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not required on tlic land specially Laid out for the reception of the sewage, it 
can be turned ou to these lands iu order that it may be purified before passing 
into the stream. 
Sanitary. — Eight persons reside on the farm, including four 
children ; and one person works on the farm who does not reside 
upon it. 
The farm has been in operation nine years, and all persons, 
whether living or working on the farm, have been perfectly 
healthy, and no complaints have been made of the farm. 
Class 2. — Leamington Sewage Fakm. 
This farm is the property of the Earl of Warwick. The 
sewage farm proper is situated at Heathcote, near Leamington, 
and contains — 
A. H. r. 
Grass-land 86 2 14 
Arable land 284 1 19 
370 3 33 
For the purpose of being worked with it, the Earl of 
Warwick's park, and some arable land contiguous, are attached. 
The areas of these lands are — 
A. E. P. 
Grass-land 345 2 28 
Arable land 47 2 10 
393 0 38 
The total acreage of the land, therefore, is 764 a. 0 r. 31 p. 
The farm is managed by Mr. David Tough, under the 
direction of Captain Fosbery, the Earl of Warwick's agent : 
and it receives the sewage of the royal borough of Leamington 
Spa, which contains a population of about 23,000 persons. 
This farm was established in the year 1871. The quantity of 
land irrigated in the seven years, from the 1st of January, 1872. 
to the 1st of January, 1879, is given in the returns which were 
handed to us, and from which it will be seen that in the year 
1878, 161a. Or. 10 p. of land were irrigated with sewage; the 
average quantity of sewage applied in this year having been 
5553 tons per acre, or equivalent to an irrigation depth of 
55 inches on every acre irrigated. The volume, however, given 
to different crops varies. In the case of rye-grass, as much 
as 11,912 tons per acre have been applied, which is equivalent 
