Report on the Farm-Prize Competition of 1886. 
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Cultivation and Cropping of Non-Sewaged Land. — About 300 
acres of arable, which do not come within range of the 
sewage, lie well together at the Norwich end of the farm, and is 
not encumbered with hedges, 280 acres being in one block 
within a ring fence, but tolerably accessible by roads which 
run through it. It is farmed on a four-course rotation, of seeds, 
wheat, roots, and barley ; but occasionally — and this practice we 
found on several of the farms — a piece of wheat-stubble is sown 
with barley instead of roots. 
This year about half is in wheat and barley, the other half in 
roots and clover. 
One piece of wheat had suffered much from the severe winter, 
the plant probably was thrown out in the spring, and was 
decidedly thin, but the heads and stems showed evidence of 
great vigour. The other pieces were very good, and looked like 
yielding as much as could be expected from such weak land. 
Barley, 70 acres, was thick on the ground ; and, except in 
some places where the drought had laid hold, was a very good 
crop. The straw throughout was short, but well-headed, and 
rain falling opportunely, the yield would doubtless prove 
satisfactory. 
The roots, 54 acres being swedes and 20 acres mangolds, 
were exceptionally good, and gave promise of attaining to large 
crops. 
Clover, 72 acres, had all been mown and made into hay 
before our last visit ; but the " OUands " were much burnt up, 
indeed not a blade of green was to be seen. In all probability 
the first crop had also suffered ; but Mr. Taylor mentioned that 
his practice — which is a sound one — of dressing his clover layers 
with farmyard-dung in the early spring months, had to a great 
extent saved the crops, acting as a buffer to the sun's rays. 
For wheat, 12 loads of farmyard-manure is applied per acre ; 
the land is ploughed, harrowed, and drilled with seed at the 
rate of 9 pecks per acre. Varieties, " Square Head," " Webb's 
Challenge White " and " Kinver's Giant White." After culti- 
vation : — once heavy rolled, twice horse-hoed and weeded. 
Barley, after roots, twice ploughed, harrowed and drilled with 
10 to 12 pecks of seed per acre ; land rolled and weeded. Forty 
acres had 1 cwt. of nitrate of soda per acre, besides a part of the 
root-crop having been folded with fatting sheep ; 9 acres had no 
artificial manure, but had been well folded with fatting sheep ; 
this is sown with Webb's barley. 
Six acres under experiment for the Norfolk Chamber of Agri- 
culture, had been dressed with various sorts of manures ; 
14 acres, sown after wheat, also under experimental treatment 
with manures, had been sown with Carter's Prize Prolific. 
