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eiglit ; on a fifth as one to eleven ; and on a sixth, as one to 
thu-teen acres. It was, therefore, soon evident to the Judges 
that they had to compare farms which differed greatly in stock- 
ing and management, and that in judging the farms as " Dairy 
Farms having their management and cultivation the most suc- 
cessfully directed to the production of Milk, Butter, or Cheese," 
thev would have to treat as secondary matters items to which, if 
thev had been judging the farms simply as arable farms, they 
would have had to attach considerable importance. 
Mr. Stephen Fairbairns holding, situate 2| miles north of 
Newcastle, consists of three farms — " South Gosforth," 236 
acres; "Three-mile Bridge," a farm of 125 acres, adjoining it 
on the north side; and '-Gosforth Moor House Farm," 222|- 
acres, also adjoining it on the north. The high road from 
Newcastle to Morpeth lies along the west side of the whole 
holding for more than a mile, and an occupation road lies 
between it and the adjoining estate, almost parallel to it on the 
east side. The land is di^^.ded into nearly equal-sized fields, 
having good gates and fences and a considerable length of more 
occupation roads in good order, many yards being newly made 
and well done. " South Gosforth Farm " is the milk farm of the 
three. On it the tenant resides in a good and comfortable house, 
and from it the dairy of milk is served. The buildings are sub- 
stantial, convenient, and in good keeping, with a well-filled 
stackyard adjoining. A colliery is worked on the east side of 
this farm, and a tramway for its use crosses the holding here. 
" Three-mile Bridge " and " Moorhouse " farms have several 
small plantations of trees upon them, but they lie compactly 
together, and have commodious homesteads and good stocks of 
cattle, horses, and sheep. A large part of their area is pastured 
and mowed for hay. The gi-een crops on the whole occupation 
were 57 acres of turnips, 321 potatoes, and 14 cabbage, tares 
and grass, all looking remarkably well and being under forward 
and good cultivation. The corn crops were 67 acres wheat, 97 
oats, 8i barley, and 11^ beans. The hay crop covered 220 acres, 
and 78 acres were in pasture. Twenty farm horses and four 
breeding mares were kept, and the whole place was under effi- 
cient management. 
Mr. John Reays farm, East Brunton, is separated from Gos- 
forth Moor Farm only by the ]\Ioi'peth high-road, alongside 
which it lay for nearly half a mile in form of a parallelogram. 
It is crossed in the middle by a road that passes the homestead 
near the centre of the land, and the fields all lie conveniently 
near. The house and buildings are substantial stone erections, 
covering a large space, and have an imposing appearance. The 
buildings had been erected for a stock and corn-growing farm, 
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