594 Some)'setshire Farm-Prize Competition, 1875. 
except figures ;" still I have ventured to compile the folio wing^ 
Table with a view of showing the existing differences, and, to 
some extent, the stock-bearing power of each farm reported upon. 
Quantity and Description of Stock to every 100 Acres of Land under 
Cultivation in the County of Somerset, 1873, in England, 1874, and on th& 
undermentioned Farms, July, 1875. 
^flni6s of 
Competitors. 
Number of 
Acres of Pasture 
and Arable 
Land to every 
100 Acres under 
CuUivation. 
Horses used 
solely for 
Agriculture. 
Hares 
and 
Unbroken 
Colts. 
Cattle. 
Sheep. 
Pigs. 
Total of 
Unbroken 
Horses, 
Cattle and 
Sheep 
equivalent 
to Ottle.* 
A. lie V> UUIC \Jl HiliK^lCLlUif 
1874 .... 
t Arable, 56-5 / 
estimated 
I 
17-9 
82-7 
8-5 
35*4 
The County of Somer- 
set, 1873 . . . 
C Pasture, 63-8 ( 
(Arable, 36-1) 
2-1 
25-2 
S6-8 
43'S' 
Dairy Faesis. 
George Gibbons . . 
{Pasture, 78-3') 
(Arable, 21-7 ) 
25-2 
50-5 
60-6 
3S-3 
Alfred E. Day . . 
C Pasture, 86-6) 
(Arable, 13 '3 5 
2-7 
3S-S 
77-7 
54-S 
Farms in Class 3. 
Obed Hosegood . . 
( Pasture, 60-2 7 
(Arable, 39-8 5 
2-2 
24-3 
226* 
69*S 
A. Bowermau , . 
(Pasture, 31 3) 
(Arable, 68-6} 
3-3 
3 
20- 
108-3 
4-1 
44-6 
W. T. Culverwell . 
(Pasture, 51-21 
(Arable, 4S-7y 
2-5 
20-S 
166' 
5i- 
J. Gadd Da-ris . . 
Thomas Hembrow . 
( Pasture, 40-7^ 
(Arable, 59-2 J 
(Pasture, 60-8) 
(Arable, 39-1 ) 
2- S 
3- 4 
1 
nearly 
3-5 
28-4 
43-5 
120-9 
58-9 
0^ 5 
53-7 
J. K. Keene . 
(Pasture, 75-31 
( Arable, 24-6 } 
1-3 
1-2 
20-3 
195-6 
14-S 
60-6 
James Head . . . 
(Pasture, 14-6) 
(Arable, 85-3} 
3-1 
.. 
6-2 
88-8 
23-9 
i 
* This column is computed: one unbroljcn colt being calcftlated as an average homed animal, and 
5 sheep to the same equivalent. 
Looked at superficially, these data would be apt to lead to 
erroneous conclusions, but read between the lines they^ admit of 
different deductions. 
The true meat-producing capacity cannot be accurately 
measured by the value of the figures in the tabulated schedule. 
First, because in some instances, as in the case of Mr. Hem- 
brow's farm, the stock at the time taken is at the maximum, the 
practice being to buy largely in the spring, and fatten and sell 
off considerably before the winter. 
Again, where a breeding stock is kept, the offspring of which is 
sold in a store condition, as is the system pursued by Mr. Keene 
on his occupation, the returns shoAV an undue preponderance in 
favour of the holding. On the other hand, herds and flocks bred 
