Report on the Farm-Prize Competition o/*1874- 575 



£ s. d. 



In 1871, 4 tons 26 



„ 1872, 7itons .... 22 10 

 ,, 1873, none used .... 000 

 „ 1874, 17 tons 98 17 



Total in four years . . . 147 7 



Corn and Cake. — A large quantity of the former is used, the 

 whole of the bean crop, a great portion of the barley and oats 

 consumed, and a great deal of maize also purchased. A detailed 

 account of the last three years' consumption will, I think, be 

 interesting : — 



1871. 



£ s. d. 



Cake, 21 tons 13 cwts 240 6 6 



Palm-nut meal ....... 12 10 



Maize, 141 quarters 248 4 



Bran 189 18 4 



Barley, 62 quarters 104 7 



Oats, 17 quarters 19 16 6 



Beans, 31 quarters 72 4 6 



Pea-husks, 50 quarters 27 10 



Also the produce of 55 acres of beans (say) 453 



£1367 16 10 

 1872. 



£ s. d. 



Value of corn, (Sec, consumed . . . 1196 17 9 



1873. 

 Value of corn, &c., consumed . . . 1433 14 



Labour. — There was a great deal of agitation among the 

 labourers in the Woburn district during the spring, and at our 

 inspection the farmers were every week expecting a strike, which 

 took place soon after we were there, but only on the farms of 

 Mr. Checkley and Mr. Crouch (the winner of the second prize). 

 The wages for ordinary labourers were then 13^. per week, and 

 , the demand was for an increase of '2s., which the farmers declined 

 to give, their proposal being to raise the wages 1^. per week, 

 but only on condition that the men left the union, which nearly 

 all had joined. After being out about ten weeks, during which 

 time Mr. Checkley had only a few men on the farm, nearly the 

 whole returned on his terms, and now appear to have settled quietly 

 to their work. Owing to the extra work involved in so large a 



