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lambs ; about half of these are sold as fat lambs to the London 
market before the middle of May, the remainder are kept to renew 
the flock, or to be sold as breeding ewes. The Judges were much 
struck, on their last visit, with a remarkably good lot of ewe lambs 
which were feeding on vetches, in which there were a small 
sprinkling of winter beans. Finer lambs could not be seen, and 
they were eating only a small quantity of malt-dust in addition 
to their green food. A large number of lambs are bought in 
addition to those bred, and the summer sheep stock of the farm 
frequently numbers 800. 
Mangolds and swedes had been sown as far as the sheep had 
fed off the green crops, but to a certain extent the roots are a 
failure this season. 
Mr. Latham keeps and fattens a great quantity of Berkshire 
pigs. They are of an excellent sort, and are a substitute to some 
extent for cattle in the making of manure. 
Mr. Latham's farm has some fine crops of wheat and beans 
upon it, but his roots are indifferent, and his straw is not made 
into very good manure for want of more cattle being kept in the 
winter season. 
Captain Dashwood's Farm. 
A Report upon the Farm-prize competition in the Oxford 
district would not be complete without some notice of Captain 
Dashwood's farms at Kirtlington. 
These are two farms which are held and worked together, and 
contain 1072 acres, of which 145 acres are meadow and pasture, 
leaving 927 acres of arable land. 
Kirtlington is about 10 miles north of Oxford, situated on 
rather high and exposed table-land. The soil is a thin loam of 
poor quality, resting on the stone or corn brash. 
There are two sets of buildings, one on each farm, most 
substantially built of stone and slate, containing ample barn and 
stable accommodation, with both open and covered yards, 
and loose boxes for cattle, and, in short, everything which can be 
required in a modern homestead. 
The course of cropping is a somewhat peculiar one ; this year 
the following crops were growing on the farm : — 
588 acres White Corn : Wheat, Barley, and Oats. 
73 „ Pulse. 
75 „ Seeds. 
147 „ lioots. 
883 
44 acres of Sainfoin. 
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