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pigs handled a trifle soft ; a mixture one-third barley, one-third 
wheat, and one-third maize is ground together, whilst about six 
hours before feeding whey is pumped from the dairy on to the 
mixture, and a good dash of “Uveco ” is added. Allusion must 
be made to the apple orchards, both cider and culinary, which 
were healthy and productive, and 350 of the trees planted 
by the tenant himself. Mr. King-Brain, who has served more 
than twenty years in the North Somerset Yeomanry and is now 
squadron sergeant-major, was congratulated by the Judges on 
gaining first place in a very strong class. 
The second prize went to Mr. Walter George Williams, of 
Elm Tree Farm, Portbury, Bristol. This is another holding on 
the Ashton Court Estate, and is situated about six miles west of 
Bristol on the road to Portishead and Clevedon. The homestead 
is pleasant, the buildings being fairly good, but the old cow- 
houses appeared defective in drainage and in ventilation, 
whilst in the new one the gutter was not sufficiently deep to 
admit of the cows lying clean. The farm is 248 acres in 
extent, of which 18 acres only are under the plough, so that 
no definite rotation is followed. The cropping however is very 
cleverly managed — peas, followed by cabbage, early potatoes 
followed by savoys, rye (for thatch) followed by swedes. The 
land was being kept clean under considerable difficulty from 
horse-tail, willow- weed, and may-weed, the first two indicating 
underground water. Mangolds were an exceptional plant, 
except where drilling had been delayed to conduct some trials 
for a manure company. There was a wonderful piece of 
Burgoyne’s Fife wheat but the tenant said he could only get 
an extra 6d. per quarter for it, though it is of an equal milling 
quality to Manitoba hard, worth in most years 3s. to 8s. more 
on Mark Lane. The grass land • lies very wet, but the grips are 
kept clean and open, and the thistles, which are very trouble- 
some, had already been cut twice (July). The meadows lie 
inconveniently wide, necessitating long lengths of occupation 
road (kept well stoned by the tenant), but Mr. Williams makes 
the best of the fields, by leaving in each a stack of hay for 
winter feeding. The hay might be cut earlier with advantage. 
It is his practice to treat the grass land with basic slag one 
time, and superphosphate the next, which, whilst unusual, is 
treatment which can be justified in theory, and in this case the 
results were excellent. 
Generally speaking the whole of the grass land was poor, so 
that all the more credit is due to Mr. Williams for his very fine 
herd of dairy Shorthorns. All of them are home-bred and 
about, fifty cows are milked for the Bristol trade. The Judges 
were impressed by the quality of cows and young stock alike, 
and they are evidence of the highest skill and care on the part 
