526 Somersetshire Farm-Prize Comjjetition, 1875. 
May 21st, they found the oat-crops looking well: they were 
regular, of good colour, clean, and just rolled down. 
The small breadth of mangolds and carrots were up and 
thriving, and the fallows were in course of preparation for swedes 
and turnips, and were in fair condition. The two- and three-year 
seeded-out land, especially the latter, did not show any excessive 
vitality, but this may be to some extent accounted for by the 
backwardness of the season, combined with the inclemency of 
the district. The three-year-old grasses were apparently degene- 
rating, and it seems obvious that land of this description would 
run foul if left down much longer ; the exposed situation and 
indifferent quality of the soil being unable to sustain with vigour 
and improvement the artificial grasses of the rotation beyond 
this period, even under liberal treatment, and a good system 
and practice of husbandry. On the other hand, however, the 
fields sown with oats on this farm showed but little signs of 
weeds or couch, so that it is conclusive that this sort of land, 
well cultivated, need not necessarily run foul at the end of 
such an extended course of grass as is here carried out. 
Stock. — The quantity of stock supported on the farm is some- 
what difficult of assessment, from the fact of Mr. G. Babbage's 
brother occupying a valley holding, to which from time to time 
the Hill Farm stock are permitted by arrangement to descend. 
QuANTiTiKS and Desciuption of Stock on Tone Farm. 
First Inspection, November, 1874. 
Cattle. 
Cows 13 
Yearlings, mixed heifers, and \ 
bullocks .. ..j 
Calyes 4 
Total 29 
Sheep. 
Stock ewes 200 
OiFewes S'> 
Ewe tegs 8.) 
"Wetlier tegs 110 
Total 480 
Houses. 
Working 5 
Ditto laid by in yard .. .. 1 
Hack marcs in-foal 2 
2-year-old colts 2 
Yearliug ditto 2 
Total 12 
Second Inspection, Slay 2Ist, 1875. 
Cattle. 
Cows (and 1 calf) 8 
Cows, Yearlings, and calves . . I'J 
Total .. .. .. 27 
Sheep. 
Stock ewes with lambs .. ..Ill 
The aboTe lambs .. .. .. .. Ill 
Olf ewes and unsold weiher tegs 94 
Ewe tegs 104 
Total 420 
Houses. 
■\Voiking 4 
Mares in-foa! 2 
Cults and hacks (> 
Total 12! 
