268 Report on the Farm-Pi ize Competition, 1870. 
The mangolds and a part of the swedes receive 12 loads of 
farmyard dung and 3 cwt. of superphosphate. The remainder 
of the swedes and the white turnips are grown with 5 cwt. of 
superphosphate alone. The mangolds are grown on 27 inch 
ridges ; the swedes and turnips on the flat, from 18 to 22 inches 
apart, according to circumstances. 
Half the swedes are drawn off for consumption by cattle in 
the yards, and the remainder are fed on the land by sheep eating 
corn and cake. 
Barley is sown very early, commencing, when the season 
admits, early in February. The land is ploughed once, and 
then scarified, 3J bushels of Chevalier seed being sown. It is 
mown by a reaper, and tied and shocked for the convenience of 
harvesting. In favourable seasons good crops are produced of 
the best malting quality. 
Seeds succeed barley, and are sown by a handbarrow in the 
usual way; about 12 lbs. of mixed heavy seed, and a little 
Italian ryegrass are generally sown. 
Wheat follows the seeds ; no manure is applied in the autumn^ 
sowing does not commence until the last week in October, 
w hen 3 bushels per acre of Burrell's red and some white varieties 
are drilled on a stale furrow. It is the opinion at Adderbury 
that wheat is subject to blight and mildew if sown earlier ; but 
it is probable that little more than half the seed sown a month 
earlier would produce a better crop, and be less subject to disease. 
No top-dressings are applied in the spring. 
Beans follow wheat, farmyard dung being applied on the 
wheat stubble. Winter beans are generally sown, but they are a 
failure this season here, as in many other places ; rape or turnips 
are sown between the rows of beans, and in most seasons produce 
an excellent crop of sheep feed. 
Barley or oats follow the beans and complete the course. 
The cultivation is of a very superior character ; the greatest 
cleanliness prevails, and nothing could look better than did the 
generality of Mr. Stilgoe's cro[is in the month of May, In July, 
however, the drought had told severely, and we were certainly 
disappointed not to find heavier crops of corn. 
About 50 Hereford or shorthorn oxen are grazed on the 
pastures in summer, about 20 more are bought in the autumn, 
and the 70 are all fattened in the stalls and yards during the 
winter. 
A flock of two hundred very good Oxford Downs is kept ; 
the produce generally being about 250 lambs. 70 she hoggs are 
annually put into the flock ; and all the rest, including the draft 
ewes, are made off fat in the spring of the year, and in addition 
150 hoggs are bought and fattened during the Avinter. 
