626 Report on the Farm-Prize Competition of 1886. 
The peas were still thin, but the beans were thick on the ground, 
fair in length, well podded, and a very superior crop. 
The roots on the whole were promising for good crops, one 
piece of swedes was very excellent. The land on which the 
spring green crops had been grown, and which had been folded 
with sheep, was being broken up and prepared for white turnips, 
cole, 6cc. 
Except some annual weeds among the peas and colewort 
the land was very clean, which we considered reflected much 
credit on Mr. Sherwood's energy and industry, as the farm was 
known to be in a very foul state on his entry in the autumn 
of 1881. 
As already mentioned, the farm premises had to a great extent 
been renewed after Mr. Sherwood's entry, but there is not much 
in connection with them calling for remark. The cattle are 
accommodated in roomy open yards with ample shelter sheds ; 
while a large barn, not a recent erection, provides needful room 
for corn and cake stores, chaff-cutter, &c. 
The cottage accommodation is good, four cottages having been 
on the farm at Mr. Sherwood's entry, and two others have since 
been built by the owner ; indeed, they were not quite finished 
in July. The latter are commodious — two rooms, with pantry, 
brick oven, &c., on the ground floor, and three bedrooms over. 
The fences are fairly well kept. On that part of the farm 
extending west from the house they are thorn, but on the eastern 
side the soil is too poor to grow that plant, and they are dead 
fences, made with furze and thorn, but kept in very good order. 
As already mentioned, the labour involved in keeping them up 
must be something considerable, and add seriously to the annual 
outgoings of the farm. 
Book-keeping is not one of Mr. Sherwood's strong points ; 
memoranda he has no doubt sufficient for his purpose, but 
systematic book-keeping he has not hitherto aspired to. 
Class II. — Commended. 
Mr. Edwin S. Durrant, Wimbolsham, Dotonham Market. 
Arable 342 acres. 
Grass 134 „ 
Total .. .. 476 „ 
This farm is situated one mile north of Downham Market, 
and is separated by the highway from the second-prize farm 
