32 Rq>ort on the Farm-Prize Competition, 1878. 
well constructed, paved with bricks, with gratings to carry the 
liquid manure by pipes to a tank ; no litter is used, and the 
stves are kept clean by sweeping and washing. The liquid 
manure from this source is a wonderful fertiliser, its effects on 
some of the growing crops we saw being very good ; it is 
pumped by a chain-pump from the tank and conveyed by 
barrels to the land. 
Two cart-horses and one nag are kept on the farm ; they are 
verv good useful working animals. 
The arable land is cultivated like a garden, being wonderfully 
free from weeds, and the management of the grass land is very 
good. 
Mr. Long informs us that he grows about 8^ acres of wheat 
after clover and roots, on which he folds sheep as much as possible 
before ploughing, and spreads the manure on the surface after- 
wards. Barley follows this crop, with a dressing of artificial 
manure in the spring. The beans grown are usually winter 
beans, and rape is sown with them the last time of hoeing. 
About four acres of roots are grown annually, drilled on the 
flat with liquid manure and Proctor's superphosphate. 
A very large return is made from this small farm in the shape 
of dairy produce and pork. The buildings, hedges, ditches, &c., 
are all that we could desire in the way of neatness ; the accounts 
are well kept, and the balance sheet properly shown. 
This farm, in fact, has all the requisites of a prize farm, and 
we had therefore very great pleasure in awarding the First Prize 
in Class 4 to Mr. Long, who will, we feel certain, consider it a 
recognition of the untiring industry shown by himself and his 
wife in the management of this pretty little farm. 
Class 4. — Second Prize. 
Hill House Farm, Lipyeat, near Frome, in the County of Somerset, 
the property of F. P. M. Craddock, Esq., and occupied by 
Mr. James Hoddinott, contains, according to the certificate of 
entry, 11 acres of arable and 116 acres of pasture land, in all 
127 acres. 
The soil is described as light, and the subsoil as clay, light 
brash, and a little marl. 
The Farm is situated about 7 miles from Frome ; the land is 
of good quality, but the fields are rather scattered, entailing the 
necessity of driving the dairy cows rather a considerable distance 
to the homestead night and morning to be milked. 
There are no cottages on the farm. 
The residence is a very good one, and the farm-buildings 
are suitable for the occupation. 
