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Report on the Farm-Prize Competition 
and the fall in the value of stock. It is a proof of the energy 
and perseverance of Mr. Lyall that he should have surmounted 
those difficulties. His profit is after all not a large one con- 
sidering the amount of capital emploj ed. 
The following particulars of the labourers regularly employed 
on the farm, their wages and allowances, were given : — 
Employment. 
Weekly 
Wages. 
Extra j 
Sloney. 
Allowances, Perquisites, and Payments 
in kind. 
fZ. 
£ ?. d. 
1 Steward .. 
30 
0 
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yards (nmning) of potatoes (about 
50 perches) seed provided. 
3 Under Shepherd 
18 
0 
10 0 
Harvest. 
Keeping for 2 ewes. 
4 Head Plougliman 
19 
0 
10 0 
20s. a-week in harvest ; 80 stones of 
potatoes: 4 bushels of Barley, 
house, &c. 
5 Byieman .. 
1^ 
0 
House and garden ; 80 stones of po- 
tatoes. 
G Stacker .. .. 
17 
6 
10 0 
Ditto ditto ditto. 
7 Horseman 
IG 
0 
10 0 
Ditto ditto ditto. 
S Hedger .. .. 
17 
0 
10 0 
Ditto ditto ditto. 
9 Groom 
18 
0 
Ditto ditto ditto. 
10 Horseman . . 
16 
0 
Single. 
The householders all find a woman worker, at Is. 3d. 
a day, with 355. for harvest. The wages are very much 
higher than in the East and South of England, but if the 
value of all the allowances be added to the sum actually 
paid in wages, the average cost per acre will not exceed 
235. Qd. Thus : — 8 cottages and gardens, rent free, 51. each, 
40/. ; keeping of sheep and cow, 30/. ; potatoes, 14/. ; meal 
and corn, 8/. ; total, 92/. Wages, 1887 :— 795/. + 92/. = 887/. 
on 757 acres = 235. hd. per acre. 
Mr. Lvall strongly recommended to the Judges as deserving a 
certificate of merit, his steward, Ralph jNIilburn, who has been 
employed in that capacity on the Peepy Farm for 35 years, and 
under three different masters ; and the Judges had much 
pleasure in doing so, as there was everywhere abundant evi 
dence that Mr. Lyall's efforts were ably supplemented by 
those of his manager. 
The Judges were unanimous in awarding the second prize to 
Mr. Lyall, whose farm exhibits considerable skill and energy 
successfully applied. 
