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Report on the Farm-Prize Competition, 1878. 
Classes III. and IV. 
1. General Management, with a view to Profit. 
2. Productiveness of Crops. 
3. Goodness and suitability of Live Stock, especially for Dairy purposes. 
4. Management of Grass Land. 
5. State of Gates, Fences, Roads, and General Neatness. 
6. Mode of Book-keeping followed. 
7 Management of the Dairy and of Dairy produce. 
The entries were as follows : — 
Class I. 
Arkell, William, jun. 
Corner, Richard .. .. 512 
Hiilbcrt, Thomas Redman 1343 
710 0 0 Glebe and Townsend Farms, Hatherop, 
near Fairford, Gloucestershire. 
0 0 Inglescombe, near Bath, Somersetshire. 
0 0 North Cerney, near Cirencester, 
Gloucestershire. 
Class II. 
In this Class there were no entries. 
Beaven, James .. .. 226 
Gibbons, George .. .. 384 
Harding, Joseph .. .. 216 
Howell, Henry .. ..201 
Keen, John Reynolds .. 325 
Maskelyne, John .. ..272 
Paget, Edward .. ..233 
Pearce, James ., .. 373 
Savage, George .. .. 200 
Steeds, Albert James .. 222 
Class III. 
R. r. 
0 0 West Leaze Farm, Swindon, Wiltshire. 
0 0 Tunley Fann, Bath, Somersetshire. 
1 24 Slimbridge, near Stonehouse, Dursley, 
Gloucestershire. 
0 0 Woodcot Farm, Owlpen, Dursley, 
Gloucestershire. 
0 0 Chewton Farm, Stone Easton, Bath, 
Somersetshire. 
0 0 Hankerton, Malmesbury, Wiltshire. 
0 0 Burnett, near Bristol, Somersetshire. 
0 4 Kingsweston, near Bristol, Gloucester- 
shire. 
0 0 Frocester Farm, Stroud, Gloucester- 
shire. 
3 20 Stratton-on-the-Fosse, Bath, Somerset- 
shire. 
Class IV. 
Day, Robert Alfred 
Harding, Stephen .. 
Hoddinott, James . . 
Long, Jolin William 
Cadle, John Cornelius .. 136 0 0 The Brook, Wcstbury- on -Severn, 
Newnham, Gloucestershire. 
180 0 0 Ubley, Bristol, Somersetshire. , 
170 0 0 Park Farm, Bower Ashton, Bristol, 
Somersetshire. 
127 0 0 Lipyeat, I5ath, Somersetshire. 
126 0 0 Kellaways Farm, Chippenham, Wilt- 
shire. 
Mr. Thomas Willis, jun., Mr. T. F. Jackson, and myself, 
were appointed to act as Judges in the competition by the 
Council of the Royal Agricultural Society. We met for the first 
time at Bristol on the evening of the 21st day of January, were 
introduced to each other by Mr. Jenkins, the Secretary of the 
