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The Farm Prize Competition 0/1891. 
as many cows as required in the "byre," tlie liquid running 
from the "group" (ow as in south) into the "soar" tank, the 
solid " manner being spread on the "forf" (fallows). Some 
sheep, one hundred, or " cloise " on that, required either to be 
docked, clagged, belted, shirled, or dodded. That's " us" black- 
smith's shop, where the hoes can be repaired with which the 
" poppies," " headaches," " red-weed," " wickens," " twitch " and 
" couch " could be cut out, that operation being often termed 
the " spring corn is going to be ' louked ' " {ou as above). In 
the East Riding, round stacks are " pikes," and " ketlocks " or 
"charlocks " are there "brassicks," the classical ring about the 
latter word being interesting. 
A list with particulars of each competing farm is given on the 
opposite page. From the table it will be noticed that the tenures 
are all yearly, and most of the occupiers have agreements 
giving a portion of the corn acreage as following crop, or some 
condition allowances in lieu thereof. 
Owing to the very large sum required to pay the valuation 
ou a farm, especially in the neighbourhood of Doncaster, many 
exceedingly nice holdings had been unlet, and some were still 
unoccupied, others again were only farmed by non-resident 
tenants ; and it was painful to see very large and good houses 
without the slightest attention paid to them, the gardens having 
rubbish one foot high, or grazing sheep. 
The remark was made by a well-known local man that 
strangers were generally frightened by the excessive expense at 
entry, and only tenants bred and boi'n in the district could be 
obtained. 
The competitors used every endeavour to supply information 
tending to show their profit or loss during the last few years, 
but as complete accounts could not be obtained except in a few 
instances, nothing can be published in tabular form that would 
be interesting. It is but due, however, to say tha,t Mr. 
Merryweather in the second class, and the Messrs. HinchclifT 
in the third, presented in every particular such accurate and 
complete accounts, coupled in each case with valuations at the 
end of each year just as if they were leaving, that it was a treat 
to examine them. 
The books of one or two of the other prize-takers might be 
mentioned, but in less high terms than the above. The 
Judges, however, satisfied themselves on this point, as they were 
bound to do, by the conditions under which each competitor 
entered. 
