586 
Somersetshire Farm-Prize Competitioti, 1875/ 
20 inches apart. The whole of the green crops are carted off 
for the horses and stock at the buildings, and the roots also 
come to the premises for the support of the live stock in the 
winter. 
Acreage in respective crops, July 1875 : — 
Wheat .... 30 acres. 
Barley .... 14 „ 
Beans 18 „ 
Clover .... 12 „ 
Roots 7 „ 
At our last inspection we saw good fields of wheat slightly 
attacked by rust, and thick and finely podded crops of beans. 
Barley was not quite so satisfactory. Broad clover was a very 
great crop. Mangolds and swedes were doing well, and common 
turnips had been recently put in the ground. The land was 
clean and well cultivated ; the stock were numerous, and on the 
whole looking well. 
Numbers and Description of Stock on Stoke St. Gregory Fabm. 
December, 1S14. 
May 19th, 1875. 
.. 54 
.. 88 
12(5 
119 
7 
.. 7 
5 
.. 6 
1 
The dairy consists of eight cows. They are roomy Somerset- 
shire Devons with a good deal of quality. A compact and 
useful Devon bull is also kept. The calves are weaned at 
9 days old, and hand-reared for 4 months, after which they 
take their chance on the pastures. After the calves are taken off 
them, the cows are used for dairying, butter and half-fat cheese 
being made. Most of Mr. HembroAv's stock is bought in, the 
rear being quite insufficient for the capabilities of the farm. 
The young stock are kept in the winter on hay and a few roots, 
and in the summer are grazed on the marshes, and ultimately 
fatted off them at 3-years-old. Older beasts are bought-in in the 
spring and fed off the marshes. This will account for the differ- 
ence in the number of cattle on the farm in December and May. 
Sheep are bought-in as lambs in August, winter-kept, and 
sold the following September fat off' the marshes. Occasionally 
a purchase of yearlings may be made in the spring for summer 
feeding. Part of Mr. Hombrow's sheep were Dorset Horns, and 
the remainder Devon Long-wools. 
