592 Report on the Farm-Prize Competition of 1886. 
Mangolds after Wheat, 20 acres. — Three times ploughed, 
harrowed, cultivated, rolled, and drilled with 8 lbs. of seed per 
acre on the flat in May. Horse-hoeings three, plants singled, 
and thrice hand-hoed ; sown with Webb and Sons' Yellow- 
fleshed Tankard. 
Fourteen acres of the above are also under experiment with 
manure. Sown with Carter's best Tankard. 
Six acres received 12 loads of farmyard-dung, 3 cwt. of bones, 
and 1 cwt. of sulphate of ammonia per acre. 
Swedes after Wheat, 54 acres.— Thrice ploughed, the first time 
as soon as possible after harvest. The spider-harrow,* Barker's 
Patent (pp. 559 and 560), attached to the plough, is used to shake 
out the weeds, and leave them on the surface, and is favourably 
spoken of by Mr. Taylor and his bailiff. Cultivated in spring, 
rolled and drilled in May and June, with three pints of seed per 
acre. Horse- and hand-hoed as for mangolds. 
Eleven acres of these under experiment as aforesaid are sown 
with Townsend's Defiance. 
Ten acres are dressed with 4 cwt. of bones, 1 cwt. of sulphate 
ammonia, and 1 cwt. of gypsum per acre. 
Twentij-nine GC7'es manured with 14 loads of farmyard-manure, 
and 3 cwt. of superphosphate per acre, are sown with Webb's 
Imperial Swede. 
Four acres had been folded with sheep, and dressed with 
3 cwt. of superphosphate per acre. 
No doubt the results of the experiments conducted for the 
Norfolk Chamber of Agriculture will in due time be published, 
and it is also to be hoped that the results of Mr. Taylor's 
various manurings may be tabulated with them. 
The whole of the arable land and crops was fairly clean. 
Indeed, considering that they were not in holiday attire, no 
preparation having been made with the view of showing the 
farm, most creditably so. The artificial manures purchased in 
1884-85, and applied to the non-sewaged arable land, hi value 
amounted to 227/. 17s. 
From the foregoing it will be gathered, that though the grain 
crops on the farm are by no means unimportant, yet in the 
forage and its utilisation centres the greatest feature. The 
suburban situation enables considerable quantities to be sold at 
remunerative prices, and to give an idea of what is done in this 
line, we may mention that between July 1st, 1885, and June 30, 
1886, hay and straw to the value of 980/. were sold off, besides 
400 tons of roots. But the great bulk is consumed on the farm 
* This is made by Murton and Turner, of Kcnningbnll. Cost, with attacli- 
moiits, 21. 5s. ; it is highly spoken of for clearing light laud by many who have 
used it. 
