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every way most suitable to the occupation. Some land, as 

 already indicated, is very light and naturally very poor, being 

 worth but little to farm, while the heath is worth nothing 

 except for game and as a sheep run in winter. 



Altogether, this is a well-managed occupation that impresses 

 one as being well farmed by a good business man. The 

 splendid stock, mostly home bred, is a great attraction here, 

 and did much towai'ds obtaining the premier position for Mr. 

 Sherwood in the competition. It is interesting to recall that 

 Mr. Sherwood gained, with another occupation, second place in 

 the Farm Competitions held in the year 1886, and the fact that 

 he heads the list in a large competition twenty-five years 

 afterwards shows that he has kept going, and is therefore all 

 the more to be congratulated. 



First Prize Farm in Class II. 



Occupied by Mr. George W. Rackham, Hill Farm, Hethel, 



Norivich. 



This farm is situated seven miles from Norwich, and five 

 from Wymondham, the nearest station being Ashwellthorpe, 

 G.E.R. The farm is held on a yearly tenancy under J. H. 

 Gurney, Esq., of Keswick Hall, Norwich, and consists of 

 27.3 acres arable and 88 acres grass. The holding is carried on 

 principally as a dairy farm. 



There are about 200 acres good land, the remainder being 

 light land. 



The arable land is cropped mostly on the Norfolk four- 

 course system, namely, roots, barley, clover, wheat, but the corn 

 crop is the shortest. In 1911 the cropping was as follows : — 

 Wheat, 35 acres ; oats, ]5 acres ; barley, 70 acres : roots, 70 acres 

 (40 mangold, 10 cabbage, 10 swedes, 10 turnips), 5 acres of vetches 

 to be cut green, and 78 acres of clover for hay. All the farmj^ard 

 manure is applied in two breaks, namely, for the wheat, and 

 for the roots, the latter receiving in addition 4 cwt. per acre of 

 artificial manure, suitable for their kind, and obtained from 

 the West Norfolk Farmers' Manure Company. The corn crops 

 sometimes receive a small dressing of artificial manure, obtained 

 from the same source. The seeds mixture used for clover hay 

 is composed of 15 lb. clover and \ peck of Italian rye-grass 

 and \ peck of Facey's perennial rye-grass. This is grown once 

 in eight years, the clover break in the intervening fourth year 

 being replaced by giant sainfoin, or by a mixture, one of 10 lb. 

 cow-grass, 2 lb. alsike, 2 lb. red suckling clover, 2 lb. white 

 clover, ^ peck Italian rye-grass, and \ peck Pacey's rye-grass. 

 Thus the hay crop in any one year now consists of half 

 clover, quarter sainfoin, and quarter cow-grass mixture. 



