472 Report upon the Liverpool Prize-Farm Competition 
with oats, the crop, at the date of our inspection, 4th July, had 
but a poor appearance ; but the other crops on the farm gave 
indications of being very large, especially a field of barley, which 
was the best we saw during the whole inspection. There was 
also a very grand field of Longfellow oats, second to nothing 
we saw during our journeyings. Owing to the circumstance 
above mentioned, Mr. Wright had no wheat on his farm. 
The farm contains 326 acres under the following rotation : — 
Acres. 
Cut for hay 155 
Pasture 16 
Potatoes 24 
Turnips 4 
Oats 103 
Barley 22 
Buildings and garden 2 
The stock of the farm consists of — 
11 Working-horSes of a most useful stamp, combining 
activity and strength, some of them of a high 
class ; also 
2 Horses for riding or driving. 
2 Milk-cows. 
3 Stirks. 
We also saw 9 four-year-old Highland bullocks, fine-looking 
animals. These were grazing on the old pastures, which ex- 
cellent keep, along with cake, would soon make them of very 
fine quality. Mr. Wright annually purchases about 400 (wethers) 
half-bred sheep, in autumn, in Scotland, to eat up the foggage ; 
these he clears off as they fatten, the whole lot being generally 
sold off by the beginning of December. One of the secrets of 
Mr. Wright's successful haymaking lies in this system. There 
were also seven pigs fattening, mostly for home use. This 
completes the stock of the farm. I now come to describe Mr. 
Wright's system of management. 
The horses are fed thus : 14 lbs. of crushed Indian corn, with 
as much cut hay as the carters think proper for them. Mr. 
Wright serves out the weekly quantity of ground Indian corn 
for each pair of horses to the carters on Mondays. This system 
diminishes the probability of horses receiving an over-dose on 
the idle day, viz., Sunday. Mr. Wright is a great believer in 
the superiority of waggons over the old-fashioned carts. He uses 
four waggons for the delivery of his produce, and for bringing 
the return cargo of manure. He considers that these waggons 
