Farming  of  Gloucestershire. 
1G5 
sold  by  auction.  The  following  is  a list  of  the  average  prices 
realized  at  some  sales  in  1847  : — 
1st  sale  the  average  was 
£. 
D 
d. 
0 per  sheep. 
2nd 
, , 
. 10  6 
8 „ 
3rd 
99  99 
t , 
. 9 4 
0 „ 
4th 
99  99 
. 9 3 
4 
5th 
99  99 
• • 
. 9 10 
0 „ 
Gth 
99  99 
. 7 4 
0 „ 
7th 
99  99 
. 7 15 
0 
Single  sheep 
have  realized 
more  than  double  the  above 
averages. 
Improvements  effected  since  Mr.  Rudge’s  Report. 
The  establishment  of  the  Example  farm  at  Whitfield  was 
undertaken  at  the  suggestion  of  the  present  Lord  Ducie. 
After  spending  a large  sum  in  draining,  making  roads,  and  re- 
moving all  the  hedges  but  the  boundary  fence,  the  farm  was  let 
to  Mr.  John  Morton,  who  holds  it  as  tenant  under  his  lordship  at 
the  present  time. 
The  following  is  Mr.  Morton's  statement  of  the  intended  mode 
of  cropping : — 
“ The  course  of  cropping  which  I propose  to  adopt  for  the  clay  soil  is 
the  following : — 
No.  1. — 74  acres  of  swedes,  manured  with  dung  and  bones.  This  crop 
to  be  consumed  on  the  land  by  sheep.  7J  of  mangold-wurzel,  with 
dung  and  bones.  This  crop  to  be  carted  off  the  land  and  consumed  in 
the  yards. 
No.  2. — 7£  acres  of  wheat  after  mangold-wurzel.  7J  of  beans  after 
swedes.  Clover  and  seeds  to  be  sown  amongst  the  wheat  and  beans. 
No.  3. — 15  acres  of  clover  and  seeds,  one-half  to  be  carried  off  the  land 
and  consumed  in  the  yards;  the  other  half  to  be  consumed  on  the  land  by 
sheep. 
c No.  4. — 7^  acres  of  wheat  on  that  portion  which  provided  the  beans  the 
previous  year.  7£  of  oats,  after  that  which  was  wheat  the  year  before. 
No.  5. — 7£  acres  of  turnips,  early  tankard,  after  oats.  7£  of  winter 
vetches  after  wheat,  both  crops  to  be  manured  and  consumed  on  the 
ground  by  sheep. 
No.  6. — 15  acres  of  wheat. 
The  course  of  cropping  I propose  for  the  sandy  loam  is  as  follows : — 
No.  1. — 7^  acres  of  swedes,  dunged.  This  crop  to  be  consumed  on  the 
land  by  sheep.  7J  acres  of  mangold-wurzel,  dunged.  This  crop  to  be 
carted  and  consumed  by  stock  in  the  yard. 
No.  2. — 15  acres  of  barley  sown  with  grass  and  clover  seeds. 
No.  3. — 15  acres  of  seeds  to  be  consumed  on  the  ground  by  sheep. 
No.  4. — 15  acres  of  oats. 
No.  5. — 7i  acres  of  cabbages,  on  that  part  where  the  mangold-wurzel 
previously  was,  to  be  manured.  This  crop  to  be  consumed  on  the  ground 
by  sheep.  7j  of  potatoes,  to  be  dunged  and  consumed  in  the  yard. 
No.  6. — 15  acres  of  wheat. 
