572 Somersetshire Farm-Prize Competition, 1875. 
and the cattle on the pastures, and all appeared to be doing 
well. 
Acreage of Arable Land under respective Crops this Year. 
Number of 
Field on 
Map. 
Acreage. 
May 19th, 1875. 
1 
14 
2 
18 
3 
14 
A 
4 
10 
6 
17 
7 
8 
8 
19 
10 
17 
11 
14 
11a 
13 
12 
17 
13 
8 
14 
13 
Total 
182 
Total . 
Seeds 
Barley, clovered 
Wheat, clovered 
( Half spring vetches, clovered 
\Half rape, clovered 
Fallow 
JMangolds 
(Vetches 
Fallow 
Seeds 
{Spring vetches and Italian 
rye-grass, seeds having 
failed 
Second year's seeds 
Wheat 
Wheat 
JBarley seeded for breaking 
\ up for turnips 
July lOtb, 1875, or to follow. 
Seeds. 
Barley, clovered. 
Wheat, clovered. 
Half spring vetches, clovered. 
Half rape, clovered. 
Common turnips. 
Mangolds. 
White tankard turnips. 
Swedes. 
Seeds. 
Spring vetches and Italian 
rye-grass. 
Second year's seeds. 
Wheat. 
Wheat. 
Barley seeded for breaking up 
for turnips. 
39 acres of wheat. 
44 „ roots. 
31 „ barley. 
44 „ clover. 
24 „ spring vetches and rape seeded, 
182 
On analysing the respective acreage of the growing crops it 
Avill be observed that the proper proportion of cereals is defi- 
cient. This is attributable to the fact of 10 acres having been 
seeded down with rape on a field unsuited to barley, and a long 
distance from the homestead, and from 13 acres of clovers having 
been left a second year on account of the failure of 14 acres of 
seeds, which had been resown with spring vetches and Italian 
rye-grass, and which will come to wheat in its proper rotation. 
The apparent excess of land seeded this year, namely 55 acres, 
is due to 13 acres having been laid down with Italian rye-grass 
and trefoil for spring keep, to be afterwards broken up for 
common turnips. 
These slight inequalities in the acreage under each course are 
in favour of the growth of green crops, with its concomitant ad- 
vantages of increased fertility to the land, and large production 
of beef and mutton. 
