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after wheat stubble, and heavily dressed with farmyard manure 
and 5 cwt. of superphosphate, was a very level crop, and all 
that could stand on the ground. There was scarcely a weed to 
be seen in this field. 
A field of 15 acres, after swedes and mangel, was sown 
with Webb’s black Tartarian Oats. These in some places had 
been a little scorched with the drought, but as a nice rain had 
fallen the night before our visit, were not too far gone for 
recovery, and, with an average season, looked like making a 
fair crop. The oats where the swedes \yere fed off looked much 
better than where the mangel had been grown. We were of 
opinion that had a top dressing been applied to this part, it 
would have well repaid the outlay. This was now laid down 
with seeds, which were showing a thick plant. More annual 
weeds were seen in this field than on any other part of the farm, 
although it had been hoed twice before the seeds were sown. 
Fourteen acres of spring Beans were sown after wheat 
stubble, having had a liberal dressing of farmyard manure. 
These were exceptionally clean, w'ell in flower, very healthy, and 
calculated to yield well. 
A small field of maple Peas looked extremely well, and 
would make a heavy yield if they did not run too much to 
straw. We noticed that none of the late or hardier peas had 
been attacked by the pea-weevil. In walking through this 
field no W'eed of any description could be found. 
Seeds are a very thick plant, and were all saved for mowing, 
Mr. Hawkes depending solely on this source for his stock of 
hay. 
Mangel was rather a thin plant, having, like most other crops 
of mangel seen on our visit, beeir attacked by the maggot. The 
crop was being hoed, and was very free from weeds. It had 
been dressed with farmyard manure, and 6 cwt. of mangel 
manure per acre, costing 7/. per ton. The seed was sown 18 
inches apart in the drills. 
The Swedes, which were just out of the ground, were sown 
24 inches apart. They were a good plant and very free from 
weeds. These had 3 cwt. of the same artificial manure as the 
mangel, and about 10 tons of farm-yard manure per aci’e. 
A row of Potatoes about 250 yards long is given to each 
labourer on the farm. The man plants the potatoes, and 
Mr. Hawkes manures and ploughs the land, and keeps it 
clean. 
