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72,479 acres less arable, whereas the total area of grass land 
has increased by 61,905 acres during the period of twenty 
years. 
All the corn crops have decreased in area as follows : — 
Wheat, 10,902 acres; barley, 6,726 acres; oats, 11,187 acres; 
rye, 101 acres ; beans, 1,389 aci’es ; peas, 1,331 acres ; making 
a total decrease under corn of 31,636 acres. Potatoes have 
increased in area by 533 acres, mangolds by 349 acres, and 
cabbage, &c., by 329 acres. Turnips show a decrease of 10,093 
acres ; vetches, &c., 1,881 acres ; clover, &c., 24,653 acres ; and 
bare fallow, 6,047 acres. On the other hand, permanent grasses 
have increased to the extent of 61,965 acres. The total number 
of horses has decreased by 612, and pigs by 1,104. Cattle show 
an increase of 27,374, and sheep, 213,358. 
Durham. 
For the County of Durham the figures are : — Under the 
total of crops and grass, 1,375 acres less than in 1888. Of the 
corn crops, barley alone shows an increase in area, viz., 4,483 
acres. Wheat has decreased by 14,615 acres, oats by 1,402 
acres, rye by 60 acres, beans by 359 acres, peas by 958 acres. 
Potatoes have increased by 3,244 acres, mangolds by 532 acres, 
cabbage, &c., by 199 acres, whereas turnips have decreased by 
2,576 acres. Vetches, &c., are lower by 2,366 acres ; clover, 
&c., by 8,263 acres, and bare fallow by 7,570 acres. 
Permanent grass is greater by 27,855 acres, and small fruit 
by 36 acres. 
During the period of twenty years, the total of all classes 
of stock shows an increase of 3,814 horses, 14,489 cattle, 61,866 
sheep, and 3,349 pigs. 
Class I. — First Prize Farm. 
Occupied by Mr. J. W. Dryden, Dene House Farm , 
Seaham Harbour. 
This farm consists of 250 acres, of which 200 are arable and 
50 grass. It is held on a yearly tenancy under the Marquis 
of Londonderry, K.G., and has been occupied by the present 
tenant for seventeen years. The fields lie very conveni- 
ently and compactly, almost in the form of a triangle, 
but the general situation of the farm strikes one as being 
unusual. We have here a farm, no outside field of which is 
joined by any neighbouring farmer. It is bounded on the 
north by the Dene, in which is situated Seaham Hall (one of 
the residences of the Marquis of Londonderry), on the east 
by the sea, and on the south by the road which runs through 
the colliery town of Seaham Harbour. The farm is practically 
