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useful grass. It was laid down with the following 
mixtures ; — 
One year’s ley : — 15 lb. red clover, and | peck Italian rye*- 
grass per acre. 
Two years’ ley : — 5 lb. English red clover, 5 lb. Cow grass, 2 lb. 
white Dutch clover, 2 lb. alsike, 2 lb. trefoil, ^ peck Italian rye- 
grass, ^ peck English permanent rye-grass per acre. 
Renovating mixture : — 4 lb. cow grass, 4 lb. white clover, 
2 lb. alsike, 2 lb. trefoil, 1 lb. timothy, 2 lb. cocksfoot, 2 lb. 
mixed fescues, ^ lb. sweet vernal, 1 lb. crested dog’s-tail, 24 lb. 
English permanent rye-grass per acre. 
About 330 tons of town manure, costing 83Z., making with 
soot, 121., and turnip manure, 601., a total outlay of 155^., have 
been used on the farm dv;ring the past year. 
Wheat . — The area under this crop is 46 acres, all of which, 
with the exception of one field, was sown in the autumn. It is 
looking well and sti’ong, and promises to be a first rate crop. 
The field which was sown in the spring was after a crop of peas. 
The peas were cut and carted off, the field was then ploughed 
up by steam, a crop of cole seed sown, which was fed off by 
sheep in the autumn, and in June a splendid crop of wheat was 
growing. 
Barley . — This crop is also 46 acres in extent, and, 
taken as a whole, was looking very well, but not quite so free 
from annual weeds in some places as could be wished. 
Oafs were planted on 34 acres. Twenty-two acres were 
sown after mangel and potatoes, and generally were a very 
good crop, but were a little injured by the drought in some 
places. They were not quite free from weeds. Seven acres 
after white turnips were a very fine crop. The 5 acres in the 
Hovel Close were rather thin, but looked strong and healthy, 
and likely to give a fair yield. 
Potaioes occupied 21 acres. These were dressed with 
15 or 16 tons of good muck. They were up well and 
nicely clean. 
There were 21 acres of Vetches, 13 acres of which had 
been sown in three relays, to be fed off or mown as wanted in the 
summer. The first of these sowings had been attacked by 
weevil, and on that account was much more backward than it 
otherwise would have been. There were a few pieces of 
twitch on this field. The other 8 acres were grown for 
feeding off by sheep having cake. 
Peas . — The early peas had been taken off by the pea-weevil, 
but the laud had been planted again with Prince of Wales, and 
looked like yielding a fair crop. 
