554 Somersetshire Farm-Prize Competition, 1875. 
mangolds, wheat, clover, wheat, turnips. The effect is the 
growth of a breadth of about — 
60 acres wheat per annum. 
60 ,, roots „ 
20 „ clover „ 
2 „ potatoes „ ^ 
142 acres. 
One-third, or 20 acres, of the wheat comes after two green crops 
proper. Two-thirds, or 40 acres, after one ditto. The wheat 
course, prior to roots, is succeeded with intermediate green crops, 
with the exception of some half-dozen acres. Mangolds are 
preceded by rye, swedes by Trifolium incarnatum, turnips bj 
vetches, and cabbage by mustard, or on the bare fallow portion 
of the stubbles. Sometimes even two catch crops are taken, as 
was the case this year with a very good piece of spring vetches, 
which was fed off in June, subsequent to mustard, and prior to 
common turnips, which took their proper place in the rotation. 
Mustard is also sometimes sown in the same way before trifolium. 
The seeding of the intermediate crops begins as soon after 
harvest as possible, which is usually completed about the 21st of 
August. The stubbles are first forked to remove the couch, and 
Bentalled, or scarified, when required, and the weeds burnt. 
The land is then ploughed as deeply as the soil of the different 
fields will admit, from 6 to 10 inches where possible. 
Mustard is first put in at the rate of half-a-bushel per acre. 
Trifolium incarnatum is sown with about 25 lbs. of seed per 
acre. The land is ploughed, and subsequently well rolled ; and 
after sowing, sheep are driven over it for a considerable time, in 
order to secure thorough consolidation, otherwise it is very doubt- 
ful whether the plant will be established. It is seeded as early 
as possible, and is usually fed off with sheep. Occasionally, 
however, it is mown, and it is found to make excellent hay for 
horses, and to produce from 2 tons to 50 cwt. per acre. 
Rye. — The land cropped with rye after wheat is followed by 
mangolds, the other portion of those roots coming after swedes. 
Rye is sown about 2 bushels per acre as near the 1st Qctober 
as possible, the ground having previously been dressed with 
farmyard-manure, where practicable, before ploughing, and then 
folded over with sheep in order to get a firm seed-bed. 
Vetches are first drilled about the commencement of October, 
at the rate of two bushels per acre, with a peck of winter oats. 
Other breadths follow at different times, in order to secure 
a succession of green food for feeding off with sheep in the 
summer. 
