240 Farm Prize Competition^ 1912. 



few go to York, Kelso, &c. The best of the ewe lambs are 

 drafted into the flock. The feeding hoggs are purchased in 

 September and sold out from January to March, receiving | lb. 

 mixed cake, turnips, hay and as much oat straw as they can 

 eat. The ewes run on the grass land and Mr. Atkinson starts 

 to hand feed them at the beginning of January, The ewes and 

 lambs are on the seeds in summer, and the lambs have a creep 

 to cake troughs and receive about \ lb. daily. 



The Berkshire pigs looked good sorts. 



The poultry are all pure bred and bring in quite a lot of 

 money each year, eggs making up to 2d. each in winter and 

 very seldom less than \d. in summer. 



The standing wage for labourers is 17s. a week, and labour is 

 good and plentiful in the district. The following are the piece- 

 work prices on the farm : — Spreading manure and planting 

 potatoes, 5s. ^d. per acre ; hoeing turnips twice, 9s. per acre ; and 

 pulling swedes, '^s. per acre. The harvesters receive 20s. extra 

 for the season. Twelve men are regularly employed and extra 

 hands are taken on as occasion requires. There are seven 

 cottages on the farms and these the men inhabit rent free. 

 Labour here costs between 24s. and 25s. per acre, purchased 

 foods nearly 830^. per annum, (besides which the following 

 amounts of home-grown produce are consumed on the farm — 

 Oats, 250/. : beans, 40/. ; barley, 20/. ; wheat, 50/. and potatoes, 

 20/.) and artificial manures just over 210/. The farm was 

 occupied by Mr. Atkinson's grandfather, then by his father, 

 and Mr. Atkinson has held possession for the last seventeen 

 years. 



The buildings are very compact, in good condition and well 

 adapted for the purpose for which they are used. The stables 

 have plenty of light and air, and the outside yards are good. 

 Implements are good and well looked after and the general 

 appearance everywhere is neat and tidy. The cottages also are 

 well kept. Mr. Atkinson has made many improvements on the 

 farm including the following — Covered fold yards, erected 

 Dutch Barn, erected windmill for pumping water, piping and 

 connecting to troughs at Moor House Farm. Mr. Atkinson is 

 responsible for the upkeep of all buildings, &c., except for 

 damage done by storm. 



He is a keen farmer, a clever buyer, and makes full use 

 of his large knowledge of farming in general and stock in 

 particular. 



First Prize Farm in Class TV. 



Occupied by Mr. Ai^thur Green, Loiv House Farm, Sihden. 



This farm is situated about half a mile from Steeton and 

 Silsden station, and is held on a yearly tenancy under Lord 



