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•where it is utilised for irrigation, eventually falling into the 
■watercourse that runs below. 
There must have been a large outlay on these various im- 
provements. The fact, however, remains that the work has 
been well done. If we refer to the new cowsheds, which are 
constructed to accommodate 70 head of cattle, we find that no 
detail has been lost sight of ; and if we revert to the water-suppl v, 
or the removal of the drainage, we can discover no flaw in the 
work, which has been perfectly and thoughtfully executed. Effect 
has not been sacrificed to utility ; and in the long run, durability 
and convenience of arrangement will, no doubt, recoup both 
landlord and tenant for the primary outlay that both have incurred 
on these permanent improvements, and which will for many a 
vear to come be a standing memorial of what can be done bv 
the hearty co-operation of owner and occupier. 
Grass Land.—The pasture land consists of 155 acres, being 
between three and four times more than the arable portion. It 
is not of first-rate quality. 
The meadows are not especially reserved for hay; the prac- 
tice being to mow and graze the greater portion of the pastures 
alternately. Nearly half the grass is mown every year, as a large 
supply of hay is required for the milking-cows in the winter. The 
work is done by machinery. The fields are for the most part of 
considerable size. Those adjoining the turnpike-road are divided 
by iron fencing, the rest by some of the older cattle-fences 
characteristic of the county. A considerable outlay has been 
made by the present occupier in removing old hedges, levelling 
banks, and filling in ditches in the fields by the road-side, and 
also in dimisliing the large banks of the older fences still 
remaining. Experiments on a small scale in top-dressing the 
grass with phosphatic manures have been tried, but the result 
was not deemed sufficiently satisfactory to justify the con- 
tinued application of these fertilisers. Liquid manure from 
the tank is distributed by the barrel. It is very effective in 
its action, and supposed to pay well for the labour of removal. 
Salt is also used as a top-dressing, and found to be beneficial ; 
and the whole of the farmyard-manure, after being mixed with 
road-scrapings, is spread on the pastures with invariably good 
effect. 
Arable Land. — The four-course system of husbandry is pur- 
sued on the cultivated portion of the farm, which is 43 acres. 
The rotation consists of wheat, roots, barley or oats seeded, 
seeds. 
Intermediate Crops and Roots. — Winter tares are grown on 
the bulk of the wheat-stubbles, and are always consumed on the 
