22 Report on the Farm-Prize Competition, 1878. 
The live stock on the farm consists of — 
Cattle. — 41 dairy cows, 5 two-year-old steers, 2 bulls, 10 
yearling heifers, 14 weaning-calves, and 7 grazing cows and 
heifers. 
The dairy cows were a very good lot, selected with great care 
and judgment for the purpose for which they are required. 
There were some unusually good animals among them, some of 
which Mr. Keen exhibited at Bristol and at some of the local 
Shows. We cannot compliment him on his bulls, and trust he 
will see the necessity of using better males to such a good class 
of cows. 
Sheep. — The sheep were a very good cross-bred flock, very 
well done, and in good condition. There were 177 ewes, 222 
lambs, 21 barren ewes, 110 ewe tegs, 41 wether tegs, and 3 rams. 
The wether tegs were nearly ripe for the butcher. 
Swine. — The swine consisted of 5 breeding-sows, 28 fatting 
pigs, and 36 stores. They were a good lot, and help to swell, 
in the shape of pork, the annual receipts in the balance sheet 
of the farm. 
Horses. — The horses consisted of 4 cart-horses, 2 two-j ear-old 
colts, 2 nag colts, and a brood mare. The cart-horses are a 
very useful lot, suitable for the purposes for which they are 
required. 
Warren's ' Farmer's Account-book ' is used, the accounts are 
well kept and a balance sheet shown annually. A considerable 
return is made from this farm in the shape of beef, mutton, 
pork, and dairy produce. The farm as a whole is very well 
managed, and, with the exception of the 78 acres of off-lying 
mountain land, a general air of neatness pervades this occu- 
pation. 
At the date of our third survey we found that Mr. Keen had 
secured a capital crop of hay, from about 72 acres of land, in 
excellent order, his stacks being models of neatness. The crops 
on the arable land were looking fairly well. He told us he 
only grows wheat when he wants the straw to thatch his ricks 
with. His course of cropping is usually roots, barley, seeds, 
oats. He occasionally leaves his seeds two years, and when he 
does so, this land is broken up immediately after the first hay 
crop is off to clear it for the next corn crop. The arable land, 
we consider was, on the whole, very well done, but not very 
highly farmed. The grass land on the home farm was in very 
good condition, and reflects great credit on the management. 
Since our May visit a pedigree Shorthorn bull had been pur- 
chased, which, although by no means a perfect animal, was a 
considerable improvement on his predecessors. We were 
pleased to recognise two of Mr. Keen's cows in the Showyard at 
