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demand for this class of cheese, which rather affects the Stilton 
type ; and at three to four weeks old, lying that time and turned 
daily on straw on the cheese-floor, it is ready for sale ; and 66.s. 
to 67s. was made per cwt. last spring. 
The other receipts include a certain number of old cows fatted 
off ; 15 were sold the previous year, at 15Z. ; 40 bull-calves at 
455., 90/. ; 30 sheep at 53s., 79Z. 10s. ; 45 lambs at 36s., 81Z. ; 
1 horse at 35Z. : and besides this, 52 quarters of wheat were sold 
at 42s., 109/. 4s. ; 80 tons of potatoes at 4/. 10s., 360/. ; 15 tons 
of hay at 5/., 75/. ; 8 tons of straw at 24/. Rents and labour and 
food and manure, on the other hand, cost 1471/. in all. The 
promise of the crops, as we saw them in July, was as fine as of 
any that we saw anywhere. There never was a better show of 
Swedish turnips at the time of the year, — the ground being already 
covered with a healthy growth of evenly singled plants. The 
potatoes were most promising, the clover-land was admirable, the 
oats and wheat were both even, upstanding crops ; and the lately 
laid down grass-land was extremely good. The whole farm was 
under admirable management ; and nothing could be better, 
more full of life and energy — master, mistress, family, and house- 
hold, all praiseworthy. So much praise, it may be thought, is 
hardly consistent with the humble place given to this farm in 
the final award. The Judges were specially instructed to take 
the quality of the stock into their consideration, and although 
the yield of cheese per cow is a fair testimony to the character 
of the dairy-stock, yet the general character of the herd was cer- 
tainly not equal to that of the other farms inspected. One 
noticed, too, several cows that had lost one of their quarters, and 
several others with their hips knocked off : and their general 
management lacked somewhat of the quiet kindliness charac- 
teristic of good herdsmen. 
Mr. Cyrus Lea, of Duddon Hall, in the parish of Tarvin, has 
earned a high commendation for the management of his farm of 
152 acres, of which 50 acres are permanent pasture, 44 grass and 
clover, laid down by the tenant, which he has the power, if he 
pleases, to plough ; and 55 acres are in crops. This last-named 
area was last year cropped as follows : 12^ acres of wheat, 25 acres 
of oats, 5 acres of swedes, and 12 acres in potatoes. The rotation 
adopted is — 1st, oats ; 2nd, green crop, including potatoes and 
swedes ; 3rd, wheat ; 4th, oats sown down with clover ; and 
thereafter clover mown, and clover pastured as long as may 
be desired. If we may refer to this farm in the order in which 
the impression which has been made upon us by its several 
features remains, the magnificent crop of oats through which we 
waded last July stands first upon the list — certainly the finest 
