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Sutherland Reclamation. 
The drains at the lower end of this field in 1878 showed 
much oxide of iron at the outfall of the pipes. In 1879 some 
of these drains burst in the middle of the field, and the surface 
above them is covered with an ochreous red deposit. 
No. 3 (71a. Or. 6 p.), in 1876, about 20 acres in oats, the 
rest of the field not cropped ; 1877, oats and seeds ; 1878, 
young seeds fed till May, then dry weather set in and the land 
remained bare till June ; a light crop of about 12 cwt. of hay 
per acre was cut and carried without rain ; the aftermath was 
good. Sheep and cattle remained here till November. The 
hoggets had the run of the field while they were feeding the 
turnips in No. 5, but all the farm was covered with snow and 
ice from November to March. Ewes and lambs were here in 
1879 from 15th to 26th of May, and cattle since then. 
No. 4 (71 a. 0 r. 1 p.). In 1876, oats, a bad crop, sown late ; 
1877, oats again, a very good crop, except in a few spots where 
the drains had been injured by working the land in winter by 
steam ; 1878, hay, a similar crop to that in the last field. The 
subsequent treatment of the two fields has been alike. Several 
of the drains are choked. 
No. 5 (72 a. 1 r. 4 p.). In 1876, about 45 acres in oats, the 
rest of the field not cropped ; 1877, oats, a good crop, except 
on some wet patches ; 1878, the land was " disced " in winter, 
10 acres of deep peat were sown in April with oats, a bad 
crop, followed by Swiss oats in 1879 ; 14 acres in swedes, 
drilled 25th May, suffered from drought ; these were all carted 
off and followed in 1879 by Sandy oats ; 46 acres Aberdeen 
turnips received 3 cwt. of fish manure and 2 cwt. of super- 
phosphate per acre ; a small part drilled in the end of May 
were stunted in growth, the bulk of the crop drilled in June 
was much better ; the turnips were all fed off on the ground. 
In spring 1879 the whole field was "disced" and harrowed by 
steam, and sown broadcast with oats. This was a fair crop, 
except in places where, in preparing the land, injury was done 
by fir-roots that were caught by the harrows, and could ^not be 
removed by the man without assistance. No artificial manure 
was applied for the oats. 
No. G (S3 a. 2 r.). In 1876, oats ; 1877, grass-seeds, received 
2 cwt. superphosphate, 1 cwt. of nitrate of soda, and 1 cwt. 
of salt ; they were cut for hay, yielding a fair light crop ; 1878, 
pastured by sheep and cattle ; the surface of this field is very 
uneven, and it would have been better to take a crop of rape or 
a second crop of oats before sowing it with grass ; the west 
end of the field is hard land drained with stones ; the east end 
is deep peat pipe-drained, and a deposit of oxide of iron is 
forming in some of the drains. Several of the drains were taken 
