Report on the Warwickshire Farm-Prize Competition, 1876. 537 
Lambs 232 
Stock ewes 176 
Feeiling ewe tegs 89 
Stock ewe tegs 60 
Feeding wether tegs 121 
Earn tegs 8 
Barren ewes 15 
Total 701 
In addition to these, which formed the regular winter-stock, 
4G fat tegs had been clipped and sold previous to our inspection, 
and also 32 fat ewes had been sold in the wool. Considerina: 
the very large number of sheep bred and reared upon the farm, 
the flock presented a most health v and satisfactory appearance. 
About 60 of the best ewe teg-s are drafted into it everv vear. 
Lambing begins early in February and the lambs are weaned on 
seeds as soon as there is a meadow cleared to find room for the 
ewes ; the weaning-time is, therefore, somewhat late. Two ozs. 
of linseed-cake are shortly afterwards given to the lambs, and 
about Michaelmas they go on the cabbages, where their keep 
is somewhat improved. In November, on swedes, they were 
getting 3 ozs. per diem of cake ; shortly after this time half 
a pint of peas was added, and when they get on cut mangolds 
2 ozs. of cotton-cake further. The highest price of these sheep 
out of the wool in the present spring was 75s., and the average 
of 245, sold by auction at Stratford, was 62s. The amount of 
mutton made upon the farm is thus very considerable, without 
an extravagant outlay on foods, the roots being so excellent 
in quality. 
The sum spent in cake and corn during the last four years is 
as follows : — 
Cakes. 
Cvm. 
£ f. a. 
£ 
1871-2 
204 10 0 
233 
1872-3 
130 0 0 
294 
184 0 0 
' 263 
187i-5 
172 15 0 
275 
The average of cake and corn has. therefore, been 439/. Is. M. 
The outlav in artificial manure is next to nothing, averaging for 
the four vears about 15/. per annum. The fertility of the land, 
therefore, may be said to depend in some degree upon the ex- 
penditure in cake and corn which I have named, and that must 
be considered verv reasonable. The production of meat and 
wool upon the farm is very large, amounting to 3/. 15s. M. per 
acre. This capital result is in a great degree attributable to the 
