in Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, etc. ; Classes 2 and 3. 83 
to be good, and the general management commendable, with 
very many good points, and had the crops in summer turned 
out according to expectation the farm might possibly have occu- 
pied a still higher place. Unfortunately the ploughed land did 
not show very well, and, with the exception of one field of oats, 
the crops did not exhibit any special merit. 
Mr. Baguley has raised himself by his own industry from a 
humble position ; and it was a pleasure for the Judges to find 
among the competing farms men who had been the architects of 
their own fortune, and were maintaining themselves with so much 
credit. They had much satisfaction in awarding to Mr. Baguley 
a prize. The farm was an interesting example of the combina- 
tion of corn-growing and milk-production, which, even in these 
days of low prices, can still be carried on at a profit, with care- 
ful management, 
(6) Hucknall Torkarcl Farm, Nottinghamshire, occupied hij 
Mr. James Widdowson. 
This farm divided the Second Prize with that last described 
(Mr. Baguley's). Strictly speaking, it can scarcely be termed a 
farm, as it consists of a number of fields scattered irregularly 
about the outskirts of a large and populous parish. Hucknall 
Torkard is a parish and town with a station on the Mansfield 
and Nottingham branch of the Midland Railway. The town is 
in the centre of a colliery district, and contains about 11,000 
inhabitants. It is 133 miles from London by rail, eight miles 
west from Nottingham, and eight south from Mansfield. The 
church is a fine old building, recently restored, and contains 
the tomb of Lord Byron. Newstead, Annesley, and Batwood 
collieries are within three miles from the town ; and other coal- 
mines are still nearer, one having a seam of coal eight feet thick 
and giving employment to 1,500 men. The Duke of Portland 
is lord of the manor, and owns most of the land in the neighbour- 
hood, but there are some freeholders. 
The total area of Mr. Widdowson's farm is 76 a. 2 r. 7 p., 
of which 54 a. 2 r. 7 p. are arable and 22 acres grass-laud. An 
isolated field, 19 acres in extent, is owned by Mr. J. H. Godden, 
Nottingham ; the remainder belongs to the Duke of Portland. 
The rent is 1271. 4s. ; rates and taxes, including school rate, 
281. 12s., of which half has latterly been paid by the landlord, 
equivalent to a deduction of 14Z. 6s. from the rent. Mr. Wid- 
dowson has occupied the land about ten years, on a yearly tenure, 
under the usual, conditions in the district. The farm is not 
under the Agricultural Holdings Act. The soil is friable, and the 
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