in Lancashire, Cheshire, and North Wales. 
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prize. Mr. Pownall has run all the new fences himself, and they 
are beautifully kept. He has been 18 years in the farm. 
Mr. Joseph Kinsey, Royal Oak Farm. — This was a beautiful 
small farm in Cheshire, near Altrincham, and 7 miles from Man- 
chester. It is on the property of F. W. Sutton, Esq., of Wythen- 
shawe Hall, near Northenden. Royal Oak Farm is 72 acres, im- 
perial, in extent, of which 66 acres are arable and 6 pasture. 
The soil is described in Mr. Kinsey's schedule as light, but it 
appeared to us to be more of a medium quality. The subsoil 
is partly clay and partly sand. Mr. Kinsey has been in the farm 
for 51 years. He entered it at first with a 21 years' lease, and has 
farmed it for the last 30 years on yearly tenure. This farmer is 
a most enterprising man. He has a fine collection of implements. 
On our winter inspection we noticed a plough at work with a 
revolving mould-board, which did most excellent work. There is 
a large shed on the farm put up by the landlord and planned by 
his agent, for which Mr. Kinsey pays 7 per cent. This shed is a 
great boon to the tenant, the interest on it being less than the 
cost of thatching the ricks, if the value of straw is taken into 
account ; besides the immense advantage of having the crop 
secured from the weather the moment it is carried. In a few 
years, I have no doubt that these sheds will become the rule in- 
stead of the exception as at present. This shed, so substantial, 
at the same time simple and cheap in construction, does much 
credit to its designer, Thomas Worthington, Esq., the Mount, 
Northenden, Manchester. Mr. Kinsey follows this rotation : 
roots, wheat, seeds, then oats. His fields are well laid off. He 
has eradicated 1630 yards of old fences, and put the farm from 
18 into 8 fields. He has also thoroughly drained and sewered 
the farm, having laid down 6000 large pipes. We inspected 
this farm on the 23rd of June. The crops were :■ — 
Wheat, 11 acres, after potatoes, beans, turnips, mangolds. 
Oats, 12 acres, after grass. 
Potatoes, 8 acres. 
Beans, 2 acres in drills, alternated with turnips. 
Mangolds, 1 acre. 
Swedes, J acre. 
Clover-hay, 11 acres, which had been sown out with wheat- 
crop after potatoes. 
Pasture meadow-hay, 17 acres. 
Old pasture, 6 acres. 
There is a large garden attached to the farm, the produce of 
which is sold. Mr. Kinsey also grows a few turnips for the 
vegetable market. These crops were all good. The clover- 
hay was a very fine crop. 
