The Fa/rm Prize Gomjpeiition of 1892, 
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fences (including some rush land converted into osier beds) a 
total area of four acres. All fences and gates are in excellent 
condition. 
Horses . — Fifteen cart horses are kept for working this farm. 
These are of a very useful description and in good condition, 
many of them possessing a good deal of the blood of the Shire 
horse, although not eligible for the Stud Book. Several young 
hunters and hackneys were seen running on the grass, and looked 
like growing into useful animals. Two milk- cart horses are 
kept, and one horse for the vegetable cart. 
Cattle . — At our first visit these numbered 102, namely : — 
68 milch cows. 
10 cows in-calf. 
18 heifers. 
4 steers. 
9 calves. 
3 hulls. 
Their breeding has been described in a previous para- 
graph. At our second visit the numbers were almost exactly 
the same, but several of the heifers were now in-calf, and the 
total amounted to 105. 
Sheep . — The ewes, 130 in number, are of the pure Shropshire 
breed, and were in good condition, feeding on the grass, and 
having about a quarter-pint of crushed oats per ewe. One hun- 
dred and seventy tegs of mixed breed were having cut roots and 
f lb, of cake per day. Fifteen fat sheep were ready for the 
butcher. Sixty of the forward tegs had been sold out fat before 
our second visit. 
Below are lists of the sheep at our two visits : — 
First Visit. 
Ewes 130 
Tegs 170 
Fat sheep . , , , 22 
Hams ..... 4 
326 
Second Visit. 
Ewes . . , 
Lambs . . , 
Fat tegs . . 
. . 100 
Unshorn . . 
. . 10 
Tup .... 
325 
Pigs . — Ten breeding sows are kept of the Yorkshire Large 
White breed, and 107 pigs of all ages up to 5 months old were 
fed for pork and sold at the local markets. 
No regular rotation of cropping is followed on this farm, the 
tenant taking a catch crop whenever available on land lying 
near the homestead or abutting on a canal. This is done in 
order that the land can be recouped for the extra crop by the 
supply of a large quantity of manure. That which is farther 
away and awkward-working land has been laid down by Mr. 
Thornley during the last three years, and looks like making 
