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Rejwrt on the Farm Prize Gompetiiion 
parts of Lincoln sliire. Mr. Wadsley prefers pure Lincolns to 
the cross with Hampshire rams ; but, looking at the stock, the 
J udges would have j^referred the latter. The hoggets are win- 
tered on coleseed and swedes, and are fed off on grass during the 
subsequent spring and summer ; when not on coleseed they get 
turnips, and half a pound of mixed cake with hay or clover. 
Pigs are of the large while breed, and are of a good useful 
character. 
The cost of labour is about 25.s-. per acre. Weekly wages 
paid in the district are 10.s\ to 12s. for ordinaiy labourers, who 
are fairly plentiful. Some have allotments, but the Act of 1887 
has not come into operation in the district. The work on the 
farm in the winter of 1887 included the carting of 1,000 loads of 
soil on to the grass-land, which has made a marked improve- 
ment. 
Mr. Wadsley has no regular system of book-keeping ; but 
the Judges were enabled to ascei'tain how much was made from 
stock, corn, and other articles sold, and to discover that there 
was a fairly good balance on the right side. The year 1887 
turned out much better than the two previous years, probably 
owing to the fact that the dry summer of that year, to which 
the statistics refer, was very suitable for wheat on such heavy 
land. In the last three years Mr. Wadsley's expenditure 
averaged for cattle 1601., sheeji 320L, horses 201. 13s., pigs 
IIZ. 6s. 8cl., corn-seeds and feeding-stuffs 318^.; labour 3G6?., 
artificial manures S4tl. 13s. 4ri., and tradesmen's accounts 140Z. 
For the same period his receipts were for cattle 422Z. 13s. 4d., 
sheep 596?. 13s. M., horses 45?. 6s. 8d., pigs 30?. 13s. M., corn 
sold 1,027/., dairy produce, including milk, 4GZ. 13s. 4c?., poultry 
25?., and a small sum for sundries. 
As a result of careful inspection the Judges were unanimously 
of opinion that Mr. Wadsley was entitled to great credit in the 
management of his farm. In respect of productiveness of crops, he 
was far ahead of his rivals, and was not behind them in the other 
points submitted for decision. Wheat was exceptionally good, 
being indeed almost perfect. Spring corn looked equally well, 
while the root crops were in a state of cleanliness and cultivation 
which would have done no discredit to a garden. Pasture-land 
was short of grass, but well grazed, and all hassocks (or tussocks) 
had been carefully eradicated. Stock of all descriptions was of 
good quality. 
The soil of the farm is undoubtedly of gi'eat natural fertility, but 
the land is heavily cropped, as will appear from the details already 
submitted, and careful management is required to keep it in such 
high and clean condition. Certainly Mr. Wadsley takes great 
