520 Report on the Warwickshire Farm-Prize Competition, 1876. 
The average of cake and artificial manure has thus been 
178/. 10s., of which the manure has cost about 80/., and that 
of corn, whether grown on the farm or purchased otherwise, 
106/. OS. Ad. The total is therefore 284/. 15s. 4d. 
The usual labour employed on the farm is that of 10 men, 
4 women, and 4 boys. There are four neat and most comfort- 
able cottages, for which rent is paid by Mr. Lane, and which 
are relet by him to his men at Is. 6d. per week. Every cottage 
has its own cistern and back offices, and contains five rooms, of 
which three are bedrooms. There is also a good-sized and pro- 
ductive garden attached to each. The shepherd and the two 
cattlemen occupy three of these, and a waggoner the other. 
The wages paid are : — 
1 shepherd, 17s. 
2 cowmen, 17s. each. 
1 waggoner, 17s. 
1 under ditto, 12s. 
3 labourers, 15s. each. 
3 Irishmen, 15s. each in summer only. 
The Irishmen have come regularly to ^Ir. Lane for 20 years. 
Boys get 5s., 6s., and 7s. Women get ordinarily lOd. per 
diem, but in hay-time Is., and 7s. 6c/. instead of an allowance 
of beer. Men get 1/. for beer in hay-time, and boys 5s. each. 
Harvest is put out to get in stack at about 15s. per acre some- 
times ; at others the corn is put out to bind — 6s. Qd. is the 
price given in this case ; but able-bodied men get 30s. a week 
certain for the harvest-month, and boys about double their 
ordinary wages. The hours of work for men are from 6 to 5.30 
in summer, and for women from 8 to 5. 
Gates, Fences, and Roads. — The gates are good. The farm 
road running almost through the centre of the arable land (as 
before mentioned) is an excellent one. In addition to this, there 
is the drive up to the house, through the prettv pasture called 
the Park, which is well kept. The hedges are principally ol 
whitethorn, and are trimmed and kept in sufficiently good order. 
The general rule is to trim them after haymaking and again at 
Michaelmas. They are also forked and cleaned regularly as 
required previous to the cropping of the land. The fields are 
for the most part large and convenient for cultivation, and there 
is very little waste of any description on the farm. The yards 
and farm premises are remarkably tidy, and the general aspect 
of the farm neat and well-ordered. 
Book-Keeping. — Capital books are kept. ' Taylor's Fann 
and Labour Account-fiook,' which is of a very simple character, 
is used. It shows in a handy form the principal items of the 
