Report on the Farm-Prize Competition of 1885. 
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Hav is a very good crop, and well made, and the same may 
be said of last year's crop. In July, three large stacks of about 
GO tons each had been well won, and stacked with an elevator. 
Two Dutch barns in November were filled with oats and 
wheat. These commodious structures were erected by the 
tenant at a cost of 200Z. 
The new steading is convenient, and of ample size. The 
house and garden are also good, and kept up to perfection. 
Implements. — A seven or eight horse-power steam-engine 
chaffs, crushes, and steams, the machinery having been all put 
up by the tenant ; 5 good waggons and 8 good carts, and an 
elevator for stacking, and all other necessary tools, in good 
order. 
Labour. — 
3 Regular carters, at 20s. a week. 
1 Labourer ,, 21s. ,, 
2 Irishmen ,, 18s. ,, 
Extra labour is supplied by Irishmen in summer. 
The garden, well laid out, and kept up to the utmost pitch 
of profitable productiveness, is a pleasure to see, and leaves 
nothing to be desired ; and a handsome, though not large con- 
servatory, contained such a dazzling blaze of colour in April, 
as we imagine few florists could rival, and such as the humble 
writer of this Report had never seen before Not a flower, or a 
twig, or a leaf, in Mr. Wright's conservatory, but appeared to 
enjoy the most robust health ; and I need hardly say that their 
owner regards them with something more than sentimental 
interest, as cut flowers command a very good price in Liverpool ; 
and the whole garden pays it way. 
If this farm had been more like the garden as regards clean- 
liness, it would undoubtedly have taken higher rank in this 
Competition. 
Crops were as follows : — 
Sixteen acres of potatoes after 6 years' lea, black sandy loam 
resting on sand. This was a fair good crop, but very dirty ; a 
portion grown from apples, for new varieties, was very patchy. 
Fifteen acres potatoes, after oats, and well mucked, was also 
full of couch and annuals. Both these pieces of potatoes were 
the worst we saw. 
Six acres white oats after 3 years' lea ; joins a game covert ; 
a very middling crop, and much damaged by game. 
Twenty-four acres first year's seeds, after wheat, has been top- 
dressed with rock salt ; looked well in April, and a fair crop of 
hay was partly carried in July ; the work progressing in a 
business-like manner. 
