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bringing up the largest family with the least assistance. The 
other man, Isaac Fincham, has been on the farm for fifty years 
as general labourer, and was recommended by his employer as 
an excellent servant, and has brought up a large and respectable 
family. He is now in the seventy-sixth year of his age, and is 
able to earn 8s. per week as wages. 
Class II. — Second Peize. 
Mr. Samuel R. Sherwood, Hazelwood, Frisian, Saxmundhamy 
Suffolk. Bracketed equal with Mr. Procter, of Bexwell. 
This farm, which has changed hands since the entry for 
competition was made, is now the property of T. Vernon 
Wentworth, Esq., Yorkshire. In extent there is of — 
Arable land 269 acres. 
Grass do 87 „ 
Sheep-run, Gorse 95 „ 
Saltings and Reed 10 „ 
Total .. .. 461 „ 
Mr. Sherwood's occupation commenced at Michaelmas 1881, 
and he holds it as a yearly tenant, paying a rent of 300/., tithe 
rent-charge of 45Z., and rates of 34Z. per year. Total for rent, 
tithe, and taxes, 379/. 
His agreement contains no restrictive clauses as to cropping 
or sales, but he usually crops on the four-course rotation. 
It is situated in that corner of the county which was known as 
the "Sandlings" in Arthur Young's time, the greatest part of 
the arable being a mixed sandy soil, resting on a sandy subsoil, 
a little clay occurring at the extreme west end of the farm. The 
grass-land skirts the river Aide, from the overflow of which it is 
protected by an embankment, with a sluice at the lowest point to 
let off the water accumulating on the land side. The soil here 
is alluvial, and affords good pasturage for sheep and for carrying 
on bullocks. 
The 95 acres described as a sheep-run is a worthless sand, to 
a great extent covered with gorse, affording excellent harbour 
for rabbits, which abound ; it is turned to account as a stray 
for the ewes. 
The dwelling-house and neatly-kept garden, with farm build- 
ings behind, abut on the highway running from Saxmundham to 
Aldeburgh, and are nearly in the centre of the farm. The chief 
