in Nuliiib'jhmibuklro, LhhGuliinlure^ &c. : Cltmes 2 lotd o. 73 
thrasliiug. The wages paid in the district average about 13s. 6d. 
weekly. 
In addition to the labour bill the average yearly outlay was, 
for cattle bought 271. 10s., sheep 14/.., horses 49^., pigs 51. 10s., 
corn and seeds consumed on the farm 48Z. 10s., feeding-stuffs, 
including oil-cake, 671. 10s., manures 45/., tradesmen's accounts 
95L, and sundries 37/. 10s. The sales for the year indicate a 
satisfactory profit. For corn and seeds the amount realised 
was 334/. 10s. 
Class 3. — Fibst Prize. 
Grange Farm, Buddington, NoUingJiamsJiirc, occupied, by 
Mr. Beuhen Shelton. 
In the 3rd Class, for arable and grass farms above 25 and 
not exceeding 100 acres, there were 9 entries ; and the First 
Prize was awarded to Mr. Reuben Shelton, of Grange Farm, 
near Ruddington. Ruddington is a village with 2,638 in- 
habitants, chiefly occupied in stocking-weaving. It is in the 
Rushcliffe Division of the county, on the road leading from 
Nottingham to Loughborough and Leicester. It is 5 miles 
from Nottingham, 10 north-west-by-north from Loughborough, 
and 2^ south-west from Edwalton Station on the Midland Rail- 
way. The area of the farm is 85 a. 13 p., of which 55 a. 1 r. 30 p. 
are arable, the remainder grass-land. 
Grange Farm was previously owned by Mr. Charles Paget, 
the landlord of a large part of the parish, whose name is always 
mentioned with respect in the district, and who was ever 
ready to help all who were willing to help themselves. By him 
were erected the model buildings of which Mr. Shelton now 
gets the benefit. The present owner is Mr. Joseph Paget, 
J.P., of Stuffynwood Hall, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. Mr. 
Shelton is a native of Ruddington, and is highly esteemed in 
the neighbourhood for industry and energy in connection with 
his business, and for the methodical way in which his farm is 
managed. 
The soil is a sandy loam, on the new red sandstone forma- 
tion ; the subsoil varies. The climate is good, neither excessively 
wet nor very dry. In 1887 the rainfall was only 16 inches ; but 
that was exceptional, the average being about 26 inches. 
The dwelling-house was not originally designed for a farm- 
house, and the rooms are very small and inconvenient. The 
farm-buildings are all of brick, slated, and very convenient. 
They form three sides of a square. First there is a well-arranged 
COW:»house, containing sixtepp standings, with short gutters 
