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required. With tlio system of flooding grass land in winter 
I have no sympathy. I wouhl scarcely deny that in some cases 
it may be unavoidable, but the destruction of all the fine clover 
and grasses, and the creation of a rank growth of coarse herbage, 
neither valuable for hay nor for pasture, is scarcely the way to 
ensure success in sewage-farming. 
One of the chief sources of profit to the sewage-farmer is 
the growth of second crops, for which he possesses such spe- 
cial advantages. The 100 acres of garden-ground allowed for 
in the above case will afford him ample scope for the exer- 
cise of his skill in this direction ; in case, however, he should 
be very eager of distinction in this line, there is no reason 
why potatoes or other early produce should not be taken before 
the planting of some portion of the cabbage and mangold, and 
the figures 1 oflfer would be proportionally swelled by such 
additions to his crops. 
In concluding this part of the subject, I will remind the 
reader that 2000 tons of sewage per acre, which are allowed for the 
market-garden, wheat, and cabbage, severally on the above farm, 
are of the intrinsic value of 16/. 13. 4rf., and that I have not taken 
into calculation the very large quantity of first-rate manure which 
the farmer will have at hand for certain of his crops. I will 
also direct attention to the great benefit which the intermission 
of irrigation for the period of one year, allowed by the above 
plan, must yield to most descriptions of land. 
There are certain times of the year when an extra supply of 
liquid is very desirable, and when the dilution of the sewage 
beyond the point usually reached is a matter of considerable im- 
portance, independent of the fact that the effluent water is seldom 
free from all traces of ammonia. The interception of the puri- 
fied sewage can in most cases be managed with little difficulty, 
and times may come when irrigation, with such a fluid even, 
may be beneficial. At Romford, Mr. Hope has found such dilu- 
tion absolutely necessary ; and at Aldershot ])umping-machinery 
is in course of erection with a similar object. It will plainly, 
therefore, pay the sewage-farmer to conduct the drainage of his * 
land to such a point that he can possess himself of this advan- 
tage at his option. 
Stock. 
With regard to the kind of stock most desirable upon a 
sewage-farm, I have little difficulty in pronouncing in favour 
of cows. No one possesses the facilities for the production of 
milk that distinguishes the sewage-farmer. With an abund- 
ance of food of the most succulent and suitable character at 
command all the year round, he should be able, in this item 
