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was  dressed  last  spring  with  5 tons  of  lime  per  acre.  The  lime  is 
obtained  at  Knottingley,  and  costs  at  Hedon  Haven  10s.  per  ton  ; 
in  January  it  was  lying  in  large  heaps  covered  with  soil,  and  was 
applied  in  the  spring  previous  to  the  corn  being  drilled.  In  July 
the  black  oats  were  coming  into  ear  ; they  did  not  look  at  all  a 
heavy  crop,  but  were  healthy  and  vigorous,  and  Mr.  Turnbull 
said  would  yield  8 quarters  per  acre.  This  field  was  stated 
to  be  wretchedly  foul  on  entry,  but  was  now  in  a very  creditable 
condition. 
The  field  north  of  the  Hedon  Road,  containing  23^  acres,  was 
drained  in  1881,  had  been  bare  fallow  in  1882  after  oats,  and  had 
received  5 tons  of  lime  as  a dressing.  Mr.  Turnbull  had  in  the 
autumn  intended  to  sow  this  field  down  to  permanent  grass,  and 
therefore  did  not  plant  wheat,  which  accounts  for  no  wheat  crop 
this  season.  Having  determined  to  continue  it  in  tillage, 
Webb’s  Challenge  white  oats  were  sown,  which  in  July  were 
quite  out,  and  were  a magnificent  crop.  The  east  field,  contain- 
ing about  6 acres,  previously  cropped  with  roots,  was  also 
carrying  a crop  of  Webb’s  White  Challenge  oats,  which  were 
nearly,  if  not  quite,  equally  luxuriant.  Another  6 acres  in 
Preston  Twyers  was  bearing  a big  crop  of  the  same  sort  of  oats 
after  mangolds  and  swedes.  The  whole  of  the  grain  crop 
consisted  of  about  70  acres  of  oats,  no  wheat  or  barley  being 
grown  this  year  on  Twyers  Wood. 
The  remainder  of  the  arable  land,  with  the  exception  of 
three  acres  of  spring  tares,  was  in  roots  ; only  a few  potatoes  are 
grown  for  the  use  of  the  household.  These,  with  Sutton’s  Green 
Globe  turnips  and  four  acres  of  Robinson’s  Drumhead  cabbage, 
cropped  a field  beyond  the  railway.  Most  of  this  land  is  lying 
in  high-backed  ridges  which  are  not  attempted  to  be  levelled. 
The  cabbages  were  planted  three  feet  apart  every  way,  and  the 
earliest  planted  were  looking  as  if  they  would  soon  cover  the 
whole  of  the  ground.  Turnips  were  sown  on  the  flat  32 
inches  between  the  rows,  W'hich  we  thought  wider  than  was 
necessary. 
Nine  acres  beyond  the  railway  were  lying  with  manure 
ploughed  in  and  rolled  down  ready  for  sowing  with  turnips. 
This  would  have  been  completed  some  days  previous  to  our 
visit,  but  thunderstorms  had  intervened.  Considerable  care 
had  been  taken  in  the  cleaning  of  the  fallows  ; and  though  they 
cannot  be  described  as  absolutely  free  from  couch,  they  were  in 
a highly  creditable  condition,  seeing  that  this  was  the  first  oppor- 
tunity that  could  be  got  to  clean  what  had  been  evidently  foul 
land  when  taken  in  hand.  The  arable  fields  were  cultivated 
and  cropped  up  to  the  hedge  roots,  the  corners  being  dug  and 
cleaned  close  up.  Hedges  were  carefully  trimmed  and  cleaned, 
