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lambs here were 139 per 100 ewes, and the loss of ewes 7 per 
cent., the loss on the gimmer ewes 6 per cent.* 
The shepherd of the flock, Adam Hindmarsh, was highly 
recommended to the Judges by Mr. Drysdale, as having been a 
faithful servant for 26 years. His father was shepherd before 
him, and is still living on the farm. Until seven years ago, 
Adam the Younger f was a spade hind, but when his father 
retired he succeeded him. The Judges had great pleasure in 
endorsing Mr. Drysdale's recommendation, and bringing his 
name before the Council of the Society as deserving a certificate 
of merit. 
The old system of paying the labourers a good portion of 
their wages in kind is still in force here, and a full account of 
the form which these payments take is as follows : — 
Steward. — 16/., house and garden rent free ; 1 stone of cast 
wool ; 2 small pigs ; keep of 1 cow ; 4 J old bolls = 27 bush, 
of Barley; 5^^ old bolls = 83 bush, of Oats; 10 bush, of Beans 
or Peas ; 1000 yards of Potatoes. | 
Shepherd and Under- Shepherd. — 24/., house and garden rent 
free ; keep of cow ; 20 ewes, 10 hoggs, and the same corn as 
the steward. The shepherd pays his mate out of these wages. 
Three of the Hinds have house, &c. ; keep of a cow ; and 
lis. a week. The other has house and 155. wages a week. 
Each householder finds a woman-worker at \s. 3d. a day, with 
3s. a day for 20 days in harvest. 
Few of the labourers draw any money until the end of the 
half-year. The amount of wages they receive is not so great as 
on some other farms ; but they are probably just as well off as 
* Compare on this subject of the produce of ewes and the average losses in 
breeding flocks some statistics collected by the South Newton Agricultural 
Society, South Wilts, and published in Little's Eeport on the Southern Counties 
(Royal Commission on Agriculture, [C. 3375, 1882] page iii.); — 
Number of Lambs per 100 ewes 97 "5; Losses 4 per cent. ; young sheep 1 per 
cent., 10 Oct. to 1 May. 
t There are four Adam Hindmarshs on the farm ; Old Adam, Young Adam, 
Little Adam and Wee Adam. 
t Tlie cash value of these incomings, according to an estimate made by 'he 
prosent reporter, would be about as follows : — , 
£ s. d. 
Wages 16 0 0 
House and garden 400 
Wool 0 10 6 
Pigs 2 0 0 
Keep of Cow 10 8 0 
Barley 4110 
Oats 4 2 G 
Beans or Peas 250 
Potatoes, 27J perches 3 0.0 
- ISs. a week. £46 17 0 
