652 Report on the Farm-Prize Competition o/" 1886. 
Class IV. — First Prize, 25Z. 
Mr. Charles Devereaux, of Starston, Harleston, Norfolk. 
Arable land . . . . 62 acres 
Grass-land .... 26 „ 
Total .. ..88 „ 
This farm, which is owned by Miss Elizabeth Barton, of 
Croydon, is situated about 2 miles from the railway station and 
small country town of Harleston, and has been occupied by 
Mr. Devereaux as a yearly tenant for 11 years, at a rate of 105Z. ; 
tithe-rent charge, 24/. 10s. ; and rates about 9Z. IO5. per year, 
all of which are paid by him. He is not by agreement restricted 
in cropping or sale of produce, but, grain excepted, his sales are 
only occasional and confined to clover-hay. 
The farmhouse and buildings, abutting on a high road, are 
centrally situated, and of an old-fashioned type. A prominent 
feature is the usual big thatched barn, behind which are the 
cattle-yards, part of which have, at a cost of 34Z. IO5., been 
roofed over with corrugated iron by the tenant. The covered 
space is now divided into three compartments, so that the cattle 
can be fed in three lots. An adjoining yard with shelter-shed 
is bounded by the stable, cow-house, «Scc. A root-house built by 
the tenant (the owner finding the material) bounds the covered 
yard on the other side. One bay of the barn is used as a hay 
store; and in the other stands a chaff-cutter worked by horse- 
power from outside ; space for storing cake is also afforded. A 
shed for carts and implements is detached. 
The dwelling-house, with garden adjoining, is gotxl and 
comfortable ; but as a gardener Mr. Devereaux does not excel. 
Soil, notation, and Cropping of Arable land. — The soil is a 
heavy clay loam, on a subsoil of boulder-clay, the most part of 
it being cold and retentive, and all requiring drainage. Sixty 
acres have been drained 2J feet deep during Mr. Devcreaux's 
occupation, the owner finding pipes, and the tenant paying for 
the labour, which cost him, on the arable land 1/. 25. 6d., and 
on the grass 11. 10s. per acre. His total outlay on the whole 
being 91/. 12s. 6d. 
The working staff consists of one horseman at 12s. Qd. per 
week, and one stocksman at 12s. Hid., which, with the extra 
assistance required at " haysel," harvest, and other odd times, 
l)rings up the labour-bill to 106/. per year. This is exclusive ot 
Mr. Devereaux's own time ; but as he for the last 3 years has 
acted as bailiff on a farm adjoining, the property of Mr. Holmes, 
