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like looking animal, he announced his intention of exhibiting 
at the Royal Agricultural Society's Show. 
Mr. Pearce is not great in the matter of accounts, but, looking 
at the way in which the farm is stocked and managed, we all 
feel sure that he has done something more than make both 
ends meet, and further, we feel sure that he deserves all he has 
gained. 
Elm Tree Farm, Burnett, situated between Bristol and Bath, 
is the property of the Charity Trustees of Bristol and of the 
Rev. T. L. Sprye. It is occupied by Mr. Edward Paget, and 
consists, according to the certificate of entry, of — 
81 0 0 Arable land. 
152 0 0 Pasture land. 
Total 233 0 0 
iSIr. Paget describes the nature of his soil as some light stone- 
brash, but principally heavy stone-brash, and the subsoil as 
white and brown lias stone and clay. The tenancy is a yearly 
one, subject to six months' notice to quit, with a Lady-day 
entry. 
This farm has been in the occupation of the family for three 
generations. The house and buildings are good, and well suited 
to the occupation. The land is poor in quality, and the arable 
land — from the proximity of the rock to the surface and the large 
quantity of it mixed with the surface soil — is expensive and 
difficult to cultivate 
The are 4 cottages on the farm, and Mr. Paget employs 
6 labourers and a boy, also 2 women to milk the cows. He 
pays his 4 married labourers 13s. per week, with cottage rent- 
free, 20 perches of potato-land cultivated ready to receive the 
seed, and a daily allowance of cider. The two single men 
have II5. (id. per week, and an allowance of cider. The women 
get 35. per week for assisting to milk the cows night and 
morning. o other expenses are incurred for labour on the 
farm; and the reason why so small a sum is expended, ]Mr. 
Paget states, is due to the fact that he can do any sort of work 
himself, consequently knows the exact amount of work a man 
ought to do, and, to use his own words, " By treating his 
labourers kindly, yet firmly, leads each to take an interest in 
his work — the carter in his horses, the shepherd in his sheep, and 
the cowman in his cows and pigs." 
Cattle. — The cattle on the farm consisted of 35 dairy cows, 
4 yearlings, 7 weaning-calves and a bull ; these were a very 
