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Farm Prize Competition , 1908. 
Cattle. — Sixty-two cows, six young calves, and twelve 
steers. The sixty-two Shorthorn cows are a really good lot of 
well-bred animals, with good udders. They are all bought in 
fresh calved, or when just about to calve. The feeding of the 
cows is as follows when on grass : — Pea-meal, grains, and 
cotton cake. Some cows are kept eight months only, while 
others keep their place in the herd for a much longer period. 
Mr. Reay finds that with heavy feeding cows do not milk so 
well when they come to calve a second time as they do when 
they first come in. Cows milking badly are fattened off for 
the butcher, and as the cows are highly fed this does not take 
long. A most complete dairy account is kept and a milk 
record, so that the yield of each cow is known from day to day. 
During the winter months the cows lie indoors, water being 
laid on, in front of them. The winter feed for sixty-two cows 
is as follows, per day : — 56 stones pea-meal (with chaff), 25 
bushels of grains, 62 stones of hay, and 248 stones of turnips. 
The cows are milked at 4.30 a.m. and 1 p.m. They are fed at 
6.30, 10 o’clock, 2.30, and 5.30. No straw is cut for the cows, 
but all the chaff is bagged from the threshings and steamed 
with the meal ; long hay is also given. 
Sheep. — The only sheep on the farm are those taken in on 
agistment on the aftermath at 4 d. per head per week. Mr. 
Reay does not keep the sheep after the “ fogs ” are done, 
preferring to rest all his grass land in the winter. 
Buildings. — The buildings and stack-yard were kept in a 
very tidy condition, the building of the corn-stacks being 
particularly good, reflecting great credit on Mr. Reay’s 
servants. The implements were good and well taken care of. 
The cow-sheds are rather old-fashioned, but in a scrupu- 
lously clean condition. 
The land generally was clean, and the hedges tidy and in 
good order. The corn crops seen looked well, and the seeds 
very good indeed, particularly one field of 40 acres, which 
had been top-dressed this season. 
The great length of service of those employed by Mr. Reay 
speaks well for the cordial surroundings of the farm. 
The Judges desire to express their appreciation of the 
courtesy and hospitality shown by all the competitors, and 
to thank them for information readily given to the writer 
when preparing this Report. H. HOGG. 
Woburn Experimental Farm, 
Aspley Guise, R.S.O. 
We subscribe to the foregoing Report — 
John Evens, 
William Hindmarsh. 
