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by the Royal Agricultural Society, and other Exhibitors, though 
my time, and I think that of most visitors to Lincoln, was 
insufficient to give them the attention which they deserved. 
Section 7, Tools, Instruments, and Appliances. This section 
has not as yet attracted the attention of manufacturers and 
inventors in England. I venture to think that there is much 
room for improvement in the appliances used for felling, 
moving, and hauling timber, and that in this respect, and 
.also in the appliances used for labelling, marking, and 
measuring trees, we are still far behind some foreign countries. 
H. J. Elwes. 
Coleeborne, Cheltenham. 
FARM PRIZE COMPETITION, 1907. 
The Farm Prize Competition, held in connection with the 
Society’s Show at Lincoln in 1907, revived a series of competi- 
tions held from the time of the Oxford Meeting of 1870 down 
to and including that of 1892 at Warwick. 
From the commencement, the Prize money was, as a rule, 
subscribed locally, with occasional supplementary contributions 
from the Society. The cost of adjudications, which varied 
widely from year to year, according to the number of entries, 
the number of judges required, and the accessibility of the 
competing farms, was l)orne by the Society itself. 
In 1892, when almost every county had been visited and 
reported on, the question of the continuance of these competi- 
tions was reconsidered, and, after due deliberation and 
discussion, the Council decided that the Farm Competitions 
should cease.. During the period of their existence, and subse- 
quently, many opinions as to their great practical benefit had 
l)een expressed, and so it was that the decision of the Council 
to renew the Farm Prize Competitions in connection with the 
Society’s Meeting at Lincoln in 1907 met with widespread 
satisfaction. This decision was largely brought about through 
the generosity of Sir Richard Cooper, Bart., and the members 
of the Belvoir, Blankney, Brocklesby, Burton, and Southwold 
Hunts, who offered the prizes in the various classes. 
The competitions advertised were as follows : — 
Prizes Offered for the Best-managed Farms in 
Lincolnshire. 
Class 1. — For the best-managed Arable and Grass Farm exceeding 300 
acres. First Prize, 603. Second Prize, 30? . 
Class II. — For the best-managed Arable and Grass Farm of over 50 
iicres and not exceeding 300 acres. First Prize, 35?. Second Prize, 26?. 
