Report on the Farm-Prize Competition o/"1886. G39 
Class III. — Second Prize, 25Z. 
John Bayly and Son, Hardingham Station Farm, Hingham, 
Norfolk. 
A. E. P. 
Arable land 160 3 30 
Grass 45 2 33 
Waste, roads, water, 6cc. . . 15 0 8 
Total .. .. 221 2 31 
This farm is the property of the Earl of Kimberley, and is 
situated 5 miles from VVymondham, and 3 from Hingham. The 
railway from VVymondham to East Dereham cuts it in two, and, 
very conveniently for its occupants, plants a station within 
its precincts. Mr. George Bayly, father of the present senior 
partner, became tenant of the farm at Michaelmas, 1833, and 
farmed it until 1858, when he was succeeded by Mr. John 
Bayly, so that the farm has been occupied by the family for 
fifty -three years. 
The senior partner has a business at Yarmouth, and the 
farm is almost wholly under the control of his son, jNIr. George 
Bayly. 
At the outset we may say that all *^he farm-accounts are kept 
in a most ample and complete manner ; and I was greatly 
assisted in drawing up this report by extracts from them, which 
will appear in the report of the farm, and which Messrs. Bayly 
so readily and courteously rendered. 
The first bear on the rent, tithe, and rates, paid for twelve 
years, ending the 11th October, 1884, and show that the highest 
outgoings on these accounts were in 1875, 419Z. 12s. 9c?. ; the 
lowest were in 1884, 384Z. 16*. 2c?. ; the average for twelve 
years was 405/. 16s. 
The tenancy is a yearly one, and the cropping is restricted to 
a four-course rotation, but liberty to depart from this is granted 
when asked for, if reasonable grounds can be shown for its 
necessity. The tenants have also been allowed to sell hay, but 
of late years have bought rather than sold. 
The farmhouse and buildings are situated within five minutes' 
walk of the Hardingham Station. They are principally old, 
but afford ample accommodation for all the requirements of the 
farm, and the arrangements for feeding, &c., are tolerably con- 
venient. The house, garden, and surrounding, are kept in nice 
order. 
The farm lies rather wide, that portion severed by the railway 
