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women, who were doing the work well, at a cost of 8s. per acre 
for two hoeings. 
Everything on this farm is evidently done with a view to a 
profitable return on the outlay, and bears evidence of the con- 
stant supervision of the master. 
The land, on the whole, is clean and well farmed, the gates, 
walls and fences in proper condition ; the live stock is very good, 
and well suited for the occupation. 
Keeping in view our instructions, we had therefore much 
pleasure in awarding the First Prize in Class 1 to Mr. Hulbert. 
Class 1. — Second Prize. 
Tlie Glebe and Townsend Farms, Hatherop, near Fairford, 
Gloucestershire. — These farms are occupied by Mr. William 
Arkell, junior, under a lease for 16 years from Michaelmas 1870, 
and consist, according to Mr. Arkell's entry, of — 
A. E. p. 
486 0 1 Arable land. 
223 0 15 Pasture. 
1 2 34 Buildings. 
Total 710 3 10 
The Rev. P. P. Davies is the owner of the Glebe Farm, and 
Thomas S. Bazley, Esq., the owner of the Townsend Farm, but 
both are held by Mr. Arkell under one lease. These farms are 
close to the village of Hatherop and the mansion of Mr. Bazley, 
and about 3 miles from Fairford in Gloucestershire. The soil 
is described by Mr. Arkell in his certificate as part light and 
part heavy, and the subsoil as mostly stone under the light part 
and clay under the heavy. 
There are only two cottages hired with the farms, but four 
others are held by Mr. Arkell under a different hiring. The 
farm-house and buildings are good, and very suitable for the 
occupation ; they are built of stone in a substantial manner. 
A large Dutch barn has been built by the tenant, the landowner 
finding the timber ; this is a very good addition to the other- 
wise well-arranged and commodious homestead. 
The farm premises and some of the fields are supplied with 
water from a well, and pumped by a water-wheel, which also 
supplies the mansion and the cottages in the village ; the water 
being furnished by Mr. Bazley to his tenantry and the cottages 
free of cost. 
The cottages in the village and on the estate are wonderfully . 
good and pretty, recently built very substantially of stone, and in 
