Sewage Farm Competition, 1879. 
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Tlie following table gives the 
Acres. 
Italian rye-grass 180 
Permanent pasture 120 
Mangolds 40 
Oats 41i 
Waste 28 
Cabbage 3^ 
Vegetable marrows Ij 
Sprouting broccoli li 
Sage 1 
Carried forward .. .. 416^ 
cropping for the year 1879 : — 
Acres. 
Brought forward .. .. 4102 
Celery ..^ 1 
Seed-beds 0:i 
Parsnips 1 
Rhubarb 4 
Parsley Oi 
Savoys 20 
Colevrorts 10 
Osiers li 
Total 455^ 
Bye-grass— mius is the principal crop grown both for sale and consump- 
tion. The crop is sown either in the autumn or the spring. Three bushels 
per acre of seed are sown, and the crop is allowed to stand fully three years, 
and it is regularly irrigated with sewage. 
Maiujolds. — ilangolds are grown on this farm both for home consumption 
and for sale. They are drilled on ridges 2G inclies distant, and the plants 
are 18 inches apart. Various kinds arc grown, but the "Yellow Inter- 
mediate " is the favourite sort. In 1878, mangolds were not large, but were 
of good quality. In 1879 they presented a very poor and unhealthy appear- 
ance, and, having been sown early, largely ran to seed, and the crop was ver}^ 
foul. The water-logged condition of the land injured the crop and prevented 
its being properly cleaned. 
Cabbages. — Cabbages are very largely grown on this farm. There was one 
field clean and well set out, but not sewaged. The common cabbages are all 
planted on ridges 24 inches distant, and the plants are 24 inches apart on 
the ridge. Savoys are also planted at the same distances. Coleworts are 
planted on broad ridges 12 inches distant on each side of the ridge, and 
r2 inches distant from each other. The cabbages on some parts of the farm 
are irrigated, and on other parts they have had no sewage. 
Broccoli are grown on ridges 24 inches distant, the plants being 24 inches 
apart, in a field which has not been irrigated for some years. 
Bhuharb. — This is a crop that is largely grown. It is pulled and sent to 
the London market for sale. After the marketing period is over no use is made 
of the residue. It is grown from roots which are divided every three years, 
and which roots are planted 3 feet by 2^ feet apart, and, when planted, receive 
a good dressing of farmyard-manure. The crop is also manured in the autumn. 
Unlike the practice on other sewage farms, the rhubarb on this farm is not 
irrigated with sewage, and it has been grown on the same land for the last 
seven years. 
Sage, Parsley, Vegetable Marrows, Parsnips, and Celery are also grown on 
this iarm ; but these crops, with the exception of celery, are not fitted to be 
treated with sewage, and none of them have been so treated. The celery is 
grown from plants reared in frames on the farm, and is planted in rows 6 feet 
ajjart, the plants being 7 inches from each other on the level ; it is graduall}'' 
earthed up as the plant grows. 
Oats. — Oats are now grown, and one field was a grand crop, but it was not 
sewaged. 
Wlieat. — Wheat has also occasionally been grown, but it is not sewaged. 
Osiers are grown on one or two plots. French and Brown willows are the 
varieties grown. The sets are planted 2 feet by 1 i foot apart each way. The 
crop is used in marketing the garden produce. The osiers are planted in damp 
positions, and are not directly irrigated with sewage. 
