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acres, kolil-rabi 359, rape 1,456, vetches 364, flax 248, clover 
(not for hay) 7,296, bare-fallow 7,539, making a total of 41,628 
acres. By deducting the difference (83 acres) between these 
last two totals from the 27,266 acres shown as being less 
under “ corn,” we arrive at the original figure of 27,183 acres 
which have ceased to be under the plough. If we continue 
the comparison in I’egard to stock we find that the total of 
horses shows an increase in the twenty years of 6,374, cattle 
14,125, pigs 23,781, whereas sheep have decreased in Lincoln- 
shire by no less than 259,363, or 20 per cent. A closer con- 
sideration of the above figures — which, howevei, would not 
come within the scope of the present report — might provide 
much food for reflection. 
It has to be observed that the Prize Farm Competition of 
1907 was in all classes limited to tenant farmers paying a 
bond fide rent for at least three-fourths of the land in their 
occupation. Competitors were required to enter for competi- 
tion all the land in their occupation in the district, always 
provided that such land had been in their occupation for not 
less than two years. 
The following gentlemen were entrusted with the task 
of judging the farms : — 
For Classes 1 and 3 (farms above 300 acres) — Mr. 
Teasdale H. Hutchinson, Manor House, Catterick, 
Mr. A. Stretton, Manor House, Sibthorpe, near Newark. 
For Classes 2 and 4 (farms over 50 acres and not ex- 
ceeding 300 acres) — Mr. R. B. Burrows, Leadenham, 
Lincoln, Mr. Robert Fisher, Leconfield, Beverley. 
The Judges were instructed to take into consideration any 
special advantages which one competitor might possess over 
another, to withhold the prizes in the absence of sufficient 
merit, and especially to consider the following points : — 
1 . General Management with a view to profit. 
2. Productiveness of Crops. 
3. Quality and suitability of Live Stock, especially that bred upon the Farm. 
4. Management of Grass Land. 
5. State of Gates, Fences, Hoads, General Neatness and State of Cottage 
or Cottages so far as tenant is liable. 
(■). Mode of Book-keeping followed (if any). 
7. Management of the Dairy and Dairy Produce, if Dairying is pursued. 
8. The duration of the tenancy. 
The Competitions were well advertised throughout the 
length and breadth of Lincolnshire, with the result that 
the following nmnerous entries were secured : — 
For Class I. 41 Farms. 
For Class II. 49 Farms. 
For Class III. 40 Farms. 
For Class lY. 53 Farms. 
