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Mr. Mark Amos, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol. 
The Aylesbury Dairy Company, Stammei-ham Farm, Horsliam. 
Mr. Re(3inalu Bell, Tlie Hall, Thiisk, Yorkshire. 
Mr. E. T. Blunt, Biaby Hill, Leicester. 
Mr. J. J. Carpenter, Barmadon, Bratton Clovelly, Lewdowu. 
Mr. W. J. Harris, Halwill Manor, Highampton, Devon. 
Mr. C. G. Johnson, Oakwood, Croft, Darlington. 
Mr. T. KiRBY, Hook Farm, Bromley, Kent. 
Mr. Richard Osmond, Weston, Lambourn, Berkshire. 
The Judges in this competition received their instructions 
on the 9th of November, 1885, and immediately commenced 
their inspection of the competing silos and stacks. Most of 
the competitors were anxious to open their silos without delay, 
owing to the general scarcity of fodder throughout England in 
consequence of the dry weather which prevailed in the late 
summer and early autumn months. To save time and to meet 
the convenience of the competitors, England and Wales was 
divided into three sections — the South-Eastern, the South- 
western, and the Northern. 
The arrangement for inspecting the silos and stacks was as 
follows : — Mr. Rigby and myself were to visit the South- 
Eastern Division ; Professor Long and Mr. Wheatley took the 
South- Western, while the Northern Division fell to Mr. Baker 
and Mr. Fowler. The Judges on again meeting after this first 
inspection, compared notes, and selected the two or three best 
entries in each Division for a final examination by Mr. Fowler, 
Professor Long, and myself. When this last inspection was 
over, all the Judges met once more to deliver the awards, 
whereof the particulars appear under the heading of " The 
Adjudication." 
Those who have not obtained full information as to the 
practice of Ensilage should consult the exhaustive Report on 
the subject, contributed by Mr. H. M. Jenkins to a recent 
number of the ' Journal.' * To describe minutely the various 
silos and stacks in the competition would therefore be out of 
place, not to say that it would also exceed the province allotted 
to a Report such as the present one. 
n. South Eastern Division. By Tom Parry. 
Silos. 
The silos and stacks entered for competition in this district 
were visited by Mr. Rigby and myself, between the 10th 
of November and 8th of December, 1885. The following para- 
graphs will show the chief points of interest noticed during the 
• Vol XX. Part 1, 1884, p. 126. 
