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cross-bred sheep were grazing it. They had not a thriving 
appearance, and wanted dipping and a fresh bite. 
Five acres of second year seeds, eaten late with sheep and 
now for hay, would not cut a heavy crop, but was sweet, and full 
of alsike. 
Three acres of first-year seeds. First crop sold green and 
part cut a second time. 
Two fields of oats, about 20 acres altogether, were not quite 
level, but a good crop. 
Fifty-eight acres of winter wheat, in three fields all joining, 
nearly all after potatoes, too thickly sown, will not be over 
4 quarters an acre, instead of 6, as we expected to find it. The 
old story — weak straw and small heads. 
Two large stacks of old hay and 1 large stack of wheat, un- 
threshed, stood in the Pitville stackyard, waiting to see whether 
or not the " Clouds roll by " of prospective war with Russia. ^ 
Eleven acres of potatoes may lift a good crop, but we have 
seen better and cleaner. INIr. Scotson does not mind some 
*' twitch " in his potato drills, in fact, rather likes it, he says. 
His standard of a good crop is high, however, ranging from 
9 to 15 tons per acre. 
A waggon of oat-straw loaded for market, containing 35 cwts., 
would bring ?>s. od. a cwt. we were told — a good price certainly. 
Three small seed fields, one first ^ear and two second year, 
were cleared of hay. 
Sixteen acres of potatoes, mostly Magnums, and some Cham- 
pions after lea, to be followed by wheat, were a very fine crop 
and clean. 
Fourteen acres, about half in potatoes — Magnums, Champions, 
and Kidneys — the latter sown in rows alternating with the late 
variety, had been lifted, and white turnips were now gr>owing 
in their room, and had alreadv been singled. The other half 
of this field was in swedes and mangolds — very fine plants, but 
not well cultivated. There were many doubles, left on purpose, 
JNIr. Scotson says, to pull later on and sell for cooking. We 
were told that this would sometimes realise 13/. an acre. 
These swedes are sometimes also sold untopped to cowkeepers 
at 30s. a ton, early in the season. 
The double mould-board ploughs used here for earthing up 
the drills had hinges on the last 'J inches of the mould-boards, 
allowing the setting out wider of the posterior flap so formed. 
This is found to make good work, and raises a nice shoulder of 
mould on the drill. 
Twelve acres of outlying land on the north-east side of the 
farm was half in barley after wheat, and the remainder in winter 
wheat. The former was a rather light, fairly clean crop; the 
