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Report on the Farm-Prize Competition 
good extent of ground. We saw all the arable land, the 
Sheep and Cattle on the lower land, and a considerable number 
of the Hill Sheep. At that time the stock was as follows ; — 
18 Horses : — 
8 workers. 
2 odd. 
2 cart foals. 
3 brood mares (2 of them blood). 
2 three- year-old blood fillies. 
1 yearling colt and 1 foal. 
68 Cattle :— 
19 fattening (7 steers, 10 heifers, 2 cows). 
7 cows in-milk, including 2 belonging to the hinds. 
16 Two-year-old heifers and steers. 
25 yearling heifers and steers. 
1 calf. 
1115 Sheep : — 
329 Cheviot ewes put to Cheviot tup. 
121 Cheviot ewes put to Leicester tup. 
335 Half-bred ewes to half-bred and Leicester tups 
142 Cheviot ewe-hoggs. 
132 half-bred ewe-hoggs. 
20 shot ewes feeding. 
33 tups. 
3 lambs. 
1115 
Of the 1115 sheep, 618 were Cheviots, 488 Half-breds, 4 Lei- 
cester tups, and 5 Blackfaced tups which belonged to another 
occupation. 
The horses were good active horses in capital condition, and 
everything about them and in their stable was smart and trim. 
Thej were getting 8 stones of oats a week, long hay and oat 
straw. Their hours of work are summer 6 A.M. to 11.15 A.M. 
and 1.30 P.M. to 6 P.M. ; in winter from daylight to 11.45 A.M. 
and from 1.15 to dark. 
The Cattle fattening were some in feeding boxes and some in 
open yards. They were getting hay, roots and meal. The 
yearlings and 2-year-olds ran into pastures near the home- 
stead during the day, where they got a few turnips, and at 
night they were brought into the yards and got hay and 2 lbs. 
of mixed barley and maize meal. They were none of them 
remarkable. 
The Sheep stock were of a much higher character. The 
Cheviot ewes looked rather small, but they were very level, and 
the Judge best acc^uainted with this kind of farming declared 
Total 785 
ewes. 
