578 MR. W. G. CLARKE ON BRECKLAND CHARACTERISTICS. 
heart. Sheep are a great help, of course, but in a dry year it 
is difficult to grow crops for them to be folded off. In 1907 
some 38 acres of the worst land on the Shadwell estate were 
sown with lupins and a marvellous crop was obtained. Had 
the summer been a dry one there might not have been a crop 
at all. Of roots, mangolds do best as they have a tap root, 
which seeks to go down into the earth thus evading surface 
drought. Swedes and white turnip are fair crops when the 
season is moist, but the quality is poor and a large acreage 
is often sown without any result. The only other crops 
worthy of mention are buckwheat — locally known as “ brank ” 
— and cocksfoot. 
In addition to those previously mentioned, I must express 
my gratitude for help on various points to Mr. Arthur Bennett, 
F.L.S., and Mr. H. Dixon Hewitt, while valuable assistance 
has also been given me by the Revs. R. B. Caton and C. Kent, 
and Messrs. J. C. Blofeld, C. Cockburn, W. A. Dutt, A. N. 
Forbes, F. W. Harmer, F.G.S., T. Huggan, Claude Morley, 
F.E.S., A. Stewart, and J. D. B. Whyte. 
