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Owing  to  the  proximity  of  so  many  large  towns  and  the 
facilities  for  transport,  farming  in  the  counties  of  Lancaster 
and  Chester  is  carried  on  under  great  advantages.  High 
prices  are  obtained  for  hay,  straw,  potatoes,  and  other  produce, 
which  is  carted  into  the  towns,  and  manure  is,  in  very  many 
cases,  brought  back  at  a price  cheaper  than  it  could  be  pro- 
duced at  home.  The  absence  of  stock  in  many  farms  is  due 
to  these  features.  The  farms  generally  command  a good  rent, 
but  they  are  well  managed,  and  there  is  evidence  of  great 
personal  attention,  enterprise,  and  example  to  the  labourers 
on  the  pai't  of  the  tenants  themselves,  which  might,  with 
advantage,  be  copied  in  other  districts. 
The  comparative  tables  for  Lancashire  and  Cheshire,  on 
page  268,  have  been  kindly  supplied  by  Mr.  R.  H.  Rew,  of 
the  Board  of  Agriculture. 
The  Judges  and  the  writer  desire  to  return  hearty  thanks 
to  the  competitors  for  the  hospitality  and  kindness  extended 
to  them. 
Wm.  H.  Hogg. 
Woburn  Experimental  Farm, 
Aspley  Guise,  R.S.O. 
We  subscribe  to  the  foregoing  Report — 
C.  Edward  E.  Cooke, 
John  Myatt. 
