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The Farm Prize Camj^etition of 1892. 
cake, clover stover being giv'en long in the bins. On our second 
visit there were 116 ewes and 179 lambs, and, up to May 1, 
none of the latter had been lost, though since then one had died. 
There was no loss of ewes in lambing, but two have died since ; 
their lambs are, however, alive. One of the ewes in this flock 
had produced twelve lambs in three years, viz., five, four, three. 
Of the seventy-eight ewes and cull tegs not one had been lost 
since August last. 
Fi'ja. — One sow and about fourteen pigs and their produce 
are kept, and generally fatted off. 
Wheat. — One field of Square-head wheat, after four years’ 
turf, being on rather a scaldy piece of land, had felt the effects 
of the drought severely in some places, but on the other part, 
where a deeper staple prevailed, a fine crop was growing. Some 
patches of foul grass were found in this field. The other field 
was of Keedy Eed wheat, sown at the rate of three bushels per 
acre, part after tui’f and part after beans, the former looking v’ery 
well and likely to make a full crop. The latter was a thinner 
crop, and by no means clean. About four acres of spring wheat 
after mangel promised well. 
Barley. — The barley after swedes jiartly fed off by sheep was 
a nice crop, but showed plainly where the fold had been in the 
very wet weather in the winter. This was laid down with the 
following mixture of seeds: — 14 lb. red clover, 1 lb. alsike, 
1 lb. trefoil, 1 peck of Pacey’s rye-grass, and 1 peck of Italian 
rye-grass. These were now well planted. 
Beans and Peas were very clean, and bade fair to make a good 
crop. Only a small acreage was planted with Oats., and these, 
being on rather a veiny piece of land, showed the effects of the 
drought in many places. 
The Seeds had been fed down with sheep till so late in 
the season, that, though tight at the bottom, they must cut a 
small yield of hay. 
Three acres of Mangel., which were a very nice plant, and 
free from weeds, were now being singled. These, like all others 
visited, had not escaped the ravages of the maggot. The Swedes 
were sown on ridges 20 inches apart, and were up well. 
4'he white turnips had not been sown. 
Grass hmd.. — Round the house the grass land is of very nice 
quality, but as one gets farther awmy on the hill, it does not 
appear so good, though all is very healthy for sheep. The low- 
lying meadows by the side of the Learn, being liable to flood, 
are mown every year. 
