Report on the Farm-Prize Competitio7i of 188G. 661 
is mown for hay, and the second fed off. In May the plant was 
good, and promised well for a crop, which in July we found safe 
in a stack, and, from its size, the crop had been large. 
Beans, which follow barley, have 15 loads of farmyard-manure 
spread on the barley-stubble, and ploughed in. This year 
4 acres were spring-sown, and 1 acre was sown in the autumn, 
both being very fine crops. 
The whole of the corn-crops on the farm were very good, and 
particularly clean. Couch-grass was not visible in any of the 
fields, and very little annual weed of any description. A small 
portion is bare-fallowed yearly, which certainly is not necessary 
as a weed-eradicator in this case ; but Mr. Scrutton considers 
the aeration and exposure of the crude heavy soil to the sun so 
tends to increase its friability, that it pays him better in the 
end than continuous cropping. 
Grass Land. — A small meadow-field of 3^ acres, abutting on 
the River Deben, is mown yearly, but manure is seldom applied. 
Another field, upland, 8^ acres in extent, is mown and pastured 
in alternate years, farmyard-manure being applied after each 
mowing ; but naturally it is a very poor subject, and its con- 
dition cannot be reported as anything out of the ordinary course. 
Fences were very good ; nearly all have been planted during 
the occupancy of the present tenant and his father. They are of 
nice height and width, trimmed yearly, as are also their borders, 
and give an air of neatness and finisn to the clean and well- 
furnished fields which they bound. 
Live-Stock. — The live-stock kept on the farm is as follows : — 
Two cart-mares, Suffolks, which do the necessary work and fill 
up their time in timber-hauling, and other odd jobs in connection 
with the village business. We also found two colts at our second 
and last visit. All their food is chaffed ; 1 bushel of beans per 
horse per week, with a little bran added in s])ring and autumn,, 
is their corn allowance. 
Seven young bullocks are usually purchased annually and 
fattened off during the winter and spring months on roots and 
cake. 
This year we found 21 lambs running on the grass, which 
would be summered and sold in the autumn, but Mr. Scrutton 
said he did not generally keep sheep stock. 
The chief feature in the live-stock line are the pigs : 6 to 8 
breeding sows are usually in stock ; and their produce, 
averaging 100 annually, are reared, and fattened to the average 
weight of 10 stones each. All the beans grown on the farm are 
consumed by them, besides peas, lentils, and other feeding- 
materials purchased. The food is given raw, but mixed with 
water 24 hours before being required for use, and by this means 
