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Field  270a,  llj  ,4rvv'.s.  Wheat  St  abide,  Autumn,  1894. 
Dr. 
Cr. 
1895. 
a 
X. 
(1. 
£ 
X. 
d. 
'Cultivations  to  Mieliaei 
- 
Green  forage 
. 5 
6 
9 
mas,  1894 
54 
12 
3 
Hay  .... 
. 15 
4 
6 
Labour 
. 30 
4 
11 
Seeds 
. 14 
8 
3 
Rent .... 
. 11 
15 
0 
Establishment  charges 
. 4 
3 
2 
Interest 
5 
3 
6 
189.5—1901.* 
Labour 
. 98 
11 
6 
Hay  .... 
. 156 
5 
0 
Straw,  &c. 
7 
3 
« 
Green  forage 
. 161 
3 
6 
Rent .... 
. 70 
10 
0 
Grazing  . 
. 21 
0 
9 
Establishment  charges 
. 14 
16 
9 
Interest 
. 15 
15 
0 
1902. 
Steam  subsoiling 
. 31 
3 
2 
Mangels,  1 90  tons  at  1 3.«. 
. 123 
10 
0 
Labour 
. 59 
9 
8 
Swedes  40  ,,  13y. 
. 26 
0 
0 
Seeds 
. 4 
1 
0 
Cabbage,  4-4  ,,  10.s. 
. 2 
4 
0 
Basic  slag  and  nitrate 
6 
4 
9 
Straw 
6 
0 
0 
Rent .... 
. 11 
15 
0 
Establishment  charges 
. 3 
4 
8 
Interest 
. 3 
18 
0 
1903. 
Labour 
. 44 
4 
5 
Oats,  110  qrs.  . 
. 102 
0 
0 
Seeds 
. 5 
5 
0 
Straw,  14  tons  . 
. 21 
0 
0 
Nitrate  of  soda . 
. 11 
0 
0 
Straw 
. 2 
12 
6 
Establishment  charges 
. 4 
1 
8 
Rent .... 
. 11 
15 
0 
Interest  . 
. 3 
7 
3 
Balance,  being  profit 
. 98 
8 
7 
£633 
14 
6 
£633 
14 
6 
1 Includes  40/.  for  a share  of  subsoiling  and  basic  slag  in  1893. 
2 Summarised  from  the  yearly  accounts. 
expense  for  tillage,  ami  jirotluce  sufficient  keep  to  pay  for 
the  heavy  initial  outlay  for  deep  cultivation  and  manures. 
Finally  on  the  fertility  thus  accumulated,  either  good  crops 
of  roots  and  corn  could  he  grown,  or  the  land  could  be 
successfully  brought  into  the  state  of  permanent  jmsture. 
How  long  the  effect  of  the  lucerne  would  continue  in  the 
arable  crops,  or  how  enduring  the  pastures  would  be,  are 
matters  still  to  learn,  hut  there  is  little  reason  to  fear  that  the 
scheme  could  not  begin  afresh  with  a deep  cultivation  and 
a re-seeding  to  lucerne. 
Live  Stock. 
Any  account  of  Mr.  Mason’s  agricultural  work  would  be 
incomplete  if  no  mention  were  made  of  his  stock  feeding 
