Fai-m Prizes in connection with Doncaster Meeting. 
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as below : the entries to close on 
Saturday, November 1st next : — 
Farm Prizes in connection with 
Doncaster Meeting. 
Class I. — For the best managed 
Arable and Grass Farm of 200 acres 
and upwards, of which not less than 
one-half shall be arable. First 
Prize, £50; Second, £30; Third, £20. 
Class 2. — For the best managed 
Arable and Grass Farm above 100 
acres and not exceeding 200 acres, 
of which not less than one-half 
shall be arable. First Prize, £50; 
Second, £30 ; Third, £20. 
Class 3. — For the best managed 
Arable and Grass Farm above forty 
acres and not exceeding 100 acres. 
First Prize, £50; Second, £30; Third, 
£20. 
Conditions of Entry. 
1. — The competition in all three 
classes is limited to tenant farmers 
paying a bond fide rent for at least 
three-fourths of the land in their 
occupation. 
2. — In assessing the proportion of 
arable and grass land on the occu- 
pation, the Judges are instructed 
to consider as permanent pasture 
all land that has been laid down 
to pasture for ten years. 
3. — Competitors must enter for 
competition all the land in their 
occupation in the district. 
4. — Competitors must have had 
the land in their occupation for not 
less than two years. 
5. — The last day of entry is 
Saturday, November 1st, 1800. 
The entrance fee is £1 to mem- 
bers of the Society, and £2 to non- 
members. Members of the Don- 
caster Agricultural Society will be 
allowed to enter on the same terms 
as members of the Eoyal Agri- 
cultural Society. 
6. — Competitors are requested to 
send a tracing of the plan of their 
farms with their certificate of entry, 
and to have ready for the Judges on 
their first visit a correct list of the 
stock on their farms. 
7. — The Judges are instructed to 
take into consideration cases in 
which competitors occupy land 
when agents for their landlords, 
and are likely to derive undue ad- 
vantage from that dual position. 
8. — The Judges will be instructed 
to withhold the prizes in the absence 
of sufficient merit in any of the com- 
peting farms. 
9. — The Judges will be instructed 
especially to consider : — 
1. General management with a 
view to profit. 
2. Productiveness of crops. 
3. Quality and suitability of live 
stock, especially that bred 
upon the farm. 
4. Management of grass land. 
5. State of gates, fences, roads, 
and general neatness. 
6. Mode of book-keeping followed 
(if any). 
7. Management of the dairy and 
dairy produce, if dairying is 
pursued. 
8. The duration of the tenancy. 
10. — The Judges are authorised 
to recommend to the Council the 
award of certificates to any really 
deserving persons employed on any 
of the competing farms for dis- 
tinguished merit in the discharge 
of their duties, such recommenda- 
tions to be accompanied by a cer- 
tificate of good character and length 
of service from the competing 
farmer. The number of certificates 
so granted may not exceed three in 
the case of a farm entered in class 1, 
two in the case of class 2, and one 
in class 3. 
Deputation from Eoyal Counties 
Agricultural Society. 
A deputation was then received 
from the Royal Counties Agricultural 
Society with reference to the dates of 
holding the Country Meetings of the 
Royal Agricultural Society. 
The Earl of Noethbeook, as Pre- 
sident of the Royal Counties Society, 
introduced the deputation, which con- 
sisted of the Duke of Wellington, 
Lord Basing, and Messrs. Dymore 
Brown (Chairman of the Committee 
of the Society), W. J. Henman, \V. 
Mousley, W. Newton, the Secretary 
(Mr. Charles Simmons), and the As- 
sistant Secretary (Mr. C. Franklin 
Simmons). His Lordship said that 
the Council were fully aware of the 
object of the deputation. The Royal 
Counties Society thought they had a 
grievance against the Royal Agricul- 
