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skill in farming it. Lower down there was a fine aftermath of 
clover on which to tup the ewes, and it was all the more 
remarkable seeing that the tenant stole a hay crop from it aftei 
harvest in 1912. In places a good deal of the parasite Broom- 
Tape was noticed on the clover, which is usually due to impuie 
seed 
The grass land has to a large extent been laid down by the 
tenant himself, using an ordinary one-year mixture with the 
addition of some white clover, and a little cocksfoot. This has 
proved very successful, but the custom of alternate haying and 
grazing which is pursued has nothing to recommend it. borne 
kainit dressings have been applied, and as might be expected 
on this chalk soil, the effects have been very noticeable. The 
down-land grass showed small patches of carnation-grass and 
small sedges where the water lay, and the paddock neai the 
house contained a good many thistles. (A well-known land- 
owner in the East Midlands has been very successful m 
reducing the numbers of this horrible weed by drawing them 
with flat iron pincers on wooden handles ; the men are able to 
cover as much ground as with spuds. Creeping thistles are 
killed by dressings of salt.) n m , , 
The farm horses are of a useful class, and Mr. Tory breeds 
a few light horses to sell for hunters, having a particularly good 
looking mare which has bred him a foal for several years. The 
cattle are kept for milk, and at three different yards Mr. Tory 
milks about 150 cows for the sea-side market (Bournemouth). 
There were some grand cows in the herd one a beautiful 
Barrington — but whilst being in every way workmanlike, the 
herd as a whole lacked type. Scotch bulls had been used to 
get some of the cows, and they showed it in their splendid 
spread of rib ; this suggested the reflection that the effect on 
their milking qualities might be less desirable, but the tenant 
had not noticed any such tendency. The milk sent away 
averages about 350 gallons per day the year round. The 
Judges gave high praise to Mr. Tory’s registered flock of 560 
Hampshire ewes. In April these were folded on 3b acres of 
clover and sainfoin together with their lambs and 1<S6 shearling 
ewes — in all, 1,323 sheep in four folds. After shearing, the 
lambs are weaned and go on to vetches. All the three-shear 
ewes are drafted, so that an entirely young flock is maintained, 
the uniform type and quality of which may be inferred from 
the fact that two-thirds of the male drop are left for rams and 
no fewer than sixty of them had been sold for an average price 
of 10Z. by July. The Judges remarked that this nock is 
u managed to perfection.’ £ . ,i 
The second prize in this class was awarded to a farm with 
hardly a single point of resemblance to that of Mr. Tory. T le 
