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Wheat will follow on this rotation. 
Rotation 2. — Four acres. 1885, swedes and mangolds. This 
rotation, now commencing, has been divided similarly to rotation 
1, but wheat having been the crop in 1884, roots would or- 
dinarily have followed in 1885. Accordingly 2 acres were used 
for growing mangolds without manure, these to be carted entirely 
off the field, and on the other 2 acres swedes were grown with the 
addition of 3 cwt. per acre of mineral superphosphate to ensure 
a crop, the swedes, or a portion of them, to be fed off on the 
land by sheep receiving decorticated cotton-cake and maize-meal 
respectively, and also with no additional food, according to the 
original plan. The rotations have been divided crosswise, and 
the same plots on which cake and meal were separately con- 
sumed before will be again used for the consumption on them of 
these foods again. 
Mangolds were drilled on 2 acres of the rotation on May 
2nd ; and on the 18th, on the other 2 acres, 3 cwts. of mineral 
superphosphate per acre were sown, and 3 lbs. of swede seed 
per acre drilled in. The swedes and mangolds both came up 
well, and in spite of the severe drought, fair crops were ob- 
tained, considering the season. The mangolds were got up by 
November 7th, carted, and weighed. The swedes were pulled 
on November 27th. The weights were : — 
Table V. — Peoduce of Swedes and Mangolds in 1885 
(EoTATiON No. 2) after Wheat. 
Swedes. 
Mangold.^. 
Produce 
per Acre. 
Produce per Acre. 
Roots. 
Leaves. 
P.oots. 
Leaves. 
Decorticated 1 
Tons. cwts. qrs. lbs. 
Tons. cwts. qrs. lbs 
Tons. cwts. qrs. lbs. 
Tons. cwts. qrs. lbs. 
Cotton-cake > 
Plot .. ..J 
17 0 2 22 
1 13 3 12 
11 6 0 12 
1 16 0 24 
Maize - meal \ 
Plot .. .. / 
17 0 0 16 
1 16 2 14 
11 1 0 24 
1 18 3 20 
Equivalent in] 
Artificials tol 
Decor. Cot- 1 
ton-cake . . j 
14 7 2 4 
1 16 2 18 
13 1 0 20 
1 16 3 24 
Equivalent inj 
Artificials tol 
Maize - meal J 
13 15 2 20 
1 17 0 2 
10 16 2 8 
2 3 18 
The fact that 17 tons of swedes to the acre have been grown 
in such a season as the past, without any other manure than 
