in Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, &c. : Classes 2 and 3. 81 
evidently possesses unusual judgment in buying stock, and is 
no doubt gifted with that " eye for a beast " which comes by 
nature and not by education. Nevertheless, his enterprising 
and intelligent management deserves all praise, and is in many 
respects worthy of imitation by farmers in other districts. 
Class 3. — Second Pkize. 
(ffl) East Bridijeford Fa^-m, RadcUfe, Nottinghamshire, occupied 
h)j Mr. John Bagidey. 
The Second Prize in this class was divided between Mr. 
John Baguley's farm of East Bridgeford, liadcliffe, Notting- 
shire, and another. This farm comprises 50 a. 3 r. 4 p. of 
arable, and 19 a. 36 p. of grass-land. It belongs to the President 
and Scholars of Magdalen College, Oxford. The soil is a sandy 
loam on the new red marl. Gypsum is found in the district, 
and is prepared for sale. The farm is held on a yearly tenure at 
a rent of 120^. 16s., including one cottage, a reduction from 
146Z. 10s., at which it was formerly rented. It is tithe-free, 
and the total amount of rates and taxes is about HZ. a year. In 
the district farms are small, many of them 50 to 200 acres ; and 
allotments for labourers are numei'ous. 
East Bridgeford is three miles from Bingham, a scattered 
agricultural village, with 900 inhabitants, and ten miles from 
Nottingham and Newark. The house is pleasantly situated in 
the centre of the village, with a charming prospect which in- 
cludes the vale of Belvoir. The garden was clean and well- 
cropped, and contained a good many fruit trees. About 81. a 
year is made by the sale of fruit. 
Adjoining the house are the farm-buildings, very unpre- 
tentious, but sufficient for the requirements of the holding. 
Hedges were neat and well trimmed, but a good deal of rubbish 
could be seen in the ditches, and some docks about the hedges. 
The gates were very good ; and Mr. Baguley is very careful about 
his implements, keeping them all under cover. This is usually 
a sure sign of a careful farmer. In all departments great neat- 
ness was displayed, and the farm appeared to be altogether well 
managed. 
The tenant is bound to cultivate the land in accordance with 
the most approved custom of the neighbourhood, not to have 
more than two corn crops in succession, not to sow any brown 
mustard for seed, and to consume all green crops on the premises 
with Lsheep or cattle. The common rotation is (1) turnips or 
mangolds, (2) barley, (3) seeds, (4) wheat, and (5) oats. 
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