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of road, were deemed to be in the vray and to offend the eye ; on 
our third visit tlie land they had occupied was growing ssvedes. 
With regard to the cropping of the land, the ordinary four- 
course system is departed from, and an extra crop of corn taken 
here or there as thought expedient, the large amount of manure 
used almost necessitating such a plan. As the very fullest crop 
is always looked for, however, a slight top dressing is occasion- 
ally required to reach Mr. Hutchinson's idea of a good crop. 
In 1890 the land was divided as follows; this season a few 
more oats are grown : — 
Roots, 99 acres. Oats, 54 acres, 
Wheat, 51 acres. Clover, G8 acres. 
Barley, 80 acres. Meadow mown, 22 acres. 
Nearly the whole breadth of roots consists of swedes, the 
land being manured with twelve loads of dung, which is turned 
in with the chilled plough. It is then ridged, the artificial manure 
sown by hand, the rows are next split, and a finish is made by 
sowing the swede seed by the Scotch drill. The quantity of 
manure broadcasted usually is 2 cwt. guano, 2 cwt. bone meal, 
2 cwt. rape dust, 1 cwt. kainit, 1 cwt. nitrate of soda. This 
somewhat strong dressing is varied according to circumstances, 
and according as dung is used or not in the rows. 
The system, and the mode and time of sowing, resemble the 
Scotch style of operations more than those in the ]\Iidland 
Counties. 
At the second visit, on April 28, the whole of the swedes 
were sown on one of the farms. On June 15, many were singled, 
as well as the mangel, and would no doubt by the aid of the 
late rains result in as good a crop as last year's. 
Very good pieces of wheat were shown, which are usually 
grown after oats, and top dressed if required, but, as will be seen 
above, a much larger breadth of spring corn is put in than of 
wheat. The barley, consisting of several well-known varieties, 
was in splendid order, as well it might be, being sown after the 
swedes, which, large as they are, cannot have nearly abstracted 
all the manurial properties out of the land. The most successful 
com crop, however, grown on the farm is the oat, the soil and 
climate no doubt suiting it admirably. Mr. Hutchinson only 
grows one sort, saying it does better than any other ; it is a 
white variety, which he has had many years, and calls " Catterick 
Hero." To judge by the sample inspected, as also by the ap- 
pearance of the growing crop, which was such as is seldom 
seen, a greater demand than even that now experienced will 
spring up for such good seed. 
llather small quantities of seed are sown, 8 pecks only Qf 
