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germ and grain meal each. Milk cov/s have turnips, ground 

 oats, and about 5 lb. of cotton cake each. 



Labour costs about 466/. per annum, manures 111., pur- 

 chased foods about 2307., and the value of home-grown produce 

 annually consumed on the farm is about 200Z. Tuinip-hoeing 

 here costs about 5s. per acre once over, and stooking corn 

 Is. per acre all round. 



All the hedges on the farm, except three, have been cut to 

 the ground and cleaned by the tenant. Four stalls in the cart- 

 horse stable, a new cart-shed, four loose boxes, and the engine- 

 house have all been erected, and several concrete floors laid, 

 all at the tenant's expense. The cart-horses are mostly young 

 ones bred on the farm, and very suitable for their work. This 

 tenant tries to breed some Shire foals yearly, and by so doing 

 has horses to spare for sale that have been bred on the farm. 

 Of the cattle, some are bred, the others purchased. About six 

 cows of the Shorthorn type are kept for milk, butter-making, 

 and calf-rearing. Bullocks are purchased to consume the 

 roots and straw, and thus make manure in the open yards, 

 which have excellent shed accommodation. There are 160 

 sheep of the Lincoln and Leicester type, which are crossed 

 with the Oxford and Lincoln rams. The tenant also buys moi'e 

 sheep in the autumn to consume the roots on the land, thus 

 manuring it for the following crops. The sheep are kept on 

 the land until early spring, when they are clipped and sent off 

 to the markets. Three-quarters of the roots are fed on the 

 land, and one-quarter drawn to the homestead to be consumed 

 by the bullocks. 



There is a herd of large white pigs, nearly all bred on the 

 farm. They are sold for pork and bacon. About 200 cross- 

 bred poultry are kept, the produce of which is sold in the local 

 market. 



The implements are all modern. There is an oil-engine 

 for grinding, chaff-cutting, and other purposes. The corn 

 crops all look promising. Splendid stacks of wheat of 1911 

 produce were seen. Seeds and grass fields all well stocked 

 with sheep and cattle, and all around the house and homestead 

 well stocked with poultry. Altogether the management and 

 stocking of this farm reflect great credit upon Mr. and Mrs. 

 Wright. 



First Prize Farm in Class II. , , 



Occupied hy Mr. George Wass, Womhleton Gra?ige, Rawton, 



Yorkshire. 



This farm consists of 193 acres, 30 of which are old grass 

 and 163 arable. It is held on a yearly tenancy under the Earl 

 of Feversham and has been occupied by Mr. Wass for eighteen 



