![]() ![]() If grown after winter fallowing after a corn crop the cultivation ought, as far as possible, to be performed in the autumn, and the initial cost would be at least doubled. The cash value of the crop is considerable, and if it is reserved until the spring, ought to be double the cost as above given for home consumption, and three times the cost of production if sold. 1 5 0 £ 6 1 2 Such a cultivation is quickly performed, and the crop should be at least twenty-five tons per acre, or 4s. 0 1 0 Top dressing with nitrate of soda 0 12 0 Hoeing 10 0 Horse hoeing 0 4 0 Storing 1 0 0 Rent,etc. Close-folding 1 0 0 One plough 0 8 0 One roll 0 1 3 Four drags at Is. If £ 1 per acre is charged as a fair price for close-folding, the following estimate of costs will not be thought inadequate for light land - £ s. Having frequently grown the crop in the manner indicated, I find it (observes Professor Wright- son), far from costly. If it is grown after late roots or rape fed, the direct cost is much less, as one ploughing suffices, and farmyard manure is unnecessary. The amount per acre is, after all, not excessive, and may be placed at £8 or £ 9 per acre. lie expense of growing it is due to the high quality of land upon which it is cultivated, its manurial requirements, and the cost of hoeing and storing. late spring this crop is a most excellent In M$y.d-by, and, besides, it may be sold, when Early ee is a surplus, at a very remunerative price. As swedes grow short flly a few loads of mangel may be fed with IO.aad thus prepare sheep for a diet of grass mangel. ![]() Those still have some good' clamps will now realise 11lue of mangel for all descriptions of stock, 4 and pigs included. Some farmers object to the crop because it is expensive cultivate, but the view is short-sighted. It may be sown up to the second week of May, or even later, but early swedes may prove more profitable than late mangel. This is about the best time for putting in mangel. Some cases of fluke are reported, but we, have been spared from a general out- break, which at one time there was reason to fear. It will be necessary to supple- ment natural food with liberal allowances of cake, and in a few weeks' time the extra cost will probably be well repaid, as what the sheep now require is "finish." It is satisfactory to learn that the later flocks are lambing down better than was expected, and that the number of doubles is considerable. The season has been favourable to the gfowth of wool, and sheep look bigger than they really are-hence some disappointment at the prices realised. The difficulty experienced last fall in seeding fodder crops for early spring use is now telling upon prices, and the tegs shown in the market lack firmness of touch and turn out light. Shesp keep is at present scarce (remarks Professor John Wrightson in the "Agricultural Gazette "), and the mutton market has suffered in consequence. ![]()
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