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FARM  PRIZE  COMPETITION,  1909. 
The  Farm  Prize  Competition,  held  in  connection  with  the 
Society’s  Show  at  Gloucester,  covered  the  large  area  of  the 
four  counties  of  Gloucester,  Wilts.,  Hereford,  and  Worcester, 
and  afforded  a greater  diversity  of  classification  than  has 
formerly  been  the  case. 
The  following  prizes  were  offered  by  the  Gloucester  Local 
Committee  for  the  best  managed  farms  in  Gloucestershire 
and  Wiltshire  : — 
Class  I. — Farms  of  .300  acres  or  over,  chiefly  Arable,  exclusive  of 
Down.  First  Prize,  100^.  Second  Prize,  oOZ. 
Class  II. — Farms  of  50  acres  or  over,  and  under  300  acres,  chiefly 
Arable.  First  Prize,  SOI.  Second  Prize,  251. 
Class  III. — Farms  of  200  acres  or  over,  chiefly  Pasture,  exclusive  of 
Down.  First  Prize,  50Z.  Second  Prize,  231. 
Class  IV. — Farms  of  under  200  acres,  chiefly  Pasture.  First  Prize, 
30Z.  Second  Prize,  15Z. 
Prizes  were  offered  by  the  Herefordshire  and  Worcester- 
shire Agricultural  Society  for  the  best-managed  farms  in 
Herefordshire  and  Worcestershire  : — 
Class  V. — Farms  of  200  acres  or  over.  Arable  and  Pasture.  Firs 
Prize,  60Z.  Second  Prize,  30Z.  Third  Prize,  15Z. 
Class  VI. — Farms  of  50  acres  or  over,  and  under  200  acres.  Arable 
and  Pasture.  First  Prize,  40Z.  Second  Prize,  20Z.  Third  Prize,  lOZ. 
Class  VII. — Farms  of  over  50  acres,  of  which  not  less  than  20 
per  cent,  is  under  Hops  and  Fruit.  First  Prize,  60Z.  Second  Prize,  30Z. 
Third  Prize,  15Z. 
Class  VIII. — Farms  of  10  acres  or  over,  and  not  exceeding  50  acres, 
chiefly  devoted  to  Fruit  Growing  and  Market  Gardening.  First  Prize,  20Z. 
Second  Prize,  lOZ.  Third  Prize,  51. 
An  entry  fee  of  IZ.  was  charged  to  members  of  the 
R.A.S.E.,  Gloucestershire,  Herefordshire  and  Worcestershire, 
and  Berkeley  Hunt  Agricultural  Societies,  and  the  Beaufort 
Hunt  Farmers’  Club.  To  non-members  of  any  of  the  above- 
named  societies  the  entrance  fee  was  21.,  with  the  exception 
of  Class  yill.,  in  which  class  the  entrance  fee  was  10s.  to 
members,  and  11.  to  non-members.  The  competition  was 
limited  to  tenant  farmers,  paying  a hond-fide  rent  for  at  least 
three-fourths  of  the  land  in  their  occupation.  Farms  situated 
partly  in  one  and  partly  in  the  other  of  the  areas  of  the  com- 
petition might  be  entered  in  either  of  the  classes  for  which 
they  were  eligible.  In  the  case  of  a border  farm  being  partly 
in  one  of  the  above-mentioned  counties  and  partly  in  an 
adjoining  county  not  included  in  the  competitions,  such  farm 
was  eligible,  provided  at  least  one-half  of  the  land  were 
situated  in  the  areas  of  the  competitions.  In  assessing  the 
proportion  of  arable  and  grass  land  on  the  occupations,  “down” 
land  was  not  considered.  All  land  that  had  been  down 
