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Farm  Prize  Competition , 1910. 
Second  Prize  Farm  in  Class  I. 
Occupied  by  Mr.  W.  H.  Carter , of  Moss  Hall,  Carrington , 
Manchester. 
This  farm  is  rented  from  the  Manchester  Corporation  under 
yearly  tenancy,  and  consists  of  320  acres  arable  and  20  acres 
grass.  The  produce  is  all  sold  off,  with  the  exception  of  such 
as  is  required  for  the  farm,  and  is  conveyed  by  road  to  Man- 
chester, and  to  more  distant  towns  by  rail,  to  which  the  farm 
has  a private  siding. 
The  four-course  system  of  cropping  is  followed  : — 
Clover 
I 
Oats 
I 
Potatoes 
I 
Wheat. 
Occasionally  a crop  of  potatoes  is  taken  after  the  clover 
instead  of  oats.  The  acreages  of  the  different  crops  in  1910 
were  : Wheat,  72  acres  ; potatoes,  88  acres ; oats,  72  acres  ; 
clover,  88  acres  ; mangold,  1 acre  ; grazing  land,  25  acres. 
The  mixture  for  one  year’s  ley  is  as  follows  : 10  lb.  of  clover 
and  16  lb.  of  grasses  (made  up  of  3 lb.  of  broad  red  English 
clover,  3 lb.  of  Canadian,  3 lb.  of  Chilian  coAv-grass,  1 lb.  of 
giant  white  clover,  7 lb.  of  Italian  rye-grass,  7 lb.  of  perennial 
rye-grass,  and  2 lb.  of  timothy).  These  seeds  are  mown  for 
hay  twice  in  the  one  season,  after  which  they  are  ploughed  up 
and  the  land  sown  with  oats,  and  so  follow  on  with  the  rotation 
of  cropping.  The  seeds  were  very  good. 
Thirty  acres  of  clover  were  dressed  with  12  tons  of  manure 
to  the  acre,  and  58  acres  with  3 cwt.  of  superphosphate  early 
in  March,  followed  in  April  with  3 cwt.  of  concentrated 
manure,  £ cwt.  of  sulphate  of  potash,  and  ^ cwt.  of  sulphate 
of  ammonia,  these  three  being  mixed  together.  The  last- 
mentioned  dressing  costs  about  25s.  per  acre,  and  in  an 
average  season  will  yield  a cut  of  3 tons  of  clover  hay  per 
acre  all  round. 
The  varieties  of  oats  sown  are  Garton’s  Improved  Abund- 
ance and  the  Yielder.  This  latter  variety  will  (in  Mr.  Carter’s 
opinion)  take  the  place  of  Abundance,  as  it  stands  better  and 
yields  extreme^  well. 
Eleven  acres  of  Garton’s  Improved  Abundance  oats  after 
two  years’  ley,  top-dressed  in  March  with  \ cwt.  of  sulphate 
of  ammonia,  \ cwt.  of  sulphate  of  potash,  2 cwt.  of  super- 
phosphate, and  2 cwt.  of  concentrated  manure,  were  excellent, 
and  quite  the  best  seen  by  the  Judges, 
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