280  Farm  Prize  Competition,  1909. 
at  night  during  the  summer.  Winter  and  summer  the  working 
horses  have  a mixed  ration  consisting  of  7 bushels  oats,  1 sack 
sharps,  and  1 sack  bran  per  week  amongst  the  seven  of  them, 
a little  more  being  given  them  when  working  very  hard. 
They  are  of  the  Shire  type  and  are  just  useful  working 
horses. 
Mr.  Matthews  is  under  contract  to  supply  50  gallons  of 
cold  milk  daily,  to  be  delivered  2^  miles  from  home,  at  a price 
which  averages  Id.  per  gallon  for  the  summer  months  and  8(i. 
for  the  winter  months.  For  this  purpose  thirty  dairy  cows  are 
kept.  During  summer  when  at  pasture  the  cows  receive 
per  head  3 lb.  cotton  cake.  The  winter  ration  consists  of 
^ cwt.  mangold,  3 lb.  mixed  bean  and  barley  meal,  2 lb.  cotton 
cake,  2 lb.  sharps,  and  1 lb.  linseed  cake  per  head,  with  as 
much  chaff  and  hay  as  they  will  clean  up.  This  ration  is 
for  cows  in  full  milk,  and  is  afterwards  slightly  reduced. 
Approximately  equal  milking  is  practised  during  summer,  viz., 
at  6 a.m.  and  5 p.m.  During  winter  milking  takes  place  at 
6 a.m.  and  4 p.m.  Seven  or  eight  cSilves  are  weaned  each 
summer  when  the  milk  is  plentiful,  and  these  are  kept  to 
go  into  the  dairy  herd.  The  sheep  were  all  bought  in,  and 
comprised  ten  ewes,  fifty  tegs,  and  forty  lambs.  They  are 
bought  in  for  the  purpose  of  folding  on  the  catch  crops  and 
roots  land  and  being  sold  off  fat.  The  corn  and  cake  supplied 
to  the  young  sheep  is  half-and-half  split  beans  and  linseed 
cake.  The  ewes  receive  ^ lb.  Egyptian  cotton  cake  and  ^ lb. 
linseed  cake.  Three  breeding  sows  are  kept.  After  leaving 
the  sow  the  young  pigs  are  fed  up  on  sharps  and  beans,  and 
sold  at  five  or  six  months  old. 
The  tenant  is  responsible  for  fences  and  occupation  roads, 
and  these  were  in  good  order. 
Artificial  manures  cost  251.  per  annum  ; purchased  foods 
amount  to  305/.  per  annum,  and  labour  to  320/. 
Hoeing  mangolds  and  turnips  is  paid  for  at  12s.  per  acre — 
twice  over — the  third  hoeing,  if  necessary,  being  done  by  day 
work.  Ditching  is  done  at  2d.  or  3d.  per  perch,  and  hedge 
layering  at  6d.  to  Is.  per  perch. 
This  farm  is  characterised  by  perfectly  clean  land,  good 
cultivations,  healthy  crops,  and  economical  management  all 
round,  all  of  which  are  productive  of  good  results. 
Class  III. — First  Prize  Farm. 
Occupied  by  Mr.  Benjamin  DudfieM,  Frampton  Farm, 
Toddington,  Winchcomhe,  Gloucestershire. 
This  farm  is  held  on  a yearly  tenancy  under  Hugh 
Andrews,  Esq.,  and  has  been  occupied  by  Mr,  Dudfield  for 
