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456 Small Holdings, Bath and West Snow. [Aug., 



SMALL HOLDINGS SECTION AT THE 

 BATH AND WEST SHOW. 



The Bath and West and Southern Counties Society was the 

 first of the big agricultural societies to act upon the suggestion of 

 the Ministry of Agriculture that they should include in their 

 programme special sections for the small cultivator. This they 

 did recently in connection with their Bristol Meeting in June 

 by devoting a section to the interests of the small man on the 

 land. A Sub-Committee was appointed to deal with the Small 

 Holdings Section and the result was the institution of com- 

 petitions for the best managed small holdings and allotments, 

 an exhibition of matters of special interest to the small cultivator, 

 and an educational programme of instruction. The competitions 

 were judged by Mr. A. K. White, Chairman of the Wiltshire 

 Acrriculture Committee and a member of the Bath and West 

 •Council. The classes and awards were as follows : — 



Class 1. — Small holding of over 15 acres and under 50 acres in Gloucester- 

 shire or Somerset (open class). Prizes, £15 ; £7 ; £3. 

 (2 entries) — 



1. H. Symes, Orchard Farm, Pilning, Bristol ; 24 acres. 



2. B. Stephens, Court Farm, Watchett, Somerset; 48 acres. 

 Class 2. — Small holding of over 1 acre and not more than 15 acres in 



Gloucestershire or Somerset (open class). Prizes, £10 ; £5; 

 £2. (1 entry)— 

 2. P. Y. Smith, The Laurels, Parson Street, Bedminster, 

 Bristol ; lOh acres. 



•Class 3. — Small holding of over 15 acres and under 50 acres in Gloucester- 

 shire (open to ex-service men only). Prizes, £15 ; £7 ; £3. 

 (3 entries) — 



1. H. Symes, Orchard Farm, Pilning, Bristol; 24 acres. 



2. A. J, Newman, Court Farm, Winterbourne ; 47 acres. 



3. D. Pearce, Whychwell Farm, Wapley, Chipping Sodbury ; 



31 acres. 



Class 4. — Small holding over 1 and not more than 15 acres in Gloucester- 

 shire (open to ex-service men only). Prizes, £10; £5; £2. 

 (7 entries) — 



1, A. J. Kinchin, Mickleton, near Chipping Campden ; 

 4 acres. 



* 2. S. J. Righton, Mickleton, near Chipping Campden ; 



4 acres. 



3. E. Chadband, Mickleton, near Chipping Campden ; 



5 acres. 



Class 5. Small holding over 15 and under 50 acres in Somerset (open to 

 ex-Service men only). Prizes, £15 ; £7 ; £3. (10 entries) — 



