618 Report on the Farm-Prize Competition 
Acreage and Proportionate Extent of each kind of Crop in 1887. 
CoRS Chops. 
Green Crops. 
Grasses in Rotation. 
Acreage. 
Percent- 
age of 
Arable 
Land. 
Acreage. 
Percent- 
age of 
Arable 
Land. 
Acreage. 
Perce 
age 
Aral 
Lun 
Wheat 
Barley 
Oats.. 
Total 
A. K. r. 
15 3 17 
45 2 28 
79 2 33 
4-0 
11-4 
19-9 
Turnips 
Swedes 
Mangolds 
Potatoes 
A. R. P. 
38 0 10^ 
23 3 9/ 
4 2 0 
5 2 0 
15-5 
11 
1-4 
1st year 
2nd „ 
3rd „ 
A. R. P. 
72 3 S\ 
G9 1 23 
44 1 22) 
4G- 
141 0 38 
35-3 
71 8 19 
18-0 
186 2 14 
46- 
It will be seen from the above table that nearly one half the 
farm is in grass ; that an additional fourth is under grasses 
in rotation ; and that a little more than one third of the 
arable land is in Corn crops, and about half as much in Green 
crops. 
The system of farming is based on the old four-course system, 
but the seeds are kept down for two or three years. Very little 
Wheat is grown ; this year about 16 acres were sown in the 
spring, after Potatoes and Turnips. Oats are the largest Corn 
crop, as they are grown after Seeds, and also after Roots ; about 
80 acres were grown this year, and 45 acres of Barley. 
The chief business of the Farm is breeding Sheep, fattening 
the Lambs ; fattening bought-in hoggets on the roots, and fat- 
tening Cattle in winter. A flock of about 500 ewes is kept. 
These are bought in the autumn, and are chiefly half-breds 
(Cheviots and Leicesters), put to half-bred rams — but some 
Oxford Down tups, and a few Oxford Down ewes, have been 
tried with only partial success. This year 70 mountain Black- 
Faced ewes were bought in and put to Leicester tups. Judging 
from the numbers of lambs produced and reared this year, the 
farm must be well adapted for Sheep breeding. Young cattle 
are bought in spring, and early summer ; some are fattened at 
grass, but the greater number are finished off in the winter and 
spring. The feeding is liberal, and the Turnips and Swedes 
have excellent feeding quality. 
The management for the root crop is exceedingly good. The 
cultivation in one field, this year, may be cited. The land was 
winter ploughed 8 to 10 inches deep — -cross ploughed — harrowed 
down and scrubbed, ridged, manured, closed in, and sown. The 
manure applied was 10-12 large cartloads of farmyard-manure, 
