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It  is  a strong  soil,  with  clay  subsoil,  and  is  essentially  a 
dairy  farm  and  well  adapted  for  the  milk-selling  business  now 
in  operation. 
The  arable  land  is  generally  worked  on  a four-course  system, 
viz.  : — 
Clover 
I 
Oats 
I 
Green  Crops 
I 
Wheat  or  Oats 
and  clover  again.  The  clover  ley  is  left  down  for  two  years, 
being  mown  four  times,  unless  it  is  not  good  in  the  root,  in 
which  case  it  is  ploughed  up  after  the  first  year. 
At  the  time  of  our  visit  there  were  ti  acres  wheat,  20  acres 
oats,  21  acres  clover,  5 acres  mangold,  2 acres  cabbage,  8 acres 
swedes,  2 acres  potatoes,  22  acres  meadow  land  for  mowing, 
and  the  rest  permanent  pasture.  Twelve  acres  of  first  year 
clover  were  very  good  ; this  received  about  20  tons  per  acre  of 
farmyard  manure  in  the  spring-time.  The  seed  mixture  con- 
sists of  per  acre  : 1 bushel  Italian  rye-grass,  8 lb.  of  English 
red  clover,  1 lb.  of  alsike,  and  2 lb.  of  white  clover.  The 
“ Seed  ” crop  was  especially  good. 
Farmyard  manure  is  generally  used  on  the  clovers,  but 
occasionally  the  first  year’s  ley  is  dressed  with  either  boiled 
ground  bones  or  superphosphate. 
The  land  intended  for  green  crops  is  dressed  with  4 cwt. 
kainit  in  February,  afterwards  receiving  : Cabbages — farmyard 
manure,  twenty  to  twenty-five  loads,  and  4 cwt.  of  artificial 
manure.  Swedes — fifteen  loads  farmyard  manure  and  5 to 
7 cwt.  of  turnip  manure  on  ridges  20  or  21  in.  apart.  Man- 
golds— twenty-five  loads  farmyard  and  8 cwt.  mangold  manure, 
afterwards  top-dressed  with  nitrate  of  soda.  Webb’s  New  Lion 
is  the  variety  generally  grown,  the  seed  being  sown  at  the  rate 
of  10  lb.  per  acre  on  ridges  19  in.  apart,  and  singled  out  not 
more  than  fi  in.  in  the  rows.  Potatoes — about  25  tons  per 
acre  of  farmyard  manure,  the  land  having  been  previously 
dressed  with  4 cwt.  of  kainit. 
The  meadow  land  intended  for  mowing  receives  a dressing 
of  farmyard  manure  every  other  year,  superphosphate  being 
used  the  alternate  year.  The  pasture  land  is  dressed  with 
boiled  bones  or  superphosphate  every  third  or  fourth  year. 
The  cattle  consist  of  100  cows  or  heifers  in-milk  or  in-calf, 
eighteen  yearling  heifers,  two  stock  bulls,  and  thirteen  rearing 
calves.  As  this  is  a milk-selling  farm,  great  attenti''*'  has  to 
