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Report on the Farm-Prize Competition, 1870. 
generally adopted would be the heiglit of folly. First say lohere 
you are to farm before 3 ou can say hoio you are to farm ; for 
althougli the four-course rotation succeeds remarkably well at 
Ardlcy, different soils and different circumstances may require an. 
essentially different system. 
Second Prize Fakm. 
I will next describe the farm of Mr. Treadwell, of Upper 
Winchenden, near Aylesbury, Bucks, to which the Judges 
awarded the second prize of 50/., given by the Royal Agricultural 
Society. 
Tliis farm contains 420 acres, 180 of which are arable land 
and 240 pasture. The map which accompanies this report shows 
that Kimmeridge clay, with a thin band of alluvium running 
through it, extends from Aylesbury to Thame, and thus embraces- 
the whole district in which Upper Winchenden is situated. 
The road from Thame to Aylesbury runs in a north-easterly 
direction through the farm, leaving the greater portion with the 
homestead on the east side .of it. The farm is undulating, 
almost hilly, and the whole of the arable land is on the high 
ground, intersected by the road, or on the slopes which run 
down to the meadows and pastures of the valley. The soil of 
the arable portion may be described as rather a strong clay loam 
of good quality, but varying very much in depth, being very 
thin on some of the brows of the hills. The pasture land is 
of that kind known as good dairy land, but not strong enough 
to fatten cattle. 
The farm is held under a yearly agreement from the Duke of 
Marlborough, and there are compensating clauses for manures 
on leaving. 
Mr. Treadwell has only occupied it for five years from Michael- 
mas last. The house and buildings are nearly new, and are 
substantially built of brick and slate. Besides the home build- 
ings there are some detached old premises, which are very useful- 
for young cattle and sheep. 
The arable land is farmed upon a six-course rotation as 
follows : — 
1st. Roots. — 12 acres. Mangold wurzel heavily manured. 
4 „ B.ye, eaten off, manured, and sown with 
mangolds. 
8 ., Winter tares, eaten off, manured, and 
sown with swedes. 
G Spring tares, fed off, manured, and sown, 
— with turnips. 
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