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is taken cliiefly on land where turnips are fed on with sheep ; 

 the latter generally follows a wheat stubble. 



Splendid crops of beans and peas are to be seen, the soil being 

 suitable for pulse. 



The difficulty in growing roots seems to be to get the plant 

 forward into the broad leaf ; after that the crop is comparatively 

 safe. The principal part of Holderness is strong land ; hence 

 the amount of bare fallow to be found. 



Seeds, clover, &c., do well, and, generally speaking, yield a 

 large amount of produce. Very little hay is grown in the 

 district. 



3. Suitability of Live Stock. — It is found that to get good 

 shorthorns is most profitable, but large numbers of Irish cattle 

 are imported to feed. Nearly every farmer rears a certain 

 number of calves yearly, which keep him partly independent 

 of markets. The sheep are generally a cross between Leicester 

 and Lincoln ; the pure Leicester has been frequently tried, but on 

 this strong land was found much too tender, and required too 

 much nursing and attention. 



Though the sheep stock is a cross, great care is taken in pro- 

 curing rams from good and pure flocks. 



4. Management of Grass-land. — Almost the entire area is grazed 

 yearly with cattle, with the exception of small pieces, which are 

 hayed. We do not see how a better system of improving it can 

 be adopted than the present, namely, the use of cake, and also 

 every four or five years a top-dressing of farmyard manure, or a 

 mixture of bones and guano. The grass is not generally of 

 first-rate quality, but must improve under this treatment. 



5. State of Gates, Fences, Roads, and. General Neatness. — We 

 cannot pass too high an eulogium on the whole of the competitors 

 under this head, and we had great pleasure in highly commending 

 them, especially in this department. 



We might here note that through the whole estate of W. F. 

 Bethel, Esq., the gates, fences, &c., are all very neat. With 

 very few exceptions, the whole of Holderness is far above an 

 average. 



We feel that it has been a great pleasure to visit the competitors 

 for this prize, and we thank them most cordially for their great 

 kindness, and their readiness to furnish us with any information, 

 connected with their farms. 



(signed) R. H. Peaeson. 

 John Thompson. . 

 Hugh Stephenson. 



