Dairy and Stock Farms. 
here 35 acres .irable and 17 acres permanent pasture. Four 
cows arc kept either on the farm or at the brewery on the farm- 
produce, and there is a flock of 40 really admirable Shropshire 
ewes with their lambs. The wheat and barley were looking too 
heavy to stand when we visited the farm in July. The green- 
crop quarter was very good indeed : potatoes, mangolds, swedes, 
cabbages, were all promising well. The clover crop had been 
heavy, and there was a strong second growth coming on. About 
60/. a year is paid annually for manure, and nearly 100/. for 
purchased food, including grains, malt-dust, &c. Ten or 15 
cattle are generally fed each year ; 21 had last year realised 
412/., and 4 in-calf heifers had been sold. Some 200/. had been 
realised by the sale of fat sheep, lambs, and wool. The land 
was clean, provided with fair premises and good roads and 
fences ; the crops were good, and there was a large quantity of 
excellent stock upon it. The award was inevitable ! The fact 
may be put in that way because, although, when compared with 
the other farms in the class, the Pen Rhos farm was much the 
most productive, yet it was not without reluctance that the prize 
was given to one whose business as a brewer close by necessarily 
gives him an immense advantage in the competition — an advan- 
tage outside of the mere farming occupation which we were 
instructed to judge. It is not, indeed, improper to state here 
that on our first round among these farms in December last, 
it appeared to us that Mr. John Gregory, of Waverton, near 
Chester, must take the prize in this class. He has 61 acres in 
his occupation, of which 13 are permanent pasture, 29 in grass 
of various ages, and 19 under the plough. On these, 18 useful 
cross-bred cows are kept, 3 calves, yearlings, and two-year-old 
heifers are reared, and as many of the older cows are drafted off 
as stores. About 63 to 65 cvvts. of cheese of fair quality are sold 
each year. Eight hogs of a large coarse white breed are fattened, 
and 20 porkers fed. The premises are substantially built, very 
well arranged, and in every respect satisfactory ; the farm-house 
and garden are as neat as can be, and nothing can exceed the 
cleanliness and beauty of all the dairy arrangements. Three 
very good horses are worked on the farm ; but they are also 
employed in hauling for the estate, and in mowing and drilling 
for neighbours ; and a considerable sum is annually earned in 
this way. Mr. Gregory and his two sons and a hired labourer 
do all the work, both within and outside of the farm, and better 
management there can hardly be. On our summer visit, how- 
ever, we found some of the crops for the year were very un- 
promising. There was, indeed, a very heavy crop of seeds just 
mown, but the corn crops had not been got in well, and the 
turnips had been destroyed by the fly, and the farm, though 
