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produced on it, tin's holding is eminently adapted for sheep- 
feeding. The roots are consumed on the land, which at the 
same time is benefited by being trodden by the sheep. 
The dairy produce of six cows brings in a good sum yearly. 
Mrs. Cave is a most practical farmer's wife, takes a direct interest 
in the dairy, and has obtained prizes for butter. It is rather 
discouraging that even such excellent produce must sometimes 
be sold for less than Is. per lb. The dairy-premises seemed to 
be rather small, and partly underground, which cannot be whole- 
some, as it must be very damp in winter. A good profit is also 
made from poultry and eggs ; this being the only one of the 
competing farms where much attention was given to these 
matters. With the dairy and poultry Mrs. Cave materially 
assists in paying the rent — a fact that is greatly to her credit. 
Mr. Cave keeps very simple accounts, all the entries being 
in one book, a remark which applies to nearly all the com- 
petitors. The entry to the farm is at Lady-day, and the average 
outlay for the three years ending with 1887 may be stated as 
follows : — 
Cattle bought 115?. Ss. 2cZ., sheep 82GZ. 3s., pigs 54/. 8s. M., 
feeding-stuffs 337/. 8s. Gc/., labour 412/. Is. 8c/., and manures 
29/. 7s. Gc/. The average receipts for the same period were : for 
cattle sold 436/. 8s. 2c/., sheep 1,0G7/. 9s. U., pigs 120/. 10s. 7c/., 
corn and seeds 791/. 13s. 7cZ. For dairy produce the amount 
realised for the year ending Lady-day 1888 was about 100/. for 
eggs, and poultry 50/., both of these items being about the 
average for three years. For wool the average was about 96/. 
a year. The cost of labour is about 1/. lis. per acre. Wages 
in the district are 12s. per week, and eight labourers are usually 
employed, two of whom live in cottages ; the others are hired. 
The returns were not so large as those on the First Prize 
farm, doubtless owing to the farm being of a poorer nature ; 
but the general neatness all round was superior, and the whole 
management was, indeed, exceptionally good. The land is 
thoroughly clean, and is kept up to a high state of cultivation. 
Stubbles are all scarified after harvest, and all rubbish burned — 
a practice worthy of general imitation. All the root crops, which 
in 1887 were remarkably good for the season, were lifted in 
November and put into heaps over the field, where they could 
be sliced as might be required for the sheep. They were pulled 
and topped and thrown into heaps at a cost of about 6s. an 
acre. The fences all over the farm were simply perfect. Hedges 
are cut three times a year, and all weeds cleared away at the 
same time, leaving them perfectly clean. They are likewise 
very narrow, with the land ploughed quite up to their roots, so 
