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well, and intended to be sold about or soon after Christmas as 
mutton. The crops of corn, with the exception of one field of 
spring wheat, were as good as they could well be ; and the 
cabbages, after vetches, were looking well. We had some 
difficulty in putting this farm in competition with the dairy 
farms, but as the gross produce in the shape of animal food 
bears a favourable comparison with some of the best of the dairy 
farms, we all felt justified in recommending the Council of the 
Royal Agricultural Society to reward the great merit shown in 
the management of this farm, by giving Mr. Maskelyne an extra 
prize for the same, and we have very great pleasure in announcing 
that our recommendation was adopted. 
Class 3. — Extra Prize Farm. 
Chewfon Farm, Stone Easton. — This farm, the property of 
the Countess Waldegrave, is situated about 7 miles north-cast 
of Wells, in the county of Somerset, and is occupied by Mr. John 
Reynolds Keen. 
It consists, according to the certificate of entry, of — 
A. R. p. 
81 0 0 Arable land. 
166 0 0 Pasture land. 
78 0 0 Mountain pasture. 
Total 
325 0 0 
It is held on lease for 21 years, a moiety of which is unex- 
pired. 
There are no cottages on the farm. The house and farm- 
buildings are good, in excellent condition, and very well suited 
for the occupation. 
The soil is described in the certificate as medium, and the 
subsoil as lias rock and shale. 
This is a very nice compact farm, and the land is of good 
quality. The mountain land being a poor lot on the Mendip 
Hills, at a long distance from the homestead, is, however, ex- 
cepted from this description. Mr. Keen gets his labour done 
very cheaply, viz., at about 20s. per acre, omitting the mountain 
land. He employs 5 labourers, at 13s. per week, with an allow- 
ance of cider during the summer months, and 20s. extra for 
their harvest ; also 2 boys, one receiving 7s. 6(/. and the other 
5s. per week. Mr. Keen is the owner of a steam threshing- 
machine, which he lets on hire, and the two men whose duty 
it is to go with this are also employed on the farm when the 
machine is idle. 
