The Farm Prize Competition 0/ 1891. 
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the haulm, which if in good order makes good stuff for the cattle 
iu winter. This crop being got off early, an opportunity is afforded 
for cleaning the land ready for sowing with wheat. 
In the winter, about 40 ewes are kept on the turnips, and 
late in June 60 lambs were running with them on the seeds, 
which afforded good pasture. 
The lambs were an even lot, but the ewes were most of 
them exceedingly fat. They looked in much better condition 
than the lambs. 
This fact was noticed on many of the farms inspected, and 
may be a peculiarity of the season. My colleague, however, 
thought the reason was letting the ewes and lambs feed together, 
instead of allowing the lambs to run forward so as to get the 
best of the feed, and the ewes following. 
A large quantity of the " Fleshings " manure previously 
mentioned (page 519) was spread over the whole of the fallow 
land, some 113 tons being purchased this year, costing about 
13s. per ton at the neai'est station. 
Besides this, 10 loads of manure are put into the ridges for 
swedes, and 7 tons for white turnips, 5 cwt. of bone manure, 
costing 6/. ld.s. per ton, being sown with the seed. 
The Judges were much struck with the keeping qualities of 
the swedes on this and the adjoining farm, for although every 
other competitor complained of damage done by the frost, yet 
here the exception was to find one that was not sound. The pre- 
vious treatment was considered, but as field after field, although 
tilled differently, showed power to resist frost, the cause was put 
down to the mas^nesian limestone on which this land rests : at 
any rate, Mr. Stanley declares he will never store his swedes, 
except a certain proportion for the cattle in the yards. 
The potato land receives, besides 20 one-horse loads of dung, 
from 5 to 6 cwt. of bone manure. 
The potatoes, mangel, and swedes were showing fairly well 
in June, but the rains and sun together had so operated that a 
very nasty crust had formed on the land, which sadly needed 
breaking both by horse and hand. 
Nice pieces of wheat and oats were seen, the latter being 
sown on seed land, which in the winter was being most beauti- 
fully ploughed and pressed. 
The barley on some of the turnip land did not look so well 
as one would expect, being yellow and unkind, and perhaps a 
victim of the ungenial spring. 
The corn had been weeded once, and was going to be looked 
over again, as that persistent weed the ketlock (charlock) was 
showing itself afresh. 
