224 WESTMORLAND AGRICULTURE, 1800— 1900 



The manures bought during the past four years were :- 



Guano, 6 tons 9 cwt. ^52 4 o 



Best manure . . . . . . . . . . 23 10 o 



Lime, 860 bushels . . . . . . . . 43 o o 



;£ir8 14 o 

 Four acres of land were covered with 750 carts of clay. 



In 1848 J. Scott, of Greenhead, 220 acres, won, of which : — 



28 acres were oats. 

 30 „ turnips. 



25 ,, barley. 



2 ,, wheat. 



I ,, was potatoes, and the remainder were pasture and 



meadow. 



In 1846 a prize was offered for turnips, and the following entries 

 show the extent of turnips growing in the district covered by the 

 Society 



About 1850 the early glory of the Burton Show began to wane, 

 and as a similar process was at work in the MUnthorpe Society, 

 an amalgamation of the two took place in 1857, the show being held 

 alternately at Burton and Milnthorpe. In 1862 the classes for sheep 

 were (i) Improved breed, (2) South down or Shropshire, and (3) Crag 

 breed in two classes, for which there were 12 competitors. At this 

 show R. Parker exhibited his mowing machine. 



