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grown with nothing but farmvard-manure, was a grand crop ; 
both Regents and ]Magnums ; very well cultivated, and clean. 
Big Lime Field, 15 a., first-year's lea. On this field, which 
cut a heavy crop of hay on June 22nd, a good strong second 
growth is now comins: awav. 
Hoppit Field, 14 a., first year's seeds. A very heavy crop of 
hay partly cut ; could only cut one way. 
Devenport Field, 5 a., *' Cut " oats. This crop was very foul 
with charlock, and was not a credit to Mr. Callwood ; there 
was not much " twitch," however, and there may be a fair yield. 
Well Field, 5 a., Canadian Poland oats sown with seeds ; 
with the exception of about 2 acres on the low side, was an extra 
good, " gifty "-looking crop. 
Little Lime Field, 9 a., second year's lea for hay, had been 
pastured till May 20th, this year, and cut two crops of hay last 
jear, after an early boneing ; this year 1 cwt. of nitrate has been 
top-dressed per acre, and there is a good length of it, but rather 
thin on the ground. 
Brick-hill Field, 18 a.. Golden drop, winter wheat, laid 
down with permanent seeds, looked rather late sown and thin in 
April, but in July had improved immensely and was a nice 
level crop ; 120 lbs. of seed per acre had been sown and ploughed 
in with ribbing plough. 
The fences on this farm are inferior, and the existing ones, 
often on the top of old banks, are hardly worth patching ; but I 
feel sure Mr. Callwood will put this to rights in the course of a 
few more years of war waged against them, and of substituting 
better ones where needed. Some of the points of management 
on this farm, however, especially stock, would compare favour- 
ably with anything we saw elsewhere ; and " all round " his 
farm does ^Ir. Callwood great credit. 
Class L — Highly Commended. 
Mr. IVilliam Scotson, Mossletj Hill, Liverpool. 
Arable 290 acres. 
Pasture 12 ,, 
Total .... 302 „ 
This farm lies close on the outskirts of Liverpool, and will 
probably in the course of a few years be absorbed into that 
gigantic and rapidly increasing town. In driving from Lime 
Street Station, Liverpool, as you approach Mr. Scotson's farm, 
bricks and mortar, in process of building, appear to occupy 
square miles of ground; and already the selling price of 
