588 Somersetshire Farm-Prize Competition, 1875. 
worked by a portable engine. This engine is also used foi 
threshing, !Mr. Keene possessing a moveable threshing-machine. 
A large lambing barton at the back of the old buildings ha^ 
recently been erected by the tenant, with the stipulation tlui 
he shall be allowed its value at the expiration of the tenancy 
Considerable outlay has also been made on the older parts ol 
the building at the occupier's expense. The drainage of the 
farmyards escapes into an adjoining pasture field and is there 
distributed. 
Grass Land. — Seven^^y-eight acres of grass lies a distance o 
5 miles away on the summit of the !Mendip Hills. It is essen- 
tially hill pasture, and is only available as a sheep-run in thr 
summer months. The pastures on the home farm bear a good 
face and graze well. They are better than the appearance o) 
the soil would at first sight indicate. Ten acres are dressed 
yearly with a mixture of manure and soil, or lime and compost 
The land is mown and grazed alternately, and 50 acres an 
usually kept for hay. Watering-places and drinking-ponds hav{ 
been arranged with considerable skill in the various pastures 
and have been a heavy source of expenditure to the occupier. 
Arabic Land. — Xo restrictions on cropping are exacted. Thi 
system usually adopted is — 
Roots, 
Barley seeded, 
Seeds grazed. 
Seeds mown 
(and generally broken up for mustard, 
rape, or common turnips), 
Wheat or Oats. 
Wheat loses plant if sown after the first year's seeds, an( 
under ordinary circumstances does not thrive, the district bein; 
too high and the climate too cold and wet. 
Barley is not sown until the end of March or beginning i 
April. Ten pecks of seed are allowed to the acre. 
Clovers. — The young grasses are sown at the rate of 12 lbs. < 
clover, 8 lbs. of trefoil, and i a bushel of Scotch rye-grass ; or Ic 
two years' lev, 2 lbs. of white Dutch, 2 lbs. of plantain, 5 lbs. ( 
alsike, 3 lbs. broad clover, and 1 bushel of Pacey's ^rye-grass. 
Oats. — The district suits oats better than any other cerea 
Black tartarians are grown. The crop is sown about the midd. 
of ]March, and generally proves very productive. As much ; 
14 pecks of seed is sown to the acre. 
Roots. — Farmyard-manure is ploughed-in for both mangok 
and swedes. 
Mangolds (the Yellow Globe variety) are sown in April ; G cw 
of salt and 3 cwt. of Proctor and Ryland's manure are applif 
per acre. They are sown on the flat 19 inches apart, and hor: 
and hand-hoed after coming up. 
