254  Farm  Prize  Competition , 1910. 
Detailed  records  are  kept,  arid  a scrupulous  cleanliness  observed 
which  called  for  special  commendation  by  the  Judges. 
Three  or  four  young  cows  are  kept,  and  sold  off  at  third  or 
fourth  calf  to  dairymen.  Surplus  milk  at  the  week  end  is  sold 
at  the  door  at  Is.  per  gallon.  During  the  week  the  cream  is 
churned  and  the  butter  sold  at  Is.  3 d.  to  Is.  4 d.  per  lb.,  the 
skim  milk  going  to  the  calves. 
About  sixty  or  seventy  head  of  poultry  are  kept  and  usually 
some  eighty  or  a hundred  chickens  reared  every  year.  All  the 
cockerels  are  sold  off  at  from  8d.  to  9 d.  per  lb.  live  weight. 
Eggs  are  collected  daily,  the  annual  average  for  the  last  three 
years  being  6,800.  Some  are  sold  privately  at  retail  prices, 
others  are  taken  regularly  every  week  by  a dairyman  at  local 
market  prices.  Old  hens  are  sold  off  in  August  every  year. 
The  receipts  from  the  smaller  sources  of  income  amount  to 
about  120Z.  per  annum. 
Fruit  from  a small  orchard  is  sold  retail  at  the  door,  and  in 
larger  quantities  to  greengrocers.  Fifty-four  young  dwarf  apple 
trees  were  planted  last  year. 
The  tenant  is  not  responsible  for  the  upkeep  of  buildings, 
cottages,  or  gates.  The  landlord  supplies  gates  and  posts,  but 
the  tenant  fixes  them  and  paints  them  with  paint  supplied  by 
the  landlord.  The  tenant  is  responsible  for  the  upkeep  of  the 
accommodation  roads, and  is  jointly  responsible  with  the  landlord 
for  the  drainage,  the  landlord  supplying  tiles  and  the  tenant 
the  labour.  The  tenant  is  responsible  for  the  trimming  and 
cleaning  of  the  fences,  which  are  very  well  done,  the  landlord 
supplying  the  necessary  quicks.  Tenant’s  responsibilities  are 
well  carried  out. 
The  general  management  is  good  ; cultivations  good  ; land 
clean  : the  stock  good  and  suitable  ; hedges  well  done  ; whole 
farm  is  neat  and  tidy  ; accounts  are  well  and  carefully  kept  ; 
horses  very  good  and  well  looked  after  : poultry  management 
very  good  ; up  to  date  in  method  and  well  abreast  of  the 
times. 
The  Judges  complimented  Mr.  Almond  on  his  enterprise  in 
the  cauliflower  industry. 
First  Prize  Farm  in  Class  III. 
Occupied  by  Mr.  Thomas  C.  Goodwin , of  Henhull  Hall , 
Nantuich. 
This  farm  is  held  on  a yearly  tenancy  under  H.  J. 
Tollemache,  Esq.,  of  Dorfold  Hall,  and  consists  of  209  acres, 
made  up  of  64  acres  of  arable  and  145  acres  of  pasture  and  old 
mowing  land. 
