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Report of the Judges on tht 
Barley. — Large crops of barley of an excellent quality can be 
grown, and the 54 acres of this cereal growing in July 1881 
had a full, strong, wealthy appearance, pleasant for any farmer 
to look at, and especially pleasant to the owner. With good 
weather this barley will find a ready sale in the adjoining town 
of Burton. 
Barley is taken after two or three years' seeds on the back of 
one furrow, and also after roots ; and Mr. Stretton is always 
anxious to get it in early, so that it may cover and shade the 
land before the hot weather comes. The early sown barley has 
this year come into ear kinder, and will finish better, than the 
later sown. 
Wheat. — This crop is grown chiefly for its straw, which is 
used for thatching. There are 18 acres, and it is all spring 
wheat, the floods having lain so long on some of the land that 
it could not be sown in winter, except Irom a boat. There were 
also 4^ acres of excellent oats (Black Tartars), and 4 acres of 
very good spring beans. 
Eighty acres of grass and 13 of clover would be mown for 
hay. It had all been spring grazed, and would not therefore 
cut an average crop, though the growth had been unexpectedly 
rapid between the May and July inspections. 
Seeds are an important crop on this holding. They are sown 
on the barley or wheat after roots, the quantities being 12 lbs. 
of small seeds, consisting of red clover, white clover, alsyke, 
cowgrass, ribgrass, and trefoil, and 2 pecks of imported Italian 
ryegrass per acre. These are kept down two or three years, 
either for mowing or for grazing, with the cattle or sheep, 
a considerable number of each being kept. 
Clovers are not generally mown, but when a field is without 
water, as several now are, the landlord not having replaced the 
floodgates where the old forge has been taken down, it may be 
best to mow it. All seeds are manured once or twice whilst 
they are down ; cake and corn are also consumed on them, 
otherwise the fertility of this hungry land could not be 
kept up. 
Cattle. — The numbers of cattle were as follow : — 
Decemher. 
2 Bulls. 
51 Cows in milk. 
10 Feeders. 
14 In-calf heifers. 
26 Yearling „ 
26 Calves. 
129 
May. 
2 Bulls. 
63 Cows in milk. 
14 Feeders. 
18 Stirks. 
10 Yenrlings. 
41 Bearing calves. 
4 Dry cows. 
152 
July, 
2 Bulls. 
64 Cows in milk. 
7 Feeders. 
4 Dry cows. 
10 Yearlings. 
10 Tliree-year-old heifers. 
40 Rearing calves. 
4 Fat Calves. 
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