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WM. HOGG. Farm Prize Competition, 1909. (Journal of the 

 Royal 'Agric. Soc. of England, Vol. 70. London, 1909, pp. 269-310). 



The Farm Prize Competition held in connection with the Royal 

 Agricultural Society's Show at Gloucester covered the four counties 

 of Gloucester, Wilts, Hereford and Worcester. 



Prizes ranging from 5 to 100 were offered by the Gloucester 

 Local Committee and by the Herefordshire and Worcestershire 

 Agric. Societies for the best managed farms. 



The farms were divided into eight classes according to their 

 extent, which varied from 300 acres or over, to 10 acres or over, 

 but not exceeding 50. This latter class being chiefly devoted to 

 Fruit Growing and Market Gardening. 



The Judges were requested specially to consider: 



1) General management, with a view to profit. 



2) Productiveness ot crops. 



3) Quality and suitability of live-stock, especially that bred 

 upon the farm. 



4) Management of grass land. 



5) State of gates, fences, roads, general neatness and state of 

 cottages, so far as tenant is liable. 



6) The bookkeeping, if any. 



7) Management of dairy and dairy produce. 



8) Management of orchards, fruit plantations and hop yards. 



9) Duration of the tenancy. 



The first prize in class i was awarded to a farm of about 

 750 acres of which 392 arable, 50 pasture, 50 water meadows and 

 the rest, down land, homestead and a small orchard. 



The soil is a light loam with chalk subsoil. It is not rich soil, 

 and must only be ploughed to a depth of three or four inches on 

 account of the subsoil. It is essentially sheep land. 



The tenant is not bound to any prescribed form of cropping, 

 but is under agreement not to crop more than half of the land 

 with corn in any one year. Of the arable land 332 acres are 

 worked on a four course system. 



Most of the manuring is done through the stock, but chemical 

 manures are also used. All turnip and swede seed is steeped in 

 paraffin, to guard against the turnip "fly." 



There are 13 working horses, 40 cows in milk and 44 dry 

 cows, heifers, calves etc., all of the Shorthorn type. 



