Prizes for Best-managed dhrms. 
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Prizes offered for the hest-managed Farms regularly hiaded orer by 
the Belvoir, Blankney, Broohlesby, Burton, and So^ithwold Hounds, 
Class III. — For the best Arable and Grass Farm exceeding 300 acres. 
First Prize, 301. Second Prize, 251. Third Prize, 20Z. 
Class IV. — For the best-managetl Arable and Grass Farm over 50 
acres and not exceeding 300 acres. First Prize, 25?. Second Prize, 20?. 
Third Prize, 15?. Fourth Prize, 15?. 
In Classes 3 and 4 the prizes having been given by the Hunts, the use 
made of wire, and the care taken to remove this danger in the hunting 
season, was considered by the Judges. In addition to the above, Special 
Prizes were also given by the Belvoir and Blankney Hunts for the best- 
managed Farms within the confines of the respective Hunts. A com- 
petitor in Class 1 or 2 might, if eligible, enter in Class 3 or 4 (Hunt Prizes), 
but in the event of winning a prize in Class 1 or 2 was not eligible to 
take a prize in Class 3 or 4. 
The Prize money for Classes 1 and 2 (County Classes) was 
provided by Sir Richard Cooper, the members of the combined 
Hunts providing the prizes for Classes 3 and 4. The cost of 
judging the whole of the farms was also generously undertaken 
by Sir Richard Cooper, thus enabling the Farm Prize Competi- 
tion of 1907 to be carried out free of cost to the Society. 
On former occasions it has been customary to give a brief 
general sketch of the leading features of agricultural interest 
which characterise the particular district under review, but as 
these features were so ably and exhaustively dealt with by Mr. 
Frederick Cooke in 1888, when Lincolnshire last came into the 
Farm Competition area, it is not considered necessary to repeat 
them here.' The following figures may nevertheless be of 
interest as showing the difference between the areas under the 
various crops in the county of Lincoln in 1907 as compared 
with 1887 : — 
Under the total of “ Crops and Grass ” there are in the 
county 6,431 more acres accoiinted for than was the case 
in 1887. There are, however, 27,183 acres less “ arable ” 
land and 8,600 acres less under the heading of “ hay,” 
whereas under “ grazing ” there is an increase of 42,214 acres. 
Of the corn crops, wheat has gone out of cultivation to the 
extent of 69,083 acres, while all the other cereals have in- 
creased in area to the following extents : barley 8,984, oats 
18,861, rye 2,217, beans 7,435, and peas 4,320 acres. These 
increases do not, however, make up the deficiency caused by 
the wheat crop, so that we find an area of 27,266 acres less 
Under “ corn ” than was the case in 1887. 
Of other crops, potatoes show an increase of 17,469 acres, 
mangold 4,167, carrots 550, cabbage 837, lucerne 870, small 
fruit 1,704, clover hay 10,988, other crops 5,126, making a 
total of 41,711 additional acres under these crops. On the 
other hand, the area under “ turnips ” is diminished by 24,366 
* Journal R.A.S.E., 1888, page 510. 
