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swedes was " disced " by steam. Sandy oats were sown over the 
whole field. A fair crop ; best where the land was ploughed. 
No. 2 (35 a.). In 1877, oats, a good crop, except where the 
ground was very rough ; 1878, cultivated and harrowed by 
steam, ridged, turnips drilled from 24th to 30th June, with 
3 cwt. of superphosphate, 2 cwt. guano, and 1 cwt. crushed 
bones. In September the crop had covered the ground, and 
the bulbs, though not large, were growing well. They became a 
fair crop ; half the turnips were lifted, and the rest was fed off 
by sheep. In 1879, 3 acres were planted in May with potatoes; 
the rest of the field was sown with Sandy oats, receiving 2 cwt. 
superphosphate, and yielding a very good crop, the best on the 
farm. 
No. 3 (67 a.). In 1877, oats, good at the west end, but poor 
at the east end ; 1878, " disced " in spring, G bushels per acre of 
Swiss oats, costing 52s. per quarter, were sown broadcast, and 
harrowed in by steam ; about 10 acres of the thinnest part of 
the west end of the field were cut green and ricked in the field 
to be eaten by cattle ; the east end of the field gave a good 
crop. We have here a very striking example of different effects 
of soil and season in the same field. The western portion of the 
field lies higher and drier than the eastern, consequently in the 
wet summer of 1877 it gave the best crop ; but in the dry 
summer of 1878 it appeared to be too dry, and the crop failed ; 
on the other hand, the low"-lying east end of the field seemed to 
be insufficiently drained in 1877, yet in 1878 it gave the best 
crop. The 57 acres that were rerped yielded 227 qrs. of clean 
oats, or 4 qrs. per acre. In the autumn, 29 acres were ploughed 
by horses, " disced " in spring and sown with turnips ; 38 acres 
of young seeds were doing well in August 1879. 
No. 4 (55a.). In 1877, oats; 1878, '-disced" and harrowed 
in spring, and sown with 6 bushels Swiss oats. The produce 
was 225 qrs., or 4 qrs. per acre. In the spring of 1879 the 
stubble was " disced," harrowed, and rolled by steam, and sown 
with 5 bushels of Swiss Oats, with the usual allowance of 2 cwt. 
superphosphate. 13 acres were also sown with grass-seeds. The 
oats in August were a moderately good crop, with less straw 
than in the two previous years. 
No. 5 (67 a.). In 1877 oats, seeded with clover and grass ; 
1878 and 1879 very rough grass, consisting chiefly of Yorkshire 
fog ; the clover and artificial grass-seeds were wasted, the newly 
reclaimed land had been tilled sufficiently for oats, but not 
made fine or mellow enough for these finer seeds. The outfalls 
of the drains on the east side of Nos. 2, 3, 4, and 5 are many 
of them useless. Several drains have been lifted, and found to 
be full of ochreous deposit. 
