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It  must  be  remarked,  however,  that  Mr.  Carter  does  not 
often  have  two  years’  ley  land,  as  he  does  not  believe  in  it. 
Of  30  acres  of  Improved  Abundance  and  Yielder  oats  after 
wheat  seen  by  the  Judges,  25  were  fair  and  5 badly  attacked 
by  leather  jacket ; 31  acres  of  Improved  Abundance  were 
clean  and  good  ; 17  acres  first  year’s  seeds  were  patchy  owing 
to  previous  corn  crop  being  laid,  and  57  were  good  ; 16  acres 
of  seeds  after  wheat  looked  excellent ; and  of  the  72  acres 
of  wheat,  52  very  good,  and  20  only  moderate. 
The  88  acres  of  potatoes  were  all  very  clean  and  well 
managed,  and  had  every  appearance  of  doing  well. 
Part  of  the  potatoes  receive  40  tons  of  night  soil  in  the 
autumn,  which  is  ploughed  in,  the  remaining  land  has  applied 
to  it  15  tons  of  farmyard  manure  in  the  drills  in  the  spring,  with 
a mixture  of  1 cwt.  of  sulphate  of  ammonia,  1 cwt.  of  sulphate 
of  potash,  2 cwt.  of  concentrated  manure,  and  2 cwt.  of  super- 
phosphate. 
About  60  acres  are  planted  yearly  with  new  Scotch  seed, 
obtained  from  the  districts  of  Dundee,  Montrose,  and  Laurence- 
kirk. The  varieties  planted  are  Ninetyfolds,  Pioneers,  King 
Edwards,  Dalhousies,  and  Mayfield  Blossom.  The  last  two 
named  grow  a fine  sample  and  command  a good  price  for  the 
“chip”  trade  and  domestic  purposes.  These  are  all  sprouted  in 
boxes  before  planting,  a method  which  is  said  by  Mr.  Carter  to 
increase  the  yield  2 or  3 tons  per  acre.  All  land  is  manured  where 
possible  during  the  autumn  and  ploughed  in,  thus  relieving  the 
work  when  planting  time  comes  in  the  spring.  At  this  time 
the  land  is  cultivated  and  worked  in  the  following  manner : — 
Two  teams  are  placed  ahead  working  and  harrowing  the 
land,  another  working  a “ Wallace  ” drill,  which  opens  out  two 
drills  at  a time  and  sows  artificial  manure  at  the  same  operation, 
a fourth  team  and  two  men  carting  out  seed  potatoes,  ten  men 
planting  sprouted  potatoes  out  of  boxes,  two  men  covering 
up  behind  with  drill  ploughs  with  the  teams.  With  this 
organisation  6 acres  per  day  are  covered.  This  continues  from 
day  to  day  in  favourable  weather. 
About  60  acres  were  dressed  with  40  tons  of  night  soil 
sweepings  and  lairage  manure,  delivered  on  the  farm  by  the 
Manchester  Corporation,  by  a light  railway  movable  over  the 
field,  at  a cost  of  Is.  9 d.  per  ton,  and  at  the  time  of  planting  the 
following  mixture  was  applied  to  the  potato  drills  per  acre  : — 
3 cwt.  of  superphosphate,  2 cwt.  of  concentrated  manure,  and 
1 cwt.  of  potash.  The  remaining  potato  land  received  15 
tons  per  acre  of  stable  manure  from  the  farm,  1 cwt.  of  sulphate 
of  ammonia,  and  the  mixture  above  mentioned. 
The  varieties  of  wheat  sown  are  Carter’s  Standup  White 
and  Garton’s  New  Victory. 
