Somersetshire Farm-Prize Competition, 1875. 577 
Other Farms in Class III. 
The following well-managed farms were looked over a third 
time. 
Mr. Culveewell's Farm. 
A. R. P. 
Arable 152 0 4 
Pasture 160 3 2 
Total . . 312 3 6 
This farm is If mile S.S.W. of the town of Bridgwater. The 
soil is a rich loam on the new red sandstone. The subsoil 
varies ; gravel, clay, and marl being all found. The latter in 
some cases is somewhat intermixed with the surface-soil, and 
in such instances the land is of a heavier description. The 
climate is very genial. Wheat is generally shot in ear the first 
week in June. 
The occupation is held under several owners. The principal 
portion is held on a twenty-one years' lease, ten of which are 
unexpired. The remainder is rented from year to year, com- 
mencing from Michaelmas Day. 
There is an exceedingly good house, with nice pleasure and 
kitchen gardens. 
The buildings have recently undergone thorough restoration, 
and with the additions made are good and serviceable. There 
is a fixed 6-horse-power engine, and machinery for threshing, 
pulping, grinding, and chaff cutting, sa\/ing, and cider making. 
Grass Land. — The pastures are chiefly situated at the lower 
end of the farm, but some of the fields are interspersed among 
the arable land. The sizes of the fields vary from 4 to 17 acres, 
and they are for the most part irregular in shape. The land is 
naturally very good, and will feed more than a full-grown bul- 
lock to the acre. The practice is to mow 40 acres every year, but 
meadows are not specially set aside for hay. The ground mown is 
usually top-dressed with a compost consisting of road-scrapings, 
manure, and soil. The pastures derive an abundant supply of 
water from a trout brook which runs through them. 
Arable Land. — The arable land is managed on the four-field 
system, with slight modifications. 
The course is carried out as follows : — 
Roots, Beans and Clover, 
Wheat and Barley, Wheat. 
About a third of the wheat stubbles are sown with trifolium 
incarnatum and vetches, and the rest are prepared for cabbages, 
mangolds, and the earlier-sown swedes. 
Ten acres of beans are seldom exceeded ; and if the spring 
