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The Judges were instructed especially to consider : — 



General Management with a view to profit. 



System of cropping ; cleanliness and management of both Arable and 



Grass Land. 

 Quality and suitability of Live-stock, especially that bred upon the Farm. 

 State of Gates, Fences, Roads, General Neatness, and state ot Cottage or 



Cottages, so far as Tenant is liable. 

 Management of the Dairy and Dairy Produce, where Dairying is pursued. 

 The duration of the tenancy. 

 Mode of Book-keeping followed (if any). 



The gentlemen appointed to judge the farms were : — 



For Classes I. and II. — Mr. Henry Giles, Norwich ; Mr. 

 Henry Hawking, Avondale, Easingwold, Yorks. 



For Classes III., IV. and V. — Mr. George Harrison, 

 Gainford Hall, Darlington ; Mr. George G. Rea, 

 Middleton, Wooler, Northumberland. 



The number of entries received was as follows : — Class I., 

 17 entries ; Class II., 9 entries ; Class III., 10 entries ; Class 

 IV., 10 entries ; Class V., 3 entries. 



The awards will be found on p. Ixxxv. 



The farms entered were good representatives of their respec- 

 tive classes and produced keen competition. This report deals 

 with some only of the best of the farms seen, and is not in any 

 sense a report upon the farming of the county, which is of a 

 varied and extensive character. A report upon the general 

 farming of the County of Yorkshire, possessing as it does more 

 acres (3,882,851) than there are letters in the Bible (3,566,480), 

 would require a volume to itself. 



Taking the farming as seen, it may be summarised as being 

 good and sound, while not presenting any very marked charac- 

 teristics. There was, so to speak, nothing new, the guiding 

 principle being a whole-hearted faith in old and well tried 

 methods. 



The warp land farm of Mr. Coleman, at Eastoft, presented 

 features of peculiar interest and exceptional character which 

 have to be seen to be appreciated. This was a curious farm 

 to judge along with others, and this fact must be considered 

 rather as a misfortune than as a fault, in connection with Mr. 

 Coleman's place in the awards. An interesting feature was 

 the general appreciation of the truly helpful work amongst 

 farmers that is being done by the Yorkshire College at Leeds, 

 both by way of demonstration and by classes for farmers' sons, 

 arranged for convenient periods. 



It is always refreshing to see the great interest which the 

 north-connti-y horse keeper takes in his horses and their gears, 

 and the resultant well-groomed, well-cared-for appearance. 



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