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TJie Farm Prize Compeliiion 0/ 1891. 
The homestead, which is commodious for the size of the farm, 
is on the south side of the tigh road, where also is most of the 
grass land. 
The land seems to naturally divide itself into three different 
portions : first, the grass-land near the house and the river Don, 
whose hanks are occasionally known to be overflown, and being 
rather muddy at such times the deposit left, if in summer, rather 
foils the herbage. Otherwise, as at the April visit, a good piece 
