in Nollinijliamsliire, Lincolnshire, cOc. : Classes 2 and 3. G9 
better trim. The corn crops were not so clean as they were on 
some of the other competing farms, doubtless owing to the fact 
that they had not been hoed. Mr. Bower believes, as many 
fanners nowadays do, that hoeing does not pay, owing to the 
high price of labour. Some of the grass-land was not particu- 
larly well managed, and the Judges found in some parts a 
superfluity of thistles. With these deductions, however, the 
farm was in good order and quite worthy of its commendation. 
Joseph Hardwich, shepherd and general labourer, was recom- 
mended by ]\Ir. Bower, as having been with him all the time 
he has farmed, and with his uncle for twelve years previously, 
and as being steady, industrious, and honest. A gratuity was 
accordingly awarded to him by the Council of the Society. 
IVie CliJ^ Farm, near KirMon-in-Li.ndsay, Lincolnshire, occupied 
bij Mr. Charles Elmhurst Buchering. 
This farm, properly called Hibaldston Cliff Farm, was like- 
wise commended. Its extent is 173 acres, of which seven acres 
are in grass. It is owned by Mr. S. B. Skipworth, of Moortown 
House, near Caistor. The soil is light loam upon limestone, 
from which is made the blue lias lime, much used for building 
purposes all over that neighbourhood. It is a purely agricul- 
tural district. The nearest market-town is Brigg, seven miles 
distant, but there is a railway station within a mile of the house. 
The buildings are suitable for the requirements of the farm ; 
and some alterations have been lately made by the tenant, partly 
at his own expense. 
Mr. Duckering has occupied the Cliff Farm for three years, 
on a yearly tenure. The rent is 260^., to which amount it 
has been reduced from 309^. within the past two years. Two 
cottages are included. The farm is tithe-free, and the rates, 
including poor and school rates, amount to about 201. yearly. 
As the situation is good and the land dry, the farm is well 
adapted for sheep, and yields good root crops, but rather light 
crops of grain, though these yield well for the quantity of straw. 
The farm is compact, and the fields conveniently situated near 
the homestead. 
Practically, the farm is under the Agricultural Holdings 
Act, 1883, except that, according to the practice of the locality, 
not more than six months' notice to quit is required. The tenant 
is bound to farm in a good husbandlike manner, with a four- 
coui'se rotation, except on one field, from which he is allowed 
(though he has not hitherto done so) to take two white crops in 
SVTCcegsion, In cfise of quitting the farm, he is {illowed oiifi- 
