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Report on the Farm Prize Competition 
The Competition, 
The schedule on page 47 contains particulars of the hold- 
ings in each of the eleven farms entered for competition in 
Class 2, and the nine farms entered in Class 3. 
Class 2. — First Prize. 
White House Farm., Bimsh/, Bourne, Lincolnshire, occupied hy 
Mr. William Fdward Wadsleij. 
This farm was first visited by the Judges on December 17, 
1887, and the whole aspect of the place, even at that dead 
season of the year, manifested careful and prudent management. 
It belongs to the Governors of the Charterhouse, London, who 
own the village of Dunsby, and almost the whole parish, 2,500 
acres in extent. The area of this farm is 298 acres, of which 
180 are arable, and 118 are in pasture. Of the arable land, 140 
acres are fen, the remainder being high land. The farm is 
held under a lease of 12 years, at a rent of 562?., including one 
cottage ; but during the past three years a reduction of 168Z. has 
been allowed. There is no tithe, but the taxes amount to 64?. 
a year, besides 62?. for a drainage rate, such as is commonly levied 
in the fen districts. For rent and taxes the amount actually 
paid is 520?. per annum. Mr. Wadsley has been tenant for seven 
years, and succeeded his father, who had occupied the same farm 
during the preceding 42 years. The farm is under the Agricul- 
tural Holdings Act, but the sale of hay and straw is prohibited. 
The fen portion lies on the Oxford clay, which in that locality 
is particularly close, compact, and heavy. At Bourne, five 
miles distant, there is a well 99 feet deep, where 15 feet of clay 
and sand may be seen, resting on the limestone rock. On the 
fen portion of Mr. Wadsley 's farm the soil is black loam, very 
deep and rich, with a stiff subsoil, very good for wheat and 
beans, and really excellent land, but decidedly unworkable in 
extremes of dry or wet weather. The high land of the farm 
is red loam, on a gravelly subsoil, well adapted for barley and 
turnips. The climate is favourable, and the average yearly 
rainfall does not exceed 24 inches. Dunsby is a village with 
about 200 inhabitants, five miles from Bourne, a quiet town, 
with a population of 4,000. 
The farmhouse is a three-storey building, facing southward, 
on the road leading towards Spalding, and very pleasantly situ- 
ated. There is a nice flower-garden in front, adjoining which 
is a kitchen-garden of rather small dimensions. Near the house 
are the farm-buildings, situated at the very extremity of the 
