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Farm  Prize  Competition,  1910. 
The  chief  sources  of  income  on  this  farm  are  corn,  hay, 
cattle,  milk,  horses,  and  stud  fees. 
Mr.  Raingill  is  a great  believer  in  an  implement  called  the 
drill  harrow,  a wooden  implement  with  spikes  on  the  underside, 
which  while  having  the  effect  of  disturbing  the  ground,  does 
not  expose  it  too  much  to  the  sun. 
The  labour  bill  amounts  to  5007.  ; purchased  foods  to  7007., 
and  manures  to  1037.  per  annum. 
Second  Prize  Farm  in  Class  IV. 
Occupied  by  Mr.  Thomas  Croskell,  of  Bank  House  Farm, 
Glasson  Dock,  near  Lancaster, 
Consists  of  30  acres  arable  and  66  acres  grass,  held  on  a yearly 
tenancy  from  Mr.  Robert  Clark. 
A four-course  system  of  rotation  is  followed  : — 
Seeds 
I 
Oats 
I 
Green  Crops 
I 
Wheat  or  Barley  undersown  with  “ Seeds.” 
There  are  9 acres  of  oats  (some  of  which  is  after  rape  fed 
on  by  sheep),  2 of  wheat,  4 of  barley,  2 of  potatoes  (“  Scotch 
Up-to-Date  ” and  “ Triumph  ” varieties),  \ acre  of  mangold, 
and  2 acres  of  turnips. 
Five  and  a half  acres  of  first  year  clover  land  for  hay  is 
dressed  with  farmyard  manure. 
The  seed  mixture  consists  of  7^  lb.  of  red  clover,  4 lb.  of 
cow-grass,  4 lb.  of  alsike,  and  1^  bushels  of  Italian  rye-grass. 
About  15  tons  of  farmyard  manure  is  given  to  the  root 
crop,  which  is  top-dressed  with  nitrate  of  soda. 
The  potatoes  are  manured  with  20  tons  of  farmyard  manure 
and  1 cwt.  of  nitrate  of  soda  per  acre. 
The  permanent  pasture  receives  5 cwt.  per  acre  of  dissolved 
bones  and  2 cwt.  of  superphosphate  from  time  to  time  in  the 
autumn. 
The  stock  consists  of  twenty  cows  in-milk  and  in-calf,  six 
three-year-old  heifers,  six  two-year-old  heifers,  and  seventeen 
calves.  All  the  cattle  on  the  farm  have  been  bred  by  the 
tenant,  with  the  exception  of  two  cows. 
For  the  first'  five  weeks  the  calves  receive  whole  milk, 
afterwards  they  have  whey  with  ground  wheat.  Four  young 
bulls  are  reared  each  year. 
The  sheep  consist  of  twenty  ewes,  ten  hoggets,  and  thirty-one 
lambs. 
