The Farm Prize Competition &/1890. 
765 
never turns into a field in the morning but lie is sure to finish 
it before night/' 
At the time of the writer's intermediate visit in May, eleven 
horses and eight men were engaged here in the various opera- 
tions, from the first cultivation, after flat ploughing down, to 
drilling, and the final rolling and harrowing. At this time, 
Mr. Yosper was somewhat anxious about making the best use 
Fig. 1. 
of the short spell of favourable weather experienced this year, 
and succeeded in doing so. On the Judges' last inspection in 
June, the plants were well up, had been horse-hoed, and were 
being hand-hoed and singled. The crop of mangel on this field 
has reached 70 tons per acre, and wheat over 60 bushels per acre. 
Live Stock. — The numbers seen on the two visits were as 
follows : — 
First v 
isit 
Second visit 
Cows in mill* 
134 
125 
Cows and heifers in calf or barren 
55 
21 
n „ feeding . 
lo 
61 
Steers feeding .... 
7 
10 
„ stores and yearlings 
13 
15 
Calves 
15 
8 
Bulls 
4 
243 
4 
244 
Breeding ewes 
251 
200 
267 
W ether hoggets 
176 
80 
Ewe „ ... 
177 
173 
Bam „ ... 
28 
25 
Aged rani3 .... 
4 
4 
Two year wethers feeding 
02 
Geld ewes „ 
24 
41 
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