568 Somersetshire Farm-Prize Competition, 1875. 
Fig. 9. — Plan of Capton Farm, in the occupation of Mr. Bowertnan. 
The dotted lines show the old fences now removed ; the solid lines show\the old fences retained ; 
and the beaded lines new fences snbetituted. 
but spring-wheat is sometimes substituted for barley, while oc- 
casionally the seeds are laid down with rape or spring vetches, 
instead of a grain-crop — the invariable practice of the Hill 
district farmers as already described. 
No undeviating rule exists as to the acreage of wheat-stubble, 
upon which vetches or other intermediate crops are sown. The 
quantity varies from a quarter to half the course : that is, from 
12 to 24 acres. Part of the vetches are generally drilled in the 
spring, in order to continue the supply of fresh green food as 
long as possible into the summer. The soil, being of a sandy 
character, is very difficult to keep free from couch, especially in 
