'the Farm Prize Competition o/l892. 
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Other Crops. — The mangel (about 9 acres) were a very good 
plant, and just ready for singling. These get about 16 tons 
of farmyard manure and 3 to 4 cwt. of mangel manure per 
acre. About 8 acres of green-top turnip had been sown for 
early feed, and were a very regular plant. Some swedes had 
been put in and were just coming up. They were some 18 
inches apart in drills, and had been manured with about 12 tons 
of muck per acre and 2 cwt. of special turnip manure. The 
rest of the ground was manured in the same manner, and was 
being got ready to plant as soon as possible. Several of these 
fallows were not so free from twitch as we could have wished. 
Eighty-five acres of seeds, part of which is one year ley, were 
being saved for mowing ; it is rather variable in the different 
fields, in some instances promising a very good crop, and in 
others rather thin. The remainder, consisting of two and three 
years’ ley, was being grazed. 
The pasture is rather variable, some of it being very good 
grazing land, but on the lighter or thinner soil only of medium 
quality. 
A canal runs through the farm, and at a wharf on this, close 
to the engine house, coals are delivered. 
In concluding our remarks on this farm we think it only 
right to mention that Mrs. Thornley, who is a wonderful busi- 
ness woman, takes a large share in the management of the retail 
business, and keeps all the accounts in a very clear manner. 
Mr. Thornley is on excellent terms with his labourers, who 
last year subscribed for a marble dining-room clock, which they 
presented to him as a mark of appreciation of his kindness to 
them. 
Class I.— Third Prize Farm. 
Occupied Inj Mr. Joseph Hawhes, Bearley G^-ange, 
Stratford-on-Avon. 
The Third Prize iti Class I. has been awarded to Mr. Joseph 
Hawkes, whose farm lies within 4^ miles of Stratford-on-Avon, 
and about eight minutes’ ride by rail from that place. The 
station, which is the second from Stratford, is only about three 
minutes’ walk from the house. 
The farm consists of 177 acres of arable, and 44 acres of 
grass, held under Mr. Thomas Avery on lease, two years of which 
have still to run. On account of the bad times, Mr. Hawkes 
has been allowed 25 per cent, reduction in his rent. There is 
no doubt that Bearley Grange has been very much improved 
during the ten years’ occupancy of the present tenant. So clean 
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