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which were shown to us it was evident that with the great care 

 and attention bestowed upon them both as to housing and 

 feeding, they are a very profitable item on the farm. They 

 are fed generally on maize and a little offal corn. Turkeys, 

 geese, and ducks are fattened on maize meal and barley meal, 

 and are also given as much whole maize and barley as they 

 will eat. 



This farm is an extremely well-conducted holding. Ever 

 since Mr. Wass started farming he has made a practice of 

 selling all his corn off the farm, and purchasing meals, cakes, 

 and maize. The large quantity of stock kept accounts for the 

 large cake and corn bills for some years back. Labour, 

 including board and lodging for five men who live in, runs 

 up to 220/. per annum. Manures purchased cost 110?., while 

 purchased foods amount to about 700?. per annum. A tidy 

 and well-conducted holding, it reflects great credit on both 

 master and mistress. The buildings, gates, fences, and ditches 

 are all clean and very tidy, and the great secret of success is 

 the thoroughness of the administration and the good cultivation 

 of the land. Mr. Wass does not hesitate to adopt any new 

 idea though he holds to a proved system until the worth of 

 new methods has been established. This applies to cropping, 

 manuring, stock-breeding, and feeding. 



The cleanliness of the land is the natural sequence of 

 regular good ci'ops and good cultivation of land, which responds 

 well to generous treatment. When a field shows the slightest 

 exhaustion a liberal manuring with both farmyard and artificial 

 manures is immediately given, and this treatment has been 

 uniformly profitable. Ground lime has proved to be extremely 

 valuable, \ ton per acre being used where land is found suffering 

 from lack of lime. 



Second Prize Farm in Class II. 



Occupied by Mr. Charles Beech, Old Forest, Walshford, 

 Wetherhy. 



This farm consists of 50 acres arable and 34 acres of grass 

 land. It is held on a yearly tenancy under Major Dent, and 

 has been occupied by Mr. Beech for seven years. The soil is 

 a medium loam, 30 acres of which can be ploughed with two 

 horses, the remainder (20 acres) requiring three. The sub-soil 

 is gravel. 



The system of cropping followed is : — Turnips, barley, 

 seeds, oats, wheat, mangolds, and potatoes, followed by two 

 white crops. The turnips are manured with 15 to 20 loads 

 of farmyard manure, 4 cwt. superphosphate, 2 cwt. kainit, and 

 1 cwt. sulphate of ammonia. Every year 15 cwt. to 1 ton of 

 lime per acre is worked into the land before the root crop. 



