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There are also 4^ acres of potatoes, 2^ acres of carrots, 

 li acres of mangolds, li acres of long-pod beans, 5^ acres of 

 barley, 3 acres of oats, -4 acres of grazing pasture and 2 acres of 

 mowing grass. 



Fruit has been grown on the farm during the last five years, 

 the trees being about eight years old. Mr. Means has had the 

 land about ten years. The grass land intended for hay receives 

 the clearing up of the stockyard and decayed vegetable matter 

 of refuse off ploughed land. All root crops, except carrots, 

 receive \ ton per acre special artificial potato manure, together 

 with as much farmyard manure as can be made from the straw 

 cropping. For straw crops neither artificial nor farmyard 

 manure is required, in Mr. Means' opinion. The fruit trees 

 have artificial manure and liquid manure from the cow-house. 



The stock consisted of three cows, in-calf and in-milk, one 

 heifer, one calf, ten store pigs, two working horses and one 

 yearling cart filly. The horses are pastured during the summer 

 months. In winter they receive chop with meal and carrots. 



The cows are pastured during the summer months and 

 receive 7 lb. cotton cake each per day. In the winter they 

 have hay, cut chop and pulped mangolds, with 9 lb. cotton cake 

 per day during the milking period. The pigs are grown on 

 until time for fattening with milk and wash from the house 

 and are afterwards fattened Avith meal. 



Mr. Means generally sells his fruit at home and informs us 

 that he has had a satisfactory year both as regards yield and 

 prices. 



Everything on this farm was well done and there was no 

 waste of any sort. The house and dairy were very clean and 

 everything was in good order. The Judges considered the 

 first prize farm in this class and Mr. Means' farm the closest 

 thing they had to judge. 



James Bainbeidge. 



Walton House, 

 Warrington. 



We subscribe to the foregoing Report — 



Bernard Casswell, 

 W. W. West. 



