The Farm Prize Competition of 1890. 
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making from 61s. to G6s. each. Some rams are reared for sale 
for breeding purposes. All the sheep are well kept, and when 
feeding for the butcher get cake and corn daily. The lambs are 
favoured also, as Mr. Cornish believes in keeping " young 
things going." The ewes were all in grand condition. One 
hundred and forty-five sheep were shorn in 1890 and averaged 
13 lb. of wool per fleece in the grease. At a recent local Show 
this flock was awarded three first and two second prizes in three 
classes, and in fact all but " swept the decks." 
The horses were as good for their part as the other stock. 
Indeed, no better were seen on any farm during the inspection. 
The six work horses are smart active animals, and it was quite 
a treat to see the quick way in which they moved when plough- 
ing, and how they " whipped " round at the end of each double 
furrow. A brood mare and her colt, and a harness nag, com- 
plete the stud. 
The labour bill amounts to about 170?. per annum, exclusive 
of the value of three cottages which are held with the farm, and 
of some potato ground and its cultivation. Mr. Cornish him- 
self frequently lends a hand, and does sundry lots of sowing and 
other work in busy times. The whole farm is worked at a 
light expense, but is, nevertheless, in a condition surpassing 
many another on which the expenditure in labour, manure, and 
feeding stuffs, is proportionately greater. The management and 
quality of the stock also contribute much to Mr. Cornish's 
success. 
Class II. — Second Pbize Farm. 
Occupied by Mr. J. S. Ford, Jim., Luson, Uolbeton, Ivybridge. 
Mr. Ford, who is a son of the competitor of that name in 
Class I., occupies two adjoining farms which lie 10 miles south- 
east of Plymouth, and six from Ivybridge, which is the nearest 
railway station. One farm belongs to Lord Revelstoke, whose 
residence is close by, and the other to Mr. H. B. Mildmay, of 
Flete, which is between two and three miles away. One for- 
merly belonged to Mr. Ford's father, who sold it to the present 
owner a few years ago. The farms together comprise 172^ 
acres, of which 145^ acres are arable and 27 pasture, and are 
fairly convenient for joint occupation. The tenancies are 
yearly, and the rents, tithes, and rates amount to about 40s. 
per acre. The house in which Mr. Ford resides is a comfort- 
able and convenient one, and the buildings generally provide 
ample accommodation, although from the nature of circumstances 
the latter are somewhat scattered. Some of them are new, and 
