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The Farm Prize Competition of 1890. 
the following August and September, when the tourist season 
at the neighbouring seaside places of resort is at its height, and 
when the tenderness and delicacy of flavour in Exmoor mutton 
are highly appreciated. The ewes are turned on the adjoining 
moor about Midsummer (or just after clipping), taken off for 
tupping about the end of August, and put on again for a 
fortnight after. The draft ewes go southwards in the early 
autumn, and are there crossed by Devon Longwool or South 
Devon rams, and, with their last crop of lambs, fed off. 
Mr. Quartly's uncle was much celebrated for his flock of 
Exmoors, and won many prizes at Smithfield and elsewhere. 
Many of the sheep to-day at Brimley are descended from his 
flock. Little need, therefore, to say that the Judges greatly 
admired their neat compact frames and fine wool, which do 
credit to their sire, who has been successfully exhibited at local 
Shows. 
Being a " Quartly " also, what wonder that the present 
competitor should have inherited a decided love for and 
discerning judgment in the selection of "North Devons" to 
stock his farm with ? Some of the cattle are descended from 
the old Quartly stock which has been for many years so 
frequently in the Royal and other prize lists, and are themselves 
prize winners. The latest addition to the herd is a recent 
purchase for 32 guineas of a heifer at Lord Falmouth's sale. 
The climate and drawbacks of situation placed Mr. Quartly 
at a disadvantage in the competition, but the Judges considered 
him deserving of commendation for his persevering efforts to 
overcome the physical difficulties of his holding. 
Class III. — First Prize Farm. 
Occupied by Mr. J. W. Lawry, St. Mellion, Saltash. 
The Judges' visits to this farm were some of the* most 
interesting periods of their inspection, for here they met with an 
instance, and a most gratifying one it was too, of what a man of 
enterprise, perseverance, and intelligence can accomplish, not 
only in the profitable cultivation of land, but in the establish- 
ment and promotion of a local industry which is calculated to 
confer beneficial advantages upon his poorer neighbours. 
The farm comprises 60 acres of arable land, 9^ of pasture, 
and oO of orchards and fruit gardens. The greater part is held 
under a yearly tenancy from the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, and 
is situate in Cornwall, on the banks of the River Tamar, which 
divides the two counties. Mr. Lawry was bora and brought 
