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conveyance of corn-stacks from the yard to the threshing barn. 
We do not wish to convey by these remarks our unreserved 
approval of tramways, though there is much to be said in their 
favour. Where they are in use by tenants of superior intelli- 
gence and capital they are found to work well and to save money, 
but the time has certainly not arrived when they can be gene- 
rally adopted as an improvement for which an ordinary tenant 
may be fairly expected to pay interest on the cost. 
No further remarks on the selected plans are necessary, as the 
auth^»r of each will explain, by prefatory remarks and in most 
cases by a bill of quantities, his own design. 
In conclusion the Judges beg with great deference to suggest 
that in the event of the Council of the Society renewing the offer 
of prizes : 
(1.) That in every case plans of the farm-house should 
accompany those of the homestead ; 
(2.) That the acreage of arable and pasture composing the 
sized farm for which plans are sought should be 
specified, and the amount of stock of all sorts to be 
provided for set forth ; 
(3.) That a certain sum per acre should be named repre- 
senting the amount of outlay which should not be 
exceeded ; 
(4.) That the plans should be in the hands of the Judges a 
sufficient time previous to the opening of the Show, 
to enable them to examine them fully. 
Halifax Wyatt. 
Thomas Sample. 
J. Bailey Denton. 
APPENDIX TO THE JUDGES' REPOET. 
" Cheddar." 
The annexed general plan is for a farm homestead providing accommo- 
dation for 400 acres of land, the bulk lieing in pasture and worked as a 
dairy farm. The cow-houses are all double, and provide tying for 112 
milch cows, continuous and centrally placed. The calves are located at the 
south end of the cow-houses. The south-east range contains eight boxes, 
■which are convertible into stalls ; and on the south-west, and immediately 
opposite the house, are the nag-stables, harness-room, and chaise-house, together 
with large box for calving, or for a brood mare. These buildings form the 
sides of two open yards, proposed to be kept clean and pitched with stone ; 
in the centre of each is a spacious dung-shed, with liquid manure-tank con- 
veniently placed for the reception and preservation of the manure made. 
These yards are open to the south and enclosed with a dwarf wall. The 
straw-barn and food-preparing room are annexed to the cow-houses and 
