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1. That the farm is not less than 200 acres in extent. 



2. That it is held by a tenant-farmer, paying a bond fide 

 rent for not less than three-fourths of the land in his occupation. 



3. That the whole of the land in the occupation of the com- 

 petitor within the area of competition is entered. 



Our first inspection took place in the end of February, the 

 second in the second week in July. It impressed us so favour- 

 ably that we felt it our duty to go over the whole again in July. 



Our instructions were to judge the farms with reference to 

 their superiority under the following heads : — 



1. General management with view to profit. 



2. Productiveness of crops. 



3. Goodness and suitability of live stock. 



4. Management of grass land. 



5. State of gates, fences, roads, and general neatness. 



AWAEDS. 



Prize of lOOZ. to William Graves Walgate, of West Hill 

 Farm, Aldborough. 



Highly commended : — Mr. Charles Lambert, of Sunk Island ; 

 Peter Dunn, Pasture House, Sigglesthorne ; George England, 

 Carlton, Coniston, Holderness. For general good management, 

 especially for excellence in gates and fences. 



Prize Farm. 



West Hill is situated about 2 miles from the small town of 

 Aldborough and 13 miles north-east from Hull, which is the 

 market-town ; the produce is carted 4 miles to Whitedale Station. 

 The farm contains 320 acres of arable and 140 of grass land, and 

 with the exception of about 50 acres of light land is all strong, 

 with a clay marl subsoil. The whole of the strong land has 

 been under-drained at a depth of 3 feet and width of 24 feet. 



Mr. Walgate holds the land from year to year from the trustees 

 of St. Thomas's Hospital. He has now been tenant for 26 years, 

 and though having neither lease nor tenant-right, feels every 

 confidence in his landlords. The land is managed as a rule on 

 the five-course system. Mr. Walgate has the power to deviate 

 from this ; but from long experience he has found it most profit- 

 able. The cropping is as follows : — 



1. Turnips or fallow. 



2. Barley, oats, and wheat, with seeds sown. 



3. Seeds, grazed. 



4. Wheat. 



5. Oats, beans, and peas. 



