Report on the Farm-Prize Competition of 1872. 281. 
Award op Prizes and Commendations. 
First Prize to Mr. William Savours Powell, Egl wysnunyd, near 
Taibach, Glamorgansliire. 
Second Prize to Mr. Valentine Parsons, Slough Farm, Caerwent, 
Monmouthshire. 
Highly Commended for clean and in other respects creditable 
farming : — 
Mr. Daniel Owen, Ash Hall, Cowbridge ; 
Mr. Michael Spencer, West Aberthaw, Cowbridge , 
Mr. Rees Thomas, Saint Athan, Cowbridge. 
Commended for certain special features in their management : — 
Mr. James Culverwell, Penrhos, near Abergavenny, Gla- 
morganshire, for varied improvements effected, during an eight 
years' tenancy, by the removal of dead and useless fences, and the 
levelling of unsightly banks and ditches ; also for the erection, 
partly at his own cost, of well-arranged additional buildings, and 
for his fine flock of Cotswold sheep. 
Mr. John Jones, of Panty-goetre, near Abergavenny, for his 
judicious selection and careful management of a very superior 
lot of grazing beasts, bought to fatten on deep, rich land. 
Mr. William Benjamin Roberts, of Lovestone, near Pembroke,, 
for his very creditable herd of Pembrokeshire cattle, and his ex- 
cellent flock of Cotswold and Leicester sheep. 
First Prize Farm. 
" Egl wysnunyd " is situated about four miles east of the towri 
of Aberavon, and is intersected by the road leading from Port 
Talbot to Bridgend. The farm comprises 419 acres, of which 
141 acres are arable, and 278 acres meadow and permanent 
pasture ; the latter including about 40 acres of rough cattle- 
ground, apparently reclaimed from the sea. The arable land is 
moderately light and easily tilled, but the grass land is of a 
colder and stiffer nature. This farm has been held by the same 
family since the year 1827, the present tenant, Mr. William 
Savours Powell, having succeeded his father four years ago as 
a yearly tenant. Much of the subsoil being clay and rather 
impervious gravel, a considerable portion of the farm has been 
under-drained. This operation was carried out by the late 
Mr, Powell, who, having pipes found by his landlord, did the 
cutting and carting of material at his own cost. Most of 
the fields are of large size, and suited to the acreage of the 
farm, one or two small enclosures being conveniently placed 
near the homestead. The greater part of the farm has a south- 
westerly aspect, sloping gently towards the Bristol Channel, from 
