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The  Yorkshire  Farm-Prize  Competition,  1883. 
said  month,  elect  to  purchase  the  said  buildings  at  two-thirds 
the  original  cost  thereof.” 
( d ) Drainage. — “ In  case  the  lessee  shall  do  any  drainage 
works  on  the  said  lands  and  premises  hereby  demised,  the  lessor 
will  allow  to  the  lessee  the  cost  price  paid  by  him,  the  said 
lessee,  for  pipes  which  shall  be  actually  used  in  any  such  drainage 
works  as  aforesaid,  but  exclusive  of  all  cost  for  labour,  leading, 
and  other  expenses.” 
A mainland  open  drain,  about  10  feet  deep,  brought  up  from 
the  sea,  runs  through  the  centre  of  the  north  side  of  the  farm, 
and  is  brought  up  to  the  north  of  the  steading  through  the 
shrubbery.  This  forms  an  outlet  for  the  field-drains,  and 
therefore  must  be  kept  in  good  order.  This  cutting  was  done 
about  fifty  years  ago  jointly  by  the  owners  of  the  land  which 
it  drains.  A similar  cutting  for  drainage  divides  two  fields 
lying  on  the  south  side  of  the  main  road. 
Mr.  Turnbull  has  drained  about  120  acres  of  this  farm 
entirely  at  his  own  expense,  the  landlord  finding  tiles  only. 
The  drains  are  from  8 to  12  yards  apart,  varying  according 
to  the  width  of  the  “ lands,”  the  average  distance  between  the 
drains  is  10  yards,  the  average  depth  is  2 feet.  Most  of  the 
pipes  are  3 inches  in  diameter.  For  the  outlet,  an  iron  pipe  is 
used  in  all  cases,  with  a trap  door  (Denton’s  Patent),  made  by 
Barford  and  Perkins.  The  cost  of  cutting  and  laying  the 
pipes  in  the  furrows  was  Is.  6ef.  per  chain  (22  yards),  and  for 
the  main  drain  and  outfall  4s.  per  chain. 
The  expense  of  carting  the  pipes,  carting  water  for  the 
drains,  and  superintendence,  was  estimated  to  be  1/.  per  acre. 
Live  Stock. — The  following  is  a list  of  the  number  of  animals 
on  Twyers  Wood  on  Jan.  22nd,  1883,  the  time  of  our  first 
inspection : — 
Cattle. 
32  Shorthorn  cows  in-milk. 
7 „ ,,  dried  for  calving. 
2 ,,  ,,  for  fattening. 
3 ,,  heifers  in-milk. 
1 ,,  „ spring  calving. 
1 Ayrshire  cow  in-milk. 
3 „ cows  dried  for  calving. 
3 „ heifers  in-milk. 
1 Shorthorn  and  Galloway  cross  cow  in-milk. 
1 Shorthorn  Bull,  “British  Boy”  (44463),  bred  by 
Air.  W.  Atkinson,  Burneside  Hall,  Westmoreland; 
sire,  “British  Baronet”  (39500);  dam,  “Jenny,”  by 
“ Duke  of  Kirkby  ” (33682). 
