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have a better second crop, as Avell as a better chance of saving; ifc 
without rain. When the grass is mown it is spread with forks, 
and so left for one or two whole days ; if the weather be fine 
it is again turned over, and afterwards made into small cocks 
to ferment ; these are again put two into one, and the follow- 
ing day carted to the loft or rick. For hay to be properly 
seasoned it should not be put in before it has well fermented in 
cocks, otherwise it will get mouldy. A prevalent custom with 
many is to put the hay in lofts above the stables ; it may be 
convenient, but it does not keep nearly so well as in ricks. 
When made, ricks are allowed to remain uncovered for some 
time for evaporation, then they are covered with thatch. On 
small farms the hay is sometimes made up into bundles weighing 
10 or 12 lbs. each, and then stored. A good crop of one year 
old clover will yield upwards of 4 tons of new hay per acre, but 
the two years old will seldom reach more than ?>\ tons. 
Early potatoes are dug and sent to Covent Garden market in 
June ; the earliest forwarded are generally during the first fort- 
night of May ; the produce averages about 7^ tons to the acre. 
It must not be imagined that these are grown throughout the 
island, it is only in parts most favoured by nature. The potatoes 
are dug out with a plough, one row being taken at each furrow. 
When the furrow has been turned it is forked over, and the 
tubers collected. A crop of turnips is frequently obtained after 
early potatoes. 
In the summer the fences are trimmed, i.e. the grass growing 
on the sides is cut and given to cattle in the stable. The early 
root-crops are also attended to. 
Turnips for early use are sown in July. The land is prepared 
in the same manner as for swedes ; but little manure is applied. 
The red and the green tankard, the purple and the green topped 
Aberdeen, and the white globe are all grown ; but the turnip does 
not thrive so well as formerly, although much more attention is 
paid to its culture ; some years ago the roots attained one-third 
more size than at present, now the plants are blighted as soon as 
they attain a certain size. The produce of the Aberdeen is small, 
that of the white globe is heavier, and, as an early turnip, is the 
best variety known in the island. Cattle are fed on the small 
turnips first, and when swedes are not grown the largest and best 
of the other sorts are put aside for later use. 
In an official capacity I had occasion last year to visit many of 
the best farms, and in one instance only did I see turnips free 
from blight ; these had been sown much later than usual, and 
manured with seaweed, known in the island as vraic-de-mai ; this 
seaweed is different from all other varieties, — it is of the colour 
of yellow ochre, and is washed on the beach at one particular 
