488 Report upon the Liverpool Prize-Farm Competition 
Mr. Williamson follows the same rotation as Mr. Cooke. I 
may mention, in regard to green crop, that potatoes bear the pro- 
portion of seven-eighths to one-eighth of mangolds and turnips, 
^ireat dependence is placed on the potato-crop round Liverpool, 
and, from its being early lifted, there is comparatively little 
risk from disease. The labour-bill is annually over 500Z. 
Mr. Williamson buys 1100 bushels of Indian corn annually 
for his horses, &c. ; and the same system of selling everything 
off is practised here, as on the other competing farms. 
The fences are in capital order, and altogether the farm is 
exceedingly clean and well managed. 
Burnt Mill Farm, farmed by Mr. William Turton, is on the 
property of Colonel J. J. Blackburne, of Hale Hall. The farm 
is 112 acres, imperial, in extent, 103 acres being arable, and 
9 acres pasture land. The soil is very heavy, with a clay sub- 
soil. The farm lies 10 miles south from Liverpool ; it is natu- 
rally a very poor subject, and may be described as a cold, strong 
clay-farm, and most unmanageable in a season such as last. The 
nature of the tenure is described in Mr. Turton's schedule as 
being under " the new Act." 
The rotation followed is, roots, wheat, oats, and seeds, which 
lie three years. The fields are perfectly laid out ; upwards of 
two miles of young hedges have been planted, and all the waste 
and crooked fences eradicated. The utmost care is taken of 
these new fences, which are all trimmed by Mr. Turton's own 
hand. In every branch of the farm-work this excellent farmer 
shows his men how to do the work. I particularly noticed the 
ploughing of his land in winter, as well as his potato drills, all 
made by himself. They were the straightest and showed the 
best workmanship of any that we saw during our inspection. 
The farm was under crop (July 7) as follows : — 
5 acres wheat, after green crop. 
10 acres oats, after wheat. 
?>\ acres potatoes, after grass. 
Vetches, ] 
MangoldsJ 10 acres, after grass. 
Turnips, J 
10 acres pasture. 
3 acres steading, &c. 
The wheat on this farm promised to be a fair good crop ; the 
varieties were Woolly Ear and Improved Waterloo, which re- 
sembles Hunter's Wheat in the ear. The latter variety suffered 
a good deal from being grown from seed which must have been 
raised in the same district for years. It is this which causes 
those deficient spaces where pickles ought to be at the bottom of 
