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the short-cut grass was then passed into the drying; cylinder of a Gibbs's 
machine. The chopped hay produced is said to have contained, when so 
dried, from 20 to 25 per cent, of moisture. When jnit up for store, instead 
of heating and further drying, it turned mouldy and was siDoilt. 
Mangolds. — This crop is grown on ridges, which are 27 inches apart. 
The plant is hoed oat to 12 inches distance in the rows, and 6 lbs. of 
vSeed per acre are sown. Long red is the favourite variety grown on this 
farm, and it is usually taken after a straw-crop with the aid of sewage. 
The crop receives four or five dressings of sewage during the period of 
growth. The mangolds were sown on the 3rd of May, and were a very good 
crop — in fact, the best (as a whole) we saw during our inspections on any 
farm. The quantity of mangolds grown per acre varies from 30 to 46 tons, 
and it is found that these .sewage-grown mangolds will keep well in the 
clamp until they are all sold, and not unfrequently they are kept a long 
time. It is not considered that the climate is well suited to the growth of 
mangolds. 
Potatoes.- — -This crop is grown in ridges at 27 inches' distance apart, and 
the tubers are 14 inches from each other on the ridge. " Cliampions " are 
the best .sort that has been tried. No liquid sewage is applied to the crop. 
The land is dressed with farmyard-manure or sewage-sludge. The potatoes 
in 1879 were an excellent crop. 
Oats. — " Scotch Black Tartarian " is the sort grown. The oats of 
1879 were sown on the 4th of April at the rate of 2>i bushels per acre, and 
seemed a reuiarkable crop, looking well. In a former year wq were informed 
that they yielded 78 measures of 46 lbs. each per acre. The crop is not 
directly sewaged, but follows in regular rotation the growth of rye-grass, which 
receives a largo quantity of sewage. Part of the crop of oats of 1879 was 
seeded with permatient grass and part with rye-grass at the time of sowing. 
Barley. — A crop of this grain was growing on poor land. Although in the 
early part of the season it did not look well, yet it turned out in the end 
a very good crop. The barley is not directly sewaged, but the land had been 
manured with sewage-sludge. The 1879 crop was sown on the 18th of 
April, at the rate of 2j bushels of seed per acre, and followed turnips, which 
had been previously grown on the land. 
Wlieat. — There was no wheat-crop growing on the farm in 1879, but it 
is occasionally grown instead of oats in the regular course of rotation of 
crojiping pursued. Scholey's Square-headed Wheat is the variety grown. 
It is not sewaged during the period of growth, and is sown at the rate of 
3 bushels of seed per acre after rye-grass. 
Market-Garden. — A portion of this farm is laid out for a market-garden, 
and produces cabbages, carrots, beans, French beans, peas, onions, lettuce, 
radishes, s])iuach, rhubarb, and strawberries. The land for these crops 
receives a dressing of farmyard-manure. The crops for the most part are 
planted on ridges, and are sewaged at intervals depending upon tlie weather, 
the sewage being ajiplied more for the sake of watering them than for 
manuring the crop, except in the case of cabbages, celery, and rhubarb, which 
will take a considerable quantity of sewage. 
Permanent Grass and Old Turf Land. — The grass-land on this farm 
receives very heavy dressings of sewage in the winter months. During the 
severe winter of 1878-9, all the sewage was applied cither to the grass- 
land or to fallow-land ; and we were informed that the grass-lands on this 
farm had been used for skating during the severe frost. The grass-lands did 
not look well at the time of our first inspection, after the frost had gone ; 
and at that period (14th of February) the land was still receiving copious 
supplies of sewage. A considerable amount of thick deposit was observable 
about the sewage-carriers and on the low spots, but this deposit did not kill 
