524 Report on the Liverpool Prize-Farm Competition, 1877 — 
Mr. Bcecroft, of Upton Green near Chester, has 125 acres in 
a rather scattered farm ; and here, too, the milk is sold. About 
30 cows are kept. Some useful horses are bred on the farm, 
and we saw some good wheat and green crops, and promising 
potato land. 
In Denbighshire and Flintshire there were several farms in this 
class. Geinas Farm, in the parish of Bodfari, Flintshire, about 
176 acres in extent, is occupied by Mr. John Roberts. It carries 
a flock of 180 Shropshire ewes ; and a number of lambs, with 
30 or 40 shearlings, and the draft-ewes are fattened off every 
year. There are also 12 good Shorthorn cows, on which a good 
bull is used. They yield butter for sale, and skim-milk for 
pigs, and their calves are reared. Two or three draft-cows in-calf 
are sold along with the two-year-old steers and heifers every 
year. The farm is well supplied with implements — double 
ploughs, mowing and reaping machines, Crosskill's clod-crusher, 
Howard's horse-rake, &c. A heavy rent and a heavy labour- 
bill, not to speak of the ravages of the rabbits, must Largely 
detract from the profits of this hill farm, much of which is 
naturally poor. 
On Mr. Kinnersley's farm at Wernvawr, near Ruthin, there 
are 150 acres, of which the greater part is arable. On our visit 
here in July, we saw a very large extent of promising barley, 
not yet, however, in ear, an unusually fine piece of peas, and 
some good wheat ; good and neatly-kept premises, and good 
land. 
On Mr. David Roberts's farm at Bathafon, also in the Vale 
of Clwyd, there are about 150 acres, one-third being pasture, 
evidently in good practical hands. There was a large extent of 
admirable wheat crop in July, and a corresponding area of clean 
and well-tilled fallow land, on which, however, the fly had de- 
stroyed two successive sowings of turnips. 
At Tan-y-Dderwen, near Abergele, Mr. Alexander Borthioick 
occupies 122 acres of land, one-third of it arable. We saw here 
a capital flock of about 100 half-bred Cheviot ewes with their 
lambs, on some admirable two-year-old seeds. About 200/. is 
spent annually on bought food and manure. Ten cattle are 
fattened every year. Some 400/. are received annually for fat 
mutton, lamb, and wool, and there is a considerable extent ot 
profitable potato ground. 
Class VI. — Stock and Dairy Farms under 100 Acres each. 
In the sixth class of small dairy or stock farms, the prize was 
awarded to Mr. W. Edwards, of the Brewery at Ruthin, for his 
very fertile and productive little farm at Pen Rhos. There are 
