, is paid bs. 6d. per acre per annum for attending to 
the irrigation during the year, and " taking up " the carriers and 
drains ; in other words, cleaning them out. Generally he is 
assisted by another man, and between them most of this work 
is done as overtime. Mowing costs about 3s. 6d. per acre and 
a gallon of cider. 
Pastures. — The pasture land is devoted entirely to the dairy 
cows and young stock, and is manured with road-scrapings, 
compost, and liquid manure. 
Abable Land. 
1. Wheat. — Immediately before the seeds are broken up the 
land receives a dressing of 15 two-horse loads of farmyard- 
manure per acre ; but the land after turnips is not manured, 
having been manured for the root-crop. Generally the pre- 
paration for wheat is limited to one ploughing, Avhich is done as 
soon as possible, commencing about the beginning of October. 
Wheat-sowing commences, on the five-course portion of the farm, 
in October with 2^ bushels of seed per acre, and finishes in 
January with about 3 bushels. On the four-field part of the 
Bulbridge farm wheat sowing commences with 2 bushels of seed 
per acre, generally in October, and ends as in the previous sys- 
tem. The earlier sown seed consists of two-thirds Browick red 
wheat and one-third of a white sort ; and the later portion in both 
systems is sown with Nursery wheat. The seed is drilled in 
rows 8 inches apart with a Suffolk drill, and in spring the land 
is horse-hoed, the light chalky brows being top-dressed with a 
mixture of 1^ cwt. of guano, J cwt. of nitrate of soda, and 2 cwt. 
of salt. 
Harvesting is done partly by machine, and partly by hand. 
When done by hand the cost of mowing and sheafing varies from 
95. to 12s. per acre, according to the crop, the men finding their 
own beer or cider. Carting and stacking are done by day-work; 
thatching (which includes nothing but the bare operation) is 
done at A^d. per square. Threshing is done by steam-machinery, 
the men being paid by the day. 
2. Barley. — Barley is taken either after wheat or after roots, 
and as the modes of treatment in the two cases are somewhat 
different, it \\ill be better to notice them separately. 
(a) After Wheat. — As soon as the wheat has been carted the 
