282  Farm  Prize  Competition,  1909. 
dressings.  The  mangold  seed  is  drilled  in  rows  18  in.  apart 
on  the  flat,  and  the  plants  set  out  12  in.  apart.  Turnips 
receive  15  tons  per  acre  farmyard  manure  and  5 cwt.  turnip 
manure.  Barley  and  oats  follow  roots  on  the  hill  land. 
The  barley  is  not  specially  manured.  The  oat  crop  receives 
5 cwt.  per  acre  of  superphosphate.  An  average  yield  of  oats 
is  70  bushels  per  acre.  The  soil  on  the  hill  having  shown  a 
tendency  to  become  clover  sick,  a mixture  of  15  lb.  sainfoin 
seed  and  10  lb.  lucerne  has  been  sown  instead  of  “ seeds.” 
This  will  be  mown  for  sheep  fodder. 
This  year,  for  the  flrst  time,  Mr.  Dudfleld  grew  potatoes  to 
give  his  soil  a change  from  turnips.  “ Up-to-date  ” was  the 
variety  selected.  In  addition  to  the  farmyard  manure,  the 
potato  crop  received  1 ton  of  soot  and  5 cwt.  of  special  manure 
per  acre,  and  there  was  every  prospect  of  an  excellent  crop. 
The  areas  under  various  crops  this  year  included  wheat, 
34  acres  ; beans,  11  acres  ; oats,  10  acres  ; mangold,  4 acres  ; 
potatoes,  6 acres. 
The  grass  land  is  well  grazed  by  cake-fed  heifers  from  May 
Day  until  November,  and  also  by  the  sheep.  Basic  slag,  at  the 
rate  of  7 cwt.  per  acre,  is  applied  from  time  to  time,  with 
success.  In  dry  weather  this  land  cracks  very  much,  and 
opens  2 to  3 ft.  deep  down  to  the  drains.  Sixty  acres  were 
sown  down  to  permanent  grass  within  the  last  flve  years,  the 
following  mixture  being  used  at  a cost  of  28s.  &d.  per  acre, 
with  every  appearance  of  success  : — 
4 lb.  Pacey’s  perennial  rye-grass 
2 „ Cocksfoot 
3 „ Timothy 
2 ,,  Foxtail 
4 „ Meadow  fescue 
1 „ Fine-leaved  fescue 
3 „ Hard  fescue 
2 „ Sheep’s  fescue 
1 „ Various-leaved  fescue 
1 ,,  Eough-stalked  meadow  grass 
1 „ Smooth-stalked  meadow  grass 
1 „ Wood  meadow  grass 
1 ,,  Fiorin 
2 ,,  Dogstail 
i ,,  Sweet  vernal 
3i  , , Cow  grass  clover 
3 „ White  Dutch 
1 „ Alsike 
1 „ Trefoil 
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The  quantities  of  cocksfoot  and  foxtail  were  kept  low  in 
the  mixture,  as  these  grasses  are  indigenous  to  the  soil  ; tall 
fescue  was  not  included  because  of  its  liability  to  ergot  and 
consequent  danger  to  stock. 
