592 * Report on the Farm-Prize Competition o/" 1874. 



Browick wheat is the only kind grown, 7 pecks per acre 

 being drilled, and nearly the whole produce sold for seed. This 

 year all the moor or peaty land under cultivation was sown with 

 corn and permanent grass seeds, as Mr. Street thought that in 

 consequence of the agitation amongst the labourers he would be 

 better prepared to encounter any contingency that might hereafter 

 arise. Unfortunately, owing to the dry weather, the seeds are a 

 failure. 



The quantity of barley usually sown per acre has been 

 2^ bushels, but this year 2 bushels of Hallett's have been tried 

 with very satisfactory results. 



The grass land on this farm is of inferior quality, and as a 

 rule but very few cattle are kept during the summer. When we 

 first saw them there were a few nice in-calf heifers and some 

 good three-year-old steers, but the remainder were inferior, and, 

 from the appearance of the young stock generally, we were of 

 opinion that they might have been more judiciously managed. 



Mr. Street's great speciality is his management of a splendid 

 flock of Oxford Downs, which was decidedly more uniform 

 than any we saw elsewhere, and calls for a somewhat detailed 

 description. 



On our first visit the flock consisted of — 



244 breeding ewes, 

 212 feeding tegs. 



30 he tegs, selected for showing. 



19 she tegs, ditto. 



90 ewe tegs, for the flock. 

 .6 rams. 



The ewes have access to roots during the winter, and after 

 lambing are folded upon them, having a small quantity of linseed- 

 cake, locust-meal, and clover-chafF. When the roots are finished 

 the ewes and couples are folded on the young clovers, and the 

 latter are allowed a break in advance, hurdles being used for the 

 purpose, through which the ewes cannot pass. 



The feeding tegs have on the roots from IJ^ to 2 bushels of 

 cake and locust meal, with clover chaff, and are clipped and sold 

 out fat in the spring, the greater part of them being sent to the 

 London market. The average price realized this year would be 

 over 3/. per head. 



The show tegs are of course fed as well as possible, a change 

 of diet being given as often as seems necessary. We were glad 

 to learn that Mr. Street had been successful at the Royal Agri- 

 cultural Society's show at Bedford, as well as at local shows. 



