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condition. In the autumn 1845 it had been ploughed 5 inches deep, 
viz. 1 inch deeper than ever before. In June, 184G, it was sown 
with yellow bullock turnips, well manured wiih fold-yard manure, &c. 
They were scarcely an average crop. One-third ltd off home ; the 
rest eatcu by sheep, with lb. of oil-cake each per day, &c. 
" On the 4th and 5th of jMarch, 1847, oats were sown in the following 
way : — 
Kxpt. Acits. 
1 2 Red Oats from Mr. Hewit Davies, drilled at 13 inches 
apart, 6 pecks per acre. 
2 2 do. do. do. . . 8 „ „ 
3 2 Sovereign Oats, Mr. Watson Waiulby 8 ,, 
4 G Red Oats, Davies 8 ,, „ 
5 5i Red Oats, ,, 9 inches apart . . 12 ,, 
" All the oats came up well, were rolled with a smooth roller, hand- 
liocd, and sown with seeds. They were a splendid-looking crop, and 
no one could say which part would turn out the best; a very small por- 
tion was laid, and that chiefly on the thicker sown part. The sovereign 
oats were longest in the straw, and ripe a few days earlier; they were 
all harvested the third week in August. I regret that I cannot give the 
result of the whole experiment, for they have not yet been all threshed ; 
as far, however, as we have been able to ascertain, it is as follows: — 
" 1 acre of Experiment No. 5, viz. red oats, Davies, &c., yielded 89 
bushels marketable corn. 
" 2 acres of Experiment 3, viz. sovereign, Watson, &c., yielded 238 
bushels, or 119 bushels per acre. 
" 4 acres, viz. Experiments 1 and 2, red cats, H. Davies, yielded 91 
bushels per acre. 
" N.B. The quality of the red oats was good ; that of the sovereigns 
moderate.* 
" Seeds. — The quantity of seed per acre, and the method of sowing, 
have been already described, as well as the manuring which they receive 
after the corn (oats or barley) has been harvested. Sheep and lambs 
summer-eat the seed pasture. Early in the autumn 32 bushels of lime 
per acre are spread upon them, on a damp day or early dewy morning, 
for the purpose of destroying slugs; llie land is then ploughed and 
pressed preparatory to wheat-sowing. 
" Wheat. — The laud is allowed to lie as long as possible af'ter being 
ploughed, to gain solidity ; then it is harrowed, and the seed, after being 
steeped in chamber-ley and arsenic (1 oz. of the latter per bushel), and 
dried with quick-lime, is drilled at 10 pecks per acre on the wold, and 8 
peeks per acre on the rest of the farm. If sown after the end of Novem- 
ber, 1 or 2 pecks are added per acre. As soon as sown, the land is 
rolled, except on strong soils, with Crosskill's IJ-ton weight crusher, 
* Putting Experiment No. 3 out of tlie question, in wliicli tlie enonnotis produce 
may be someu'hat qualified by the inferiority of the sample, yet the success of Expe- 
riinents Nos. 1 and 2 (at an average of 7 pecks of seed per acre) over that of No. 5 
(averaging 13 pecks of seed per acre) merits a repetition of these experiments in the 
present year. 
