564 Somersetshire Farm-Prize Competition, 1875. 
rams, and fast going. The hay was nearly all harvested, and 
here as elsewhere had been very troublesome and protracted in 
the getting. 
A brief consideration will bring to our minds the following 
facts : — 
Thjit this farm of 375 acres produces yearly j ^ . ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ 
iroin dairy, say } 
From cattle bred and fed 6 tons of butclier's meat. 
„ „ bought-in 23 „ „ 
„ slieep bred and fed 5 to 6 tons „ 
„ „ bought-in 1^ to 2 „ „ 
„ „ sold for early lambing, an"l g 
equivalent to, say J " " 
„ wheat, estimating the crops to turn j 
out faiily, and taking an average 303 quarters, 
of acreage under the crop on an ^ 
average return j 
„ oats 20 to 30 quarters. 
„ potatoes 6 to 8 tons. 
What deductions can we draw from these results ? 
That judicious and liberal management will produce emi- 
nently satisfactory results. 
That high farming is conducive to the interests not only of 
all connected with the land but of the public also. We see 
this exemplified in the results embodied above. 
In the first place, Mr. Hosegood requires permanent residential 
labour to a no less extent than is provided for by the ten com- 
fortable cottages on the farm, and this must be a boon to the 
occupants. 
In the second, we see no reason to doubt that the large returns 
produced from the liberal outlay resorted to must be profitable 
to the occupier. The high state of fertility of the soil, due to 
liberal treatment and good cultivation, irrespective of un- 
exhausted value of manures and feeding stuffs, must also enhance 
the value of the holding to the owner. 
And it is a self-evident fact, that the far greater than average 
returns here produced are a substantial boon to the general 
consumer. 
To Mr. Hosegood's energy and enterprise these satisfactory 
results are no doubt mainly due ; but it is only fair to state that 
the bulk of the management has for some time past been in the 
hands of Mr. Obed Hosegood, jun., his eldest son, who, though 
young in years, has proved himself systematic and experienced 
in superintending and conducting the operations of the farm : and 
it is with satisfaction we find that the position taken by the 
farm in the recent competition is about to be acknowledged by 
Mr. Vaughan Lee, M.P., the owner, in the presentation of a piece 
of plate to his excellent tenant in commemoration of the event. 
