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though a good plant, called unmistakably for rain. The fallow 
swedes were somewhat backward ; but the mangolds were all 
good and forward. The beans were well podded and free from 
fly; and the peas for a crop were just fit to cut and very promis- 
ing. The drought had affected the barley and oats very consider- 
ably, and some of the former (after mangolds) put in late was 
prematurely ripening before it was well in ear. The hay and 
I clover were in stack, and a large rick of the latter had evidently 
been somewhat hastily put together, the symptoms of " undue 
warmth " being very marked. It is only fair to say that Mr. 
Lane had this season adopted an American unloading fork, and 
was, perhaps, hardly prepared for the amount of work which 
that implement will accomplish ; hence, possibly, this result. 
The clover lattermaths were much burned up with the recent 
heat. The stock were in good condition. The lambs, now 
numbering 160, were on grass, and getting a mixture of oats, 
maize, and bran mixed. The theaves for the flock excited our 
special admiration, as they did in May. Eleven heifers in-calf 
were running in " the Park " with the breeding cows, and, 
together with the rest of the yearling heifers and steers, made a 
very pretty lot of cattle. The horses were in the enjoyment of 
a temporary rest previous to the commencement of harvest, 
which would begin in a few days. 
It was plain that this was not a very favourable season for the 
inspection of a farm worked on the " extra crop " system, and 
that the continued drought and heat had somewhat seriously 
affected some of its prospects. There is a Kentish saying 
relative to the Isle of Thanet — " When England wrings, the 
island sings ;" and with equal truth it could probably be said 
of Broom Court Farm, that the rains of the last season, which 
on many lands caused such ruin and desolation, were on this 
description only harbingers of prosperity. That they caused 
no loss is proved, I think, by the almost uniform character of 
the crops in 1875, as given above. It is to be feared that the 
present season will hardly prove so satisfactory. 
The expenditure on cake, corn, and artificial manure is very 
moderate. For the last four years it has been as follows : — 
Cake and Artificial. 
Com, Bran, Grinding, &c. 
£ s. d. 
£ s. d. 
Sept. 29, 1871-2 
12.5 11 0 
lOG 5 9 
138 0 0 
108 3 8 
, , 1873 4 
228 16 10 
126 12 4 
, , 1874 5 
221 12 2 
83 19 8 
