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iron roofs. One shed is 100 feet long by 30 feet wide, 18 feet 
to eaves ; the other is 40 feet by 30 feet, also 18 feet to eaves. 
The cost of the large shed was 185/., and of the smaller one 
91/. The advantage and convenience of these sheds are immense. 
What a deal of labour is saved in regard to the temporary- 
covering of unfinished ricks! but if you consider the present 
price of straw (thatch), about ('>/. per ton (and this is no fictitious 
price, because straw is steadily and surely becoming more 
largely used in paper-making), how very soon these sheds will 
repay the outlay ! These sheds are certain to be erected on 
many farms. On a fine property in Denmark, in the island of 
Falster, most admirably farmed by the proprietor (Mr. Tesdorpf) 
himself, I last year saw a shed which 1 can only compare to the 
' Great Eastern,' keel upwards, capable of holding the whole crop 
of the farm. This shed was entirely made of wood. If the 
Lands Improvement Companies would make advances for these 
sheds, tenant-farmers would do well to take advantage of the 
loan. Before closing this account of Mr. Wright's farm, it 
should be mentioned that this system of high farming is success- 
ful. The farm, as already stated, is a difficult one to manage, 
and surrounded by game-preserves. Of these Mr. Wright never 
complained ; his practice is successful, and he knows the best 
antidote to game is high farming, to make the grain-crops so 
luxuriant that ground-game will not face it. 
I have omitted to mention that Mr. Wright uses an elevator 
(1-horse), capable of delivering 10 tons of hay per hour. I sum up 
Mr. Wright best by saying that he mentioned how much he 
was indebted for the foundation of his success to his father 
and how much he would have appreciated the further application 
of machinery ; and, as he stood and we admired the excellent 
working of the machine, he added, " I wish my father had 
lived to see that ! " 
Aigburth, in the occupation of Mr. William Scotson, was 
placed third in Class I., and also was awarded a Gold Medal 
by the Local Committee. The farm lies 4 miles S.E. of 
Liverpool, the London and North- Western Railway running 
through the middle of it. The farm, as held by Mr. Scotson, 
measures 284 acres of arable land and 10 of old pasture. The 
proprietorship is rather singular, as 160 acres belong to one 
landlord, 80 to another, and 20 to a third; and 34 acres have 
been added to it. The fields are all tolerably compact ; still, 
taken as a whole, I would characterise the place as being rather 
awkward to manage. The soil is rather light, about 80 acres 
being on the Old Red Sandstone, the remainder sand and clay. 
On the day of the last inspection, 5th July, the farm was under 
the following crops : — 
