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and will give a good yield ; the young seeds were all that could 
be wished. The grass-seeds sown by Mr. Ashton, and which 
he carefully mixes for himself, are composed of twelve kinds, 
as follows : — 
^ bushel of Pacey's perennial rye-grass. 
^ bushel Italian rye-grass. 
3 lbs. Red clover. 
3 lbs. Cow grass. 
3 lbs. Alsike clover. 
2 lbs. Timothy grass. 
2 lbs. Cocksfoot. 
2 lbs. Crested dogstail, 
2 lbs. Rib-grass. 
1^ lbs. Trefoil, or hop-clover. 
1^ lbs. Giant white clover. 
1 lb. Sweet vernal. 
and are sown in the proportions given to the statute acre. 
In this respect Mr. Ashton's practice differs widely from 
that of many of his neighbours, who sow a mixture of red clover 
and Italian rye-grass only. Nothing, however, could be better 
than the well-mixed hay produced on this farm in almost 
every case. 
The remainder of the field, some 6 acres, of first year seeds, 
looked remarkably well. In April, the first cutting to sell green 
was just commenced ; and in July it was ready to cut again, 
and will be cut a third time this summer, so we were informed. 
Following his usual practice, Mr. Ashton top-dressed this piece, 
after the removal of the first cutting, with sawdust-manure 
soaked with liquid manure, which was pumped on to it in the 
midden from the tank, into which the buildings are drained. 
From the last field we entered a large field of 24 acres, mostly 
in potatoes, 6 acres of early, and the remainder Magnum 
Bonums and Regents ; there were also 2 acres of swedes, and 
one of mangolds. On the eastern side of the field the land runs 
to peat moss, and here the early potatoes were set previous to 
our April visit, and at that time the setting of the Magnums 
was nearly completed. The whole field had received a heavy 
dressing of manure, and in July the potatoes were among 
the most promising of the many good crops we saw, and so 
were also the mangolds and swedes, both left double for the 
purpose of planting out later on. This latter is a very general 
practice in the neighbourhood, but not one which the Judges 
could altogether approve, as in some cases the plants were left 
double until so large that they could scarcely fail to sustain 
injury. It is urged, however, that when transplanted they come 
