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Report on the Dairy and Stock-Farm 
family and Louseliold unitedly engaged in the work of an unusually important 
and successful dairy business. And they recommend that the highest mark 
of approval at the disposal of the Council be awarded to his eldest daughter 
now at home, on whom (since the death of her mother) the care and responsi- 
bility of the dairy, and the household, and a large young family, have almost 
entirely rested. 
In Class 4 — Dairy Farms above 30 and under 100 acres — there are eight 
entries. The Judges award the first prize to Mr. Edward G. Hothersall, of 
Lightfoot House, Broughton, near Preston ; and the second prize to Mr. 
Jonathan Fowler, of Free Bull Farm, Ashton-on-Eibble ; and they highly 
commend Mr. Thomas Lowe, of Malpas — all of these farms being remarkable 
for the excellence of their dairy herds, and for the care and judgment dis- 
played in their management and selection. 
In Class 5 — Stock-breeding Farms of 300 acres and upwards, where the 
management is principally directed to the breeding and rearing of live-stock, 
cattle, sheep, horses, and pigs — there are three entries. The Judges award 
the first prize to Mr. George Ashburner, of Low Hall, Kirby-in-Furness ; and 
the second prize to Mr. James Tunstall, of St. Michael's-on-Wyre, Garstang ; 
and they commend Mr. Edward Newhouse, of Slyne, near Lancaster. They 
add that in no instance in this Class does the field management come up to 
the standard of what is seen in Classes 3 and 4. The Judges have therefore 
been guided in their decision entirely by the character of the live-stock on 
the several farms. 
In Class 6 — Stock-breeding Farms over 30 acres and under 100 acres in 
extent — there is only one entry, that of Mr. John Cottam, of Wellhouse Farm, 
Scotfortb, Lancaster. The Judges award to him the first prize, to which he 
is entitled, especially by the excellence and good management of his live- 
stock. 
In Class 7 — Farms of not naore than 40 acres, where the principal part of 
the labour is contributed by the farmer's own family — there are three entries. 
The Judges award the first prize to Mr. William Loxliam, of Leyland, near 
Preston ; the second prize to Mrs. Margaret Park, of Cropper Farm, Little 
Marton, Blackpool; and the third prize to Mr. Joseph Gibbins, of Culchetb, 
near Warrington. 
The Judges also award certificates, " for distinguished merit in the discharge 
of their duties " on the farms insjx!cted, to William Vernon, in the employment 
of Mr. John Lea, of Stapleford Hall, who has been herdsman and principal 
labourer on the Stapleford Hall Farm, in the occupation of Mr. John Le'a, and 
his predecessor, Mr. William Palin, lor nearly half a century ; to Thomas 
Sproston, 24 years herdsman on the farm of Mr. Thomas Parton, at Chorlton, 
Nantwich ; and to Thomas Penk, 18 years principal labourer on the form of 
Mr. Thomas Fearnall, of Poyton, near Wrexham ; also to Joseph Lloyd, 
Duddon Hall, near Tarvin, on the farm of Mr. Cyrus Lea. 
In making these awards we were careful to observe all 
the conditions which the Society imposed ; viz., to consider — 
(1) the general management, with a view to profit; (2) the 
productiveness of the crops ; (3) the quality and suitability of the 
live-stock ; (4) the management of the grass land ; (5) the state 
of the gates, fences, roads, and general neatness ; (0) the mode 
of book-keeping followed ; and (7) the management of the 
dairy and the dairy produce. 
TIk; principal lesson, probably, which has been learned from 
the inspection on the whole, is the enormous extent to which 
