The Farm Prize Competition of 1890. 
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(Brimley, 117 acres) Mr. Quartly succeeded his brother in 1875, 
and the other (Rowry, 58i acres) he has rented since 1882. The 
whole belongs to Sir W. Throckmorton, Bart., of Southdown fame, 
who is owner also of a considerable extent of land in the neigh- 
bourhood. Attached to the farm is a right of common over 
Molland Moor, which is about 3,000 acres in extent, and forms 
part of the Exmoor range of hills, or " downs " as they are 
locally called. 
Much of the land is too steep for cultivation, and, indeed, 
were it not for the necessity of growing root crops, Mr. Quartly 
would prefer not ploughing at all. As it is, when any held is 
broken up it is laid down again as soon as possible, with as 
many root crops and as few corn crops intervening as practicable. 
Thus the cropping of one field ploughed out of lea in 1888 has 
been swedes and mangel in 1888, mangel and swedes in 1889 
(the mangel this year following the swedes of previous year, and 
vice versd), whilst in 1890 the whole has been sown with rape 
and vetches mixed, and seeded down with the following mix- 
ture : — Rye-grass (Devon eaver) 3 pecks, red clover 4 lb., white 
clover 2 lb., alsike 2 lb., and ribgrass i a peck. The land in 
the meantime is treated liberally with dung and artificials, and 
excellent crops of roots, especially of mangel, are grown, though 
some of the fields are at an elevation of 1,000 feet above the 
level of the sea. Some kohl-rabi is grown, being treated exactly 
as swedes, and the Judges were assured the crop is quite equal 
to the latter. 
A considerable area is " watered " by irrigation, for which 
Mr. Quartly has at his own expense cut several carriers. The 
liquid manure from the farmyard is allowed to run into the 
stream which is used for this irrigation, and so well has it 
answered that Mr. Quartly considers that the land has been 
trebled in agricultural value. "Where the water cannot reach, 
artificial manures are applied. 
Lime has been used fairly freely and (with the view of 
making experiments) in two fields certain strips of land in the 
centre were left unlimed. The actual line of application was 
clearly defined by the difference in the herbage, and by the 
cattle grazing more closely on the limed than on the unlimed 
land, although in one case 6 years have elapsed since the lime 
was applied. 
The farm is essentially a sheep farm, and its management is 
chiefly directed to that end. A breeding flock of 130 to 140 
Exmoor ewes is kept, and its produce retained until fat and 
ready for the butcher. The wether hoggs are fed well during 
winter and in their second summer, and go to the butcher in 
