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TJie Farm Prize Competition 0/ 1891. 
wheat and bai'ley, and 11 pecks of oats, the distance of the 
drills being nine or ten inches, thus giving plenty of room to 
do any weeding required ; whilst the Judges could also, for the 
same reason, see and say that the corn was clean. 
The sheep pastures on June 15 were well stocked, but the 
strong clovers were completely master of the sheep, and looked 
better than some pieces do for moving ; rye-grass as a rule is 
not used nor liked, but 14 to 16 lb. of clover alone, viz., 6 lb. 
white clover, 4 lb. red, 2 lb. alsike, 2 lb. cow-grass. A piece 
for cutting green for the stock in the yard had been sown with 
5 lb. red, 5 lb. white, 5 lb. cow-grass, and 2 lb. Italian rye- 
grass, and was yielding a very heavy weight per acre, measuring 
over two feet high as it grew. 
The follovring is a list of all the stock on the farm, which 
varied slightly at the other visits, in consequence of the sale of 
some bullocks and fat hogs. 
28 Cows in calf or in milk. ] 10 Shire liorses. 
12 Heifers, bulled. [ 7 Clydesdales. 
54 Fat bullocks 2i to 3 years old. . 16 Hunters. 
34 Heifers and bullocks, rising 2 1 Hunter brood mare in foal. 
years. 1 Hack. 
23 Yearlings and calves. 1 Ponv. 
6 Bulls. — 
— 36 Horses. 
157 Cattle. 
80 Pure Leicester ewes in Iamb. 
14.5 Border Leicester ewes in lamb. 
403 Hoggets. 
8 Aged rams. 
COG Sheep. 
"With the exception of the cattle previously mentioned, and 
a grand lot even they are, the whole of the above stock is pure 
bred of its kind, being in the herd-book, or eligible. Each tribe, 
and in many cases each animal, has a history of its Gwn, aud 
would require a special article for its description, instead of a 
mere cursory glance such as this. 
The herd of Shorthorns consists of upwards of 50 head of all 
ages, entered and eligible for entry in the herd-book, from Lady 
I'atcly, now 16 years old, down to her own calf, which is the 
fourteenth she has bred and reared. This cow is half-sister to 
that world-renowned Lady Pamela, who Avon in prizes alone not 
less than 7oOl. Lady Gray, a magnificent specimen of the herd, 
is the dam of Lady Golightly, sold to go to South America for 
500 guineas. 
Lady Playful, Lady Alicia, Lady Louise, Lady Gray, and 
Lady Goliijhily, have all been Royal winners, and with them the 
