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Report of the Judges on the 
The cropping of the farm for the year 1879 was as follows : — 
A. R. P. 
Rye-grass 10 0 25 
Rhubarb 0 1 10 
Turnips 2 3 13 
Mangolds 2 0 0 
Carrots 0 3 0 
AVaste-land hay 528 
Site of cottage, roads, streams, waste, &c. . . 2 2 21 
24 0 37 
Bye-cjrass. — This is the princi]3al crop grown on this farm. The severe 
winter of Last year, with frost and snow lying on the ground for a consider- 
able time, almost entirely killed the crop, which, as a consequence, had to be 
re-sown in the spring. The new-sown crop was being sewatied for the first 
time in April, and, owing to the lateness of the season, the crop was cut 
three times last year. This crop is not allowed to stand longer than two 
years, and in this northern latitude it is found that it disapj^ears at the end of 
that period. No sewage has been ai)plied to the crop through the winter. 
Three bushels of seed are sown per acre, and, as a rule, one-half the rye-grass 
is ploughed up every year, and mangolds, swedes, or other root-crops follow in 
rotation. This crop realised in 1878, 15?. 15s. per acre. A considerable 
quantity of hay was made in 1878, which reduces the average value. i Jin 
187G the average was 17Z. 10s. ; in 1875 the first year's rye-grass averaged 
121. 8s. 9(Z., and the whole of the rye-grass 2Q>1. per acre ; the second year's 
grass realised 33/. per acre. Each plot was cut four times in 1875. 
Mangolds. — This is a good paying crop, and the land appears to be well 
suited for its cultivation. It realised 23Z. 10s. 4:\d. per acre in 1878. The 
seed is drilled in rows on the flat at 24 inches' distance, the plants being about 
1 foot from centre to centre in the rows. Last year's crop was drilled on the 
13th of May, and had not run to seed, as in so many other places on sewage 
farms. The crop is inngated during the period of growth. It has been 
obseiwed that the mangolds grown on this sewagcd area are alwaj's vastly 
superior to the ordinary farm mangolds of the neighbourhood. 
Stvedes. — This is a crop grown on this farm. It does not return anything 
like the amount realised for mangolds, nor will it take the same amount of 
sewage. The crop realised but 111. Is. 2d. per acre in 1878, but in that year 
they ran to seed. The seed is drilled on the flat in rows 24 inches distant, 
the plants being placed about 14 inches apart in the rows, and 5 lbs. of seed 
per acre are drilled. This crop> receives very little sewage during the period of 
growth. 
Carrots. — The crop was very late last year, and was not sown until the 12th 
of May, but it is usually sown in March. It is drilled in rows on the flat, 
18 inches distant, the plants being 4 inches apart in the rows. Eight lbs. of 
seed ]ier acre are drilled. The crop realised at the rate of 20Z. per acre in the 
year 1878. 
Itliuharh. — About a quarter of an acre of rhubarb is gi'owTi. The roots are 
planted about 4 feet distant, and the crop is sewaged. The right of pulling 
the crop is sold at the rate of 4cZ. per root for the season. This crop realised 
at the rate of about 48?. per acre ; but it has been sold in prosperous times, 
as in 1875, at 131?. 15s. 5d. per acre. 
Grass-land. — Sewage is now applied to the irrigation of some grass-land 
lower down the valley, for which purpose open contour carriers have been cut 
in the side .of the valley, so that in time of storm, or at other periods when 
