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shoAvn that it is not necessary for this land to be used for the 
purpose intended ; and it is now worked like other portions 
of the farm. The sewage is applied to various crops in the 
spring and summer, and also to a few crops in the winter ; but 
it is largely applied to fallow land in the winter-time. This 
farm forms an excellent example of careful, judicious, and 
economical working. With capital little in excess of that 
required for an ordinary farm, the land is well tilled, fairly 
cleaned, and a large quantity of produce is raised from a 
naturally poor soil. The labour bill is small, yet everything is 
in decent order. 
The statements on pages 50 and 51 give the last two years' 
balance-sheets of the working of this farm. 
The cropping of the farm for the year 1879 was as 
follows : — 
A. R. P. I A. R. P. 
Blackcurrants .. ,. 1 2 0 ' Brought forward ..128 2 0 
Gooseberries and Kaspber-) i o a Potatoes 2 0 0 
ries Ji^u Turnips and Swedes ..34 0 0 
Peas 4 2 0 Fallow 12 0 0 
Mangolds 31 0 0 Clover Seeds and Eye-grass 75 0 0 
Wheat 27 0 0 Meadow 46 0 0 
Barley 47 2 0 Oziers 3 0 0 
Oats 7 2 0 Roads, Carriers, Buildings,] a o o 
Eye 2 2 0 Tank and Stackyard .. ) * 
Beans 5 2 0 
Carried forward ..123 2 0 ; ^ ^ 
The rent now paid for the land and sewage is 3/. per acre, but 
the land before it was converted into a sewage farm was let at an 
average of 26s. per acre ; and the ordinary rent paid for adjoin- 
ing agricultural land is at the present time about 30s. per acre. 
The following quantities of sewage were pumped on to the 
farm in the years 1874-78 : — 
1874— 968,781i tons. 
1875— 891,8081 „ 
1876— 981,177^ „ 
1877— 895,384 tons. 
1878— 921,440i „ 
The volume of sewage applied to various crops differs enor- 
mously ; as much as 17,505 tons per acre were applied in 1878 
to rye-grass, which was equivalent to a vertical irrigation depth 
of 173 inches in the year. Mangolds received 6455 tons or 
64 inches in vertical depth, and permanent grass 4504 tons per 
acre or 44 inches in depth ; while beans received only 188 tons 
per acre or 1| inch in depth. 
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