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DORSET BARLEY AND WHEAT SINCE 1898. The following 

 table of prizes, with other particulars of growth, is supplied by 

 Rev. James Cross, of Sturminster Marshall, the " Dorset United 

 Farmers' Club " being a revival of a Barley Fair formerly held at 

 Dorchester. It is inserted here on account of the information 

 which it affords as to the effect of different seasons upon the 

 crops. 



The Tables of First Appearances, &c., are also appended: 



