584 
The Farm Prize Gompetit ion of 1892. 
on our first visit, had been ploughed up, and Peas sown in their 
place. These were now looking remarkably well, and, like all 
the other crops, were very clean. The spring beans had every 
appearance of being an average crop. 
The Manpel were a nice plant, and were being cut out, a 
woman following each man to single as they went along. The 
crop was very clean. The Swedes were being sown on the day 
we went over the farm. 
The Grass land near the house is of poor quality, but that at 
a distance, about 26 acres, lying in the valley, is of very good 
quality ; 16 acres of this was shut up for mowing, and looked like 
cutting an average crop. 
Class III. — Eeserved Farm. 
Occupied by Mr. Charles Thornton, CurdAvorth, near 
Birmingham. 
The farm consists of 131 acres, 80 arable and 51 grass, and 
is held on a yearly tenancy from Lord Norton and other owners. 
The soil is sandy, with gravel and marl. 
The Birmingham and Fazeley Canal passes through the 
centre of the farm, and affords the same facilities for obtaining 
manure as was noted in the case of Mr. Willday. 
The Horses on this farm Avere young and useful ; the Cattle 
few in number, but a very fair sort. 
As regards the Sheep, the in-lamb ewes were of the Shrop- 
shii’e breed, well bred, and big. The tegs were a useful lot, 
but rather rough in the coat. No pigs were kept. The farm 
was most of it clean, and the fences Avere well kept. The farm 
buildings Avere not so good as they might haA^e been. 
]\Ir. Thornton makes a great feature of groAving potatoes, for 
Avhich he finds a ready market. 
The Judges feel that they cannot conclude their report with- 
out expressing their deep sense of the courtesy they experienced 
at the hands of each and every one of the competitors. This 
Avas not only evidenced in the great readiness with Avhich all 
necessary information Avas afforded, but also in the unbounded 
hospitality which was everywhere offered to them. Their visit 
to Wanvickshire Avill always be looked back upon by the Judges 
as a very pleasant episode. 
J. B. Ellis. 
