The Farm Prize Competition 0/ 1801. 
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Eighty-nine head of cattle of all ages were in the yards, 
some being tied up to feed. Others in the covered yard were 
in rather poor condition, as their food had been reduced after 
the loss of sevei'al by black leg. 
The ewes and lambs ran on the seeds in the summer, and, 
like others round Doncaster, had turned a little lame after clip 
day. All the male lambs are kept as rams, being highly fed, 
and producing great weight for the Manchester market in spring. 
Some of the gimmers had been valued and sent to another 
farm, which is held in partnership with a late pupil. 
Mrs. Parkin and her daughters take great interest in the 
dairy, priding themselves on their production of butter, and, with 
the poultry and eggs, add a good round sum to the treasury. 
Class I. 
The remaining farm in this class is occupied by Mr. J. Lodge, 
of Robin Hood's Wall, near Doncaster, under Mr. Yarborough, 
of Camps ]\Iount, who also owns the second-prize farm in Class 
11. The total acreage is 331 acres, 72 being grass, and as the 
occupation is similarly worked to the two other farms in this class 
near Doncaster, only very few remarks on it will be necessary. 
The swedes, as on another competing farm adjoining, were 
nearly all sound, which we also attribute to the magnesian lime- 
stone. Twenty acres of potatoes are grown, and are well dunged, 
receiving 4j cwt. guano, or 7 to 8 cwc. blood and bone manure. 
Mr. Lodge luckily kept his potatoes until the spring, making in 
the end a good figure per acre. The mangel was a very nice 
plant, and although badly requiring singling, was the best 
piece seen in the whole round. 
Class II. — First Prize Farm, 
Occupied by Mr. Andrew Merrj/weather, Whiston, Rotherham. 
This farm consists of 114 acres, of which 88 are arable and 
the remainder grass. Two arable fields were not eligible for 
competition, having been only one year in occupation. 
The land is fairly light. Turnips and sheep, with barley as 
the chief cereal, are the staple products of the farm, which has a 
subsoil of gritstone, and clay in places. 
No sheep are bred on the place, but are bought at the fairs. 
In this instance 122 hogs came from the York fortnightly 
market, costing 39s. each, and being a cross between a Scotch 
ewe and Leicester ram, the produce being again crossed with 
the Wensleydale, and these are called "Mugs." They were 
