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The working horses were very useful, and the colts seemed 
. likely to prove valuable. 
The fences were made the most of, and better managed than 
on many of the farms seen. They were, however, of the 
Somersetshire type. Hedgerow timber prevailed very much, 
and rendered it more difficult to keep the hedges in good order. 
The premises and stackyard were very neatly kept. 
No outlay is made in artificial manures, and next to none 
on foods purchased. The marshes are supposed to do every- 
thing. 
There is one cottage attached to the farm. Labour is 
abundant in the district, and the rate of wages is from 12s. to 
15*. per week. 
Some of the land has been drained, but a good deal remains 
'to be done. That accomplished was done at the tenant's expense, 
the landlord finding the pipes. 
The farm is economically and well inanaged, and is a fair 
specimen of a self-supporting farm that does not deteriorate, 
partly owing to good cultivation, partly to inexhaustible grass 
and. 
Mr. J. R. Keexe's Fapoi. 
Arable .... 81 acres. 
Pasture . . . . 166 „ 
Hill pasture ... 78 ,, 5 miles distant. 
Total . . . 325 „ 
Situation, Sfc. — This farm lies about 7 miles north of Wells, 
t rests upon a table-land which forms a sort of lower range of 
he Mendip Hills, and is at an altitude of 450 feet above the 
evel of the sea. The soil is kindly and friable, on the junction 
if the Limestone shale and the Lower Lias shale. The rock 
ies immediately under it at a depth varying from 4 to 6 
nches. The climate is severe and backward, and the rainfall 
xcessive. The seasons are a fortnight later than those of the 
jiidgwater and Taunton levels. 
The tenure is a 21 years' lease, and the covenants are fair, an 
Uowance being made for artificial manures and feeding-stuffs 
'sed the last year of the tenancy. This is the only case that 
'ame under our notice in Somersetshire in which the principle 
f tenant-right was acknowledged. 
The house and buildings are good. Chaff-cutting, pulping, 
nd corn-grinding machinery are suitably arranged, and are 
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