Report on the Farm Prize Competition. 2d3 



acres, viz., 301 acres arable, and 101 acres in grass. It consists 

 entirely of strong land with a clay marl subsoil, with the excep- 

 tion of about 20 acres of light sand. It is held by ^Ir. England 

 on a yearly tenancy, with a fair good tenant-right under W. F. 

 Bethel, Esq., of Rise Park, who is highly spoken of as a most 

 liberal landlord. 



Mr. England has only occupied the farm four \ears ; he is a 

 voung man starting in the world, and one who seems to thoroughly 

 understand his business, and will in a short time be not easily 

 put aside. 



The farm has been all drained at the expense of the landlord, 

 with the exception of 60 acres, which was done by the tenant, 

 the landlord finding tiles. 



The system of cropping is generally six course : — 



1. Seeds. 



2. Seeds ; two years. 



3. Wheat. 



4. Beans and turnips. 



0. Fallow. Barley or oats. 

 (!. Wheat. Seeds, 



Horses. — Ten farm horses are kept on the farm, and are worked 

 in pairs ; they are chiefly young and useful animals. As no hay 

 is grown on the farm, they are fed on a mixture of oats, beans, 

 Indian corn, and chaff in winter, the corn being increased in 

 busy times. In summer, after the turnip season is finished, 

 they are turned out, and two or three acres of tares are grown 

 to feed them when required for work during the summer. 



Mr. England is adopting the principle of breeding one or 

 two horses every year, by this means he will always have a 

 good stock of useful animals. 



A harness-horse, and one that can act as a hackney, and 

 hunter occasionally, is also kept. 



Cattle. — Mr. England adopts almost the same system as Mr. 

 Walgate, and buys the same class of shorthorn bullocks ; he 

 keeps about thirty during the winter, and grazes about twenty in 

 summer ; in all, he sells to the butcher nearly forty every year. 

 A-bout eight or ten calves are brought up, two or three good 

 cows being always kept. Mr. England prefers feeding with a 

 mixture of linseed and cotton-cake — about two-thirds of the 

 former to one-third of the latter : especially is this adopted in 

 early summer. The cattle for feeding have cake given on the 

 grass, varying from 4 lbs. to 8 lbs., according to circumstances. 

 In winter they are fed with roots, chaff, and cake ; the latter we 

 thought used rather too extravagantly to return a profit. 



Sheep. — 120 ewes are kept — a cross between the Lincoln and 

 Leicester — and their produce are fed on the farm. The manage- 



