Market-garden Farm Competition, 1879. 
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could have been a worse season for the competition. Everything 
fought against the careful cultivation of land ; and the Judges 
put off their first inspection until the end of April, at the request 
of the competitors, who told them there was nothing to be seen 
before this date. They were struck with the energy and in- 
domitable perseverance of all these, and with the comparative 
freedom from weeds in the competing gardens and farms at their 
last visit. 
In this competition there were three classes, in each of which 
a first prize of 50/., a second prize of 25/., and a third prize of 
10/. respectively were offered, viz. : 
Class I. 
For the best managed market-garden, exceeding ten, and not 
exceeding fifty, acres in extent, within a radius of twenty miles 
from the Mansion House. 
Class 11. 
For the best managed market-garden above fifty acres in 
extent, within a radius of twenty miles from the Mansion 
House, 
Class III. 
For the best managed market-garden farm situated in one of 
the five metropolitan counties, viz. : Kent, Surrey, Middlesex, 
Hertfordshire, and Essex ; or, if situated in any other county, 
such farms to be within a radius of fifty miles from the Mansion 
House, upon which market-garden crops alternate with farm 
crops, above one hundred acres in extent. With regard to 
Classes I. and II. the Judges were instructed especially to 
consider : 
1. General management with a view to profit. 
2. Productiveness of crops. 
3. State of gates, fences, roads, and general neatness. 
4. Method of book-keeping pursued. 
Concerning Class III. their instructions pointed to : 
1. General management with a view to profit. 
2. Productiveness of crops. 
3. Goodness and suitability of live stock. 
4. Management of grass and clover land. 
5. State of gates, fences, roads, and general neatness. 
6. Mode of book-keeping pursued. 
The accompanying Schedule (p. 837) shows the names of the 
competitors in the various classes, as well as those of the owners 
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