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interesting development, and one which will probably spread 
all over the country before very long. Competition was less 
keen in this class than in some others, and the Judges had 
no difficulty in placing Mr. Broughton at the head. 
Second prize went to Mr. James Marshall, of Ham Farm, 
Wraxall. The farm is situated about seven miles west of 
Bristol, midway between that city and the seaside town of 
Clevedon, and may fairly be described as an ideal little place. 
It comprises about 96 acres, of which 82 are grass, and the 
management is mainly to produce milk for Bristol. The arable 
land was clean, and there was a fine piece of wheat, but it was 
not otherwise remarkable considering that practically one-half 
is always under a cleaning crop. The whole of the pastures 
and meadows contrasted very favourably with those adjacent 
to them, and showed what good management can do in the 
improvement of grass land. The thistles are well kept under, 
and a small uncut corner in an adjoining field showed how bad 
they could be. The meadow land is manured each year, and is 
further improved by caking sheep upon it. By laying it in 
early, and by mowing it early, and further, by “topping” the 
pastures in years of abundant growth, the weeds and some of 
the less useful grasses are stopped from seeding. 
The dairy herd and all the young stock were a particularly 
fine lot to meet with on a holding of this size. The cows are 
good dual purpose cattle, milking and producing good steers. 
A Dutch bull bought cheap had been used on some of the cows 
a few years ago, and the Dutch steers thus got were very 
inferior in appearance to the Shorthorns. The bull in service 
was bought at Birmingham and was very handsome, but Mr. 
Marshall knew nothing of his breeding, and from his beef 
appearance the Judges remarked that there was considerable 
danger of his spoiling the milking properties of the herd. The 
cowshed and other buildings are convenient, and the fact that 
the farm is on the water-main is of considerable advantage in 
refrigerating the milk. 
For pigs, Mr. Marshall likes a Tamworth cross. 
Altogether- a nice holding, well farmed, and wonderfully 
stocked. ' 
It is not possible to draw any general conclusions as to the 
farming of so wide a district from the inspection of specially 
selected farms, nor is it within the scope of such a report as 
this to attempt anything of the kind, but there are two things 
by which the enquirer cannot fail to be impressed and which 
may very well be noted here. The first is only what would be 
expected in a review of prize-winning farms, namely the very 
