Seioage Farm Competition, 1879. 
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With reference to the valuation, the sum of 670/. has been 
added to Colonel Jones's valuation to cover the cost of stock 
which has been sold to the sub-tenant, Mr. George Jackson ; 
and, by agreement with Colonel Jones, this stock is kept on 
the farm. The resident dairyman on the farm, under agree- 
ment with Colonel Jones, is bound to keep not less than 25 
nor more than 30 cows, and he pays Colonel Jones 5s. per 
week each for grazing cows in one meadow. When this fails, 
he purchases what hay, mangolds, turnips, cabbages, or rye- 
grass he may require at 25 per cent, under market-price on the 
ground ; and he purchases straw at 50 per cent, off the market- 
price, taking it from the machine, or 30 per cent, under market- 
price if taken from the stack, and he leaves all the manure on 
the farm. He is also allowed to keep three horses, a number 
of pigs and poultry on the farm, but not geese ; and he pays 
5/. per annum rent for the house and garden. 
The arable land on this farm might in parts have been 
somewhat cleaner, but the fences and roads were in good order, 
especially when the naturally poor growth of the fences is taken 
into consideration. 
The cropping of the land for the past year (1879) has been as 
follows : — 
A. E. P. 
Pasture — Hay, grazing spring and autumn .. .. 34 0 0 
„ Grazing only 17 0 0 
Arable — Italian rye-grass 16 3 0 
„ Black Tartarian oats 11 0 0 
„ Barley 6 0 0 
„ Mangolds 6 3 9 
„ Swedes 0 2 17 
„ Market garden 5 00 
„ Potatoes 300 
Wrexham Manure Co.'s sheds and drying-grounds 0 2 0 
For Shone's experiiuents, pneumatic sewerage system 0 2 0 
Roads, house, garden, stackyard, &c 2 3 14 
Total acreage of farm 104 0 0 
Rye-grass. — This is the chief crop cultivated on this farm. The seed is 
usually sown about the 1st of April at the rate of two bushels per acre, and the 
first cutting of the fresh-sown crop occurs in July. The crop is allowed to stand 
three years, and is generally cut four times the first year, six or seven times 
the second year, and four or five times the third year. The weight of rye- 
grass grown in the three years, on an average, is nearly 40 tons per acre 
per annum. It is copiously irrigated with sewage after every cutting of 
grass. The crop is sold j^artly to a dairyman, whose stock is on the farm, 
and partly to general customers, and generally realises about dd. per cwt. 
The cutting of 1879 was quite one mouth later than usual. Grass that 
cannot be disposed of green is made into hay. Attempts have beea made 
on this farm to artificially make the rye-grass into hay. For this purpose 
the grass was cut in its green and fresh state with a chaff-machine, and 
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