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when it is stirred 20 minutes. The curd is next allowed to stay- 
on the scald half an hour ; the whej is then drawn off, and taken 
at once to the vault (not kept and skimmed), and used for 
feeding pigs. The curd is then cut, and put up in the centre 
of the tub in layers, in which state it is allowed to remain until 
it has turned a little acid. It is then broken into pieces, and 
placed in the press for half an hour. When taken out, it is put 
through the curd-mill, and laid in the cooler or vat until suffi- 
ciently cold. Salt is added, at the rate of 2 lbs. to the cwt. ; 
and the curd is then put in the press, when it goes through the 
same process as has been described in the report on jNIr. Gibbons's 
cheese-making, as to changing cloth bandages, turning, &c. 
The whey being taken out to the vault, and not " set up" and 
skimmed, there is no whey'-butter made. 
Mr. Day purchases store pigs, 20 to 40 at a time, and fattens 
them with purchased food — barley, beans, and Indian corn. The 
pigs are made about 10 score each when sold. From 140 to 150 
are fattened during the year, consuming 300 to 400 sacks of corn. 
Class III. — Fakms not qualified to compete as Dairy or 
Hill Farms. 
[First Prize Farm. 
This farm (Dillington, near Ilminster) is in the occu- 
pation of Mr. Obed Hosegood ; it consists of 275 acres of 
pasture and 142 acres of arable land, and lies about a mile 
from the town of Ilminster in an easterly direction. It is 
situated partly on the Inferior Oolite, contiguous with its 
junction with the Upper Lias. This formation and the Middle 
Lias crop out, or closely underlie the soils, in this locality. The 
upper part of the arable land is of a yellowisb sandy cha- 
racter, and is principally on the Inferior Oolite. Descending 
eastwards below the turnpike-road the Upper Lias becomes 
apparent, and the tenacity of the soil is increased. The 
lower grass land at the bottom of the park, lying towards 
the northern boundary, is heavier still, being of a strong loamy 
nature on the surface, and underlain with Marlstone, the Upper 
Lias probably having been denuded at this point. About 40 
j acras, running from east to west through the centre of the arable 
1 land, have been quarried, the stone being here found at a depth 
of from 4 to 6 inches. A small stream rising from a spring 
above the farm forms part of its boundary ; and this, connected 
with a pond a short distance from the premises, is sufficient for 
the supply of water-power for chaff-cutting, pulping, grinding, 
