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The 'Farm Prize Competition o/1892. 
a very serious consideration, Mr, Thornley lias found it neces- 
sary, in order to economise time and diminisli expense (the exist- 
ing buildings being quite inadequate), to erect a large building 
with the requisite machinery at his own cost, with the 
consent of his landlord, and on liberal terms in the event 
of his severing his tenancy. A range of shedding has been 
built 121 feet long and 24 feet G inches wide, in which hay and 
straw can be stored in large quantities. There is also a six-horse 
Tangye Cornish boiler and a fixed horizontal engine, with the 
usual shaftings and connections. This drives a Maynard’s chaff- 
cutter, a pair of Derbyshire stones, a Barford and Perkins 
grist mill, with elevator to same, root cleaner and pulper, cake 
crusher, and dressing machine, with elevator and weighing 
machine combined. Supplied from the boilers by underground 
pipes are chaff chambers, mash steamers, water furnaces, pig- 
food steamers, &c. Particular care is given to the thorough 
cleaning and steaming of milk churns and other dairy appliances. 
This has been done at a cost of 800Z. Mr. Thornley, in the 
course of the summer, when brewers’ grains are cheap, enters 
into a contract for the supply of about 10,000 bushels of this 
article. These are stored in a silo and kept for use in the 
winter season, when, mixed with cut straw, hay, and a few roots 
and meal, they form the principal food of the cows — three feeds 
daily being given. They have a little long hay at night. The 
cows intended for the butcher have an additional supply of 
linseed and cotton cakes. These are kept in the sheds all the 
year round, getting green vetches and clover carted to them. 
The cost of purchased foods, including grains, amounts to the 
large sum of 1,200Z. About fourteen heifer calves from selected 
cows are reared annually. 
Twenty or thirty acres of peas are growm for picking for 
market, the varieties grown being First Early Eclipse or Im- 
proved Leicester Defiance, the Prince of Wales, and the FTe 
Plus Ultra for latest. Ten acres are devoted to other garden 
produce, for which a good demand is maintained. The advan- 
tage of daily delivery direct from the farm to the shops is most 
convenient to purchasers ; and the vegetables being in a fresh 
condition, best prices are obtained. 
Of course, the carrying on of these two branches of the 
business necessitates the expenditure of a large amount in 
labour, the bill for which has grown from 800L in 1889 to 
1,300?. in 1891, but the sales of milk and vegetables have 
increased in the same period from 2,100?. to 3,000?. 
At various times during his tenancy, as 0 ]iportunity has 
occurred, Mr, Thornley has reclaimed from the sides of his 
