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supplied  with  good  buildings  and  cottages,  towards  the  upkeep 
of  which  the  tenant  pays  half  the  cost  of  the  labour,  the 
landlord  finding  material  and  half  the  labour.  This  arrange- 
ment applies  also  to  gates  and  drainage.  The  tenant  is  entirely 
responsible  for  the  upkeep  of  the  farm  fences  and  roads.  Mr. 
Waters  has  kindly  supplied  the  following  items  of  annual 
expenditure  ^Labour,  830Z. ; purchased  foods,  976?.;  manures, 
8 W£DSS  /tno  K/IlE 
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115?.  The  labour  on  the  arable  land  works  out  at  about  1?.  per 
acre.  Piece  work  prices  include  : hoeing — turnips,  6s.,  swedes, 
7s.,  mangold  (three  times)  20s.  per  acre ; layering  thorn 
hedges,  &d.  per  rod.  “ Stooking  ” corn  is  paid  for  at  the  rate 
of  Is.  per  acre.  At  hay  time  3s.  per  day  is  given  and  at  harvest 
time  4s.  Twenty  labourers  are  employed,  including  special 
labour  such  as  attendance  on  the  fiock  and  dairy  herd. 
This  farm  appealed  to  the  Judges  in  every  particular. 
That  here  was  an  all  round  good  state  of  affairs  was  strikingly 
evident.  Good  and  economic  management,  good  crops,  per- 
fectly clean  land,  full  of  condition,  good  home-bred  stock  of 
the  right  kind,  a state  of  general  neatness  and  complete  equip- 
ment, a well-managed  dairy,  all  bore  testimony  to  a farm 
