Practical Agriculture. 
607 = 341 
id the distance between the double rows is 27 inches. Thirty- 
le inches was formerly the width adopted, but some difficulty 
experienced in cutting them properly with the machine 
this width. This method leaves ample room for hand anil 
)rse-hoeing, which is vigorously prosecuted throughout the 
»ring. In the third week in May, and just previous to the 
lal horse-hoeing, a seed-harrow, cleverly prepared for the pur- 
)se, is run over the land, and drops in the centre of each wide 
w the very small quantity of half a pound per acre of white 
rnip seed. The result of this scanty seeding, evenly dis- 
buted, is a plant so thinly scattered that no hoeing or chopping- 
t in any way is required. The horse-hoe follows and com- 
ctes the operation, at one stroke giving a finishing-touch 
the bean crop and at the same time covering the turnip seed." 
he reaping-machine cuts the beans without injury to the 
rnip crop, the driving-wheel running upon the stubble. As 
on as the bean-crop has been harvested the broadshare is run 
tween the rows of turnips, in order to cut the stubble and 
stroy any weeds which may remain. 
lOn the pea portion of the break a different course is pursued. 
About four or five acres are generally drilled 14 inches apart, 
d at the rate of 3 bushels per acre, some early varieties being 
lected which may be suitable for pulling green for the market. 
.!tween every third row and at a distance of 42 inches apart 
lery way, drumhead cabbages are planted about the beginning p^^^ 
" May. The peas are sold to pick for the Birmingham market ; cabbage. 
last year the satisfactory price of lOZ. 10s. per acre was 
:dised, the haulm being left, and the purchaser paying all 
ipense of labour in picking. It will be readily understood 
th what facility the subsequent cultivation of the cabbage 
'ip is attended. The horse-hoe is enabled to work without 
ladrance between the rows in each direction, and very little 
ird labour is therefore required." The cabbage crop is stocked 
'th sheep in winter, with an allowance of half a pound of 
1 )e-cake and half a pint of maize, per head. On the portion 
<• land not treated in this way peas are grown for a crop ; and 
i-mediately after they are harvested, rape, mustard, or turnips 
8i quickly put in. All the extra crops, as described, are suc- 
*2ded by wheat. 
iThe result of these second crops in each year is a large 
Jclition to the produce of the farm. In 1876 the year's crops 
' 19(5^ acres of arable were thus apportioned : wheat, barley, 
i d oats, 96^ acres ; beans and peas, 42|^ acres ; seeds, 27 acres ; 
ilmgolds, swedes, and vetches, 30^ acres; and there were added 
^ interpolation 62 acres of roots and green food, as follows : — 
Hn-turnips, 28 acres; oat-turnips, 10 acres; vetch-turnips, 
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