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barley crop) for grazing seeds, and the bone meal to that portion 
which is intended to come in for seeds hay. The turnips are 
horse-hoed or “scuffled,” as it is termed, frequently, and the 
operation of singling and setting out is as a rule done by female 
labour on day work. Should Irish labour be employed, the 
price paid is 11s. per acre for setting out and hoeing once over. 
Women are paid Is. 8 d. per day. An average crop of turnips 
on this land will run from 25 to 30 tons per acre, and about 
two-thirds of the crop grown is fed on the land by sheep. The 
land coming in for mangolds and potatoes receives twenty-five 
loads of manure in the autumn at the time of ploughing, and a 
further dressing of ten loads per acre in the ridges in spring, 
as well as 5 cwt. of bone meal. The crop itself is top-dressed 
with sulphate of ammonia at f cwt. per acre, which is scuffled in 
some four to five weeks after the mangold and swede plants have 
been set out. All the operations on the mangold crop are done 
by day work, and an average crop for this district is 30 tons per 
acre. The land for the potato crop receives the same treatment as 
that for the mangolds, excepting the substitution of 5 cwt. of 
potato manure for bone meal, and no top-dressings are applied. 
Barley. — This follows the root crop, and is not specially 
manured, nor are any hoeings given, as the land is left clean 
after roots. The “ Stand well ” variety is the one most favoured ; 
this is drilled at 10 pecks per acre, and yields from ten to 
twelve sacks per acre of good quality barley. 
Seeds. — If sown for hay, the seed mixture consists of 5 lb. 
red clover, 3 lb. cow grass, 2 lb. alsike, ^ bushel Italian rye- 
grass, and £ bushel perennial rye-grass. If for pasture for the 
sheep, the mixture consists of 11 to 13 lb. of hop trefoil, and 
3Jb. white clover, with \ bushel Italian rye-grass added to give 
a little top grass. The “ seeds ” for hay stand for one year only 
as a rule, but should it be an exceptionally good plant, it may be 
allowed to lie for two or even three years, during which time it 
is pastured, Mr. Ord .being of opinion that this resting of the 
land is distinctly beneficial to it, particularly as it is being 
grazed by sheep in the meantime. The pasture seeds, in the 
same way, may be left for two or three years. The seeds for 
hay sometimes receive a top-dressing of 4 cwt. of super- 
phosphate per acre during January or February. 
Oats follow the seeds, and no manuring is necessary ; no 
hoeings are given, and an average crop consists of fourteen 
sacks per acre, all of which is consumed on the farm. The 
arable land is ordinarily good, useful land, which will give a 
good return if well treated, but would soon lose condition if 
not looked after. 
Grass Land. — The 44 acres of grass land near the house may 
be described as good grazing land, and are usually occupied by 
