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Report of the Judges on the 
I^ye-grass. — There is a very uncertain demand for this crop, which compels 
the tenant to maua^e the land more as an ordinary farm than as a sewage 
farm. About one-fourteenth part of the farm was under cultivation with 
rye-grass in the year 1879. It is grown from seed sown in the spring with 
a corn crop, at the rate of 2 bushels jier acre ; it is allowed to stand for cutting 
for two years, and is then grazed for another year. The crop on the light 
soil of this farm will take enormous quantities of sewage, and in the year 
1878 as much as 247,2631 tons were applied to a field of 14a. Or. 20 p., 
being at the rate of 17,505 tons to an acre, or to a depth of 14 feet 5 inches. 
This crop was cut for the first time in the year 1879 in the first week in 
May, and was sold at the rate of 9d. per cwt., the yield of this cutting being 
from 10 to 12 tons per acre. The crop would probably be cut four times in 
that year. 
MaiKjohls. — The soil of this form is not suited for the growth of mangolds ; 
and without sewage they could not be grown on the light land. They are a 
poor plant on the light land ; on the more loamy soils they are better and more 
regular. Six pounds of seed are drilled ]ier acre on ridges 27 inches distant, 
and the plants are about 12 inches apart on the ridge. The crop is usually 
sold by auction on the land at the end of October, and realises from 18Z. to 
25?. per acre. Mangolds are irrigated with sewage during the period of 
growth. 
Stvedes. — This crop was the best we saw on any sewage farm vre examined, 
and promised to be a heavy crop. Two pounds of seed per acre were drilled 
on the flat 21 inches distant ; and the plants were 10 inches apart in the 
drills. We ascertained that the hand-hoeing cost 8s. per acre, viz. 5s. per acre 
for chopping out and singling, and 3s. for hoeing a second time. A man 
ordinarily earning 17s. per week can make more money at the above prices. 
The crop was by no means free from couch grass. The swedes followed lye- 
grass that had been down for three years, the last crop of rye-grass having 
been fed off on the ground with sheep. The swedes are sold by auction 
in October, and realise from 10?. to 181. per acre. The crop is occasionally 
irrigated with sewage. 
Wtife Turnips. — This crop succeeds rye, which is fed off on the land 
with sheep. When we visited the farm on the 5th of June, 1879, the 
crop of rye was on the land. On our visit on the 13th of August, the turnips 
were covering the ground, and had made a wonderful growth in a very 
short time. There is a good demand for this crop ; and what is not fed off 
by sheep is sold to cow-keepers at 18s. per ton. This crop had not been 
directly irrigated with sewage. Two pounds of seed per acre are sown. 
Wheat (Scotch Brown) was a very heavy crop, and in some places lodged. 
Some of the ears appeared to be deficient owing to the wet weather. Ten 
pecks of seed per acre were drilled. The cereals on this farm contrasted in a 
most marked and favourable manner with those on adjoining lands which 
had not been sewaged. Wheat is not irrigated with sewage during the period 
of its growth. 
Barley. — Twelve pecks per acre of seed are drilled for this crop after wheat, 
and it looked very well. The land had not been sewnged for this crop. 
Some barley on light sandy land which had been ]ireviously sewaged also 
looked very well. Barley is not directly irrigated with sewage. 
_Rye. — Eight pecks per acre of seed are drilled for this crop on a field of 
light land adjoining a covert, and it had been sewaged to get it out of reach of 
the ground game. Clover and other grass seeds had been planted in the rye, 
having been sown 4 inches apart with a seed barrel on an ordinary com drill. 
The crop looked very well. 
Oats. — Potato oats are also grown on this farm, hut the crop is not sewaged 
during the period of its growth. Sixteen pecks of seed per acre arc drilled. 
