Somersetshire Farm-Prize Competition, 1875. 589 
Swedes are sown the beginning of July, and common turnips 
1 Iter vetches on about a third of the root-course. 
The roots are sown with the liquid-manure drill, and 3 cwt. 
)f superphosphate per acre. The vetches are chieflv fed on the 
|!and by the ewes and lambs, but a small proportion is removed 
|for the working horses. 
Acreage uxdek respective Crops. 
May, 18(5. 
[23 acres of barlej'. 
jl7 ,, of oats. 
|.9 „ 2 years' clover-ley (mown). 
^ 7 „ 1 year's seeds (mownj. 
its „ fallow (after oats). 
' 4| ,, mangolds. 
5 „ vetches. 
July, or to f jliow. 
23 acres barley. 
17 „ 
oats. 
9 „ 
rape, common turnips, and 
7 „ 
seeds. [mustard. 
13 „ 
swedes. 
4i 
mangolds. 
5 „ 
swedes, common turnips. 
Our ultimate inspection showed us some very good crops of 
)ats, some fair crops and one strong piece of barley, and good 
seeds. Mangolds had suffered a check, but were recovering, and 
fjwedes were hoed out and doing pretty well. The vetches had 
oeen very good, and swedes and common turnips were coming 
ip on the ground from which the intermediate green crops had 
)een fed off. The cattle stock looked well, but the lambs seemed 
:o have been rather pinched. 
Quantities and description of stock — 
Cattle 64 
Sheep G34 
Working Horses .... 4 
Colts and Hacks .... 4 
Pigs 48 
One of the most interesting features on this farm is the dairy 
)f 36 milky-looking well-bred Somersetshire Shorthorn cows. 
They are timed to calve in February or March, and all but 13 
jj)f the calves are disposed of a few days after birth at 25s. each. 
iThose selected for rearing are 10 heifers and 3 steers ; they are 
kept on skim-milk and linseed for 10 weeks, and then get an 
illowance of 1 lb. of linseed-cake and meal mixed per day each, 
with a little hay, and are turned out to grass. The heilers are 
j)ulled at 1.5 months old, and the bullocks are sold at 2| years 
>ld off the grass as good stores. The draft cows are realised in 
)c tober or November. They are dried in August, when the 
oung heifers are coming into the dairy, and aie therefore in 
(:ood condition for the graziers of the lower districts. My 
