The Express.
London, England, 1852-08-27 00:00:00

we award the first to Mr. John Hall, Orest Plemptos. f.ir
9 'ems on a farm of 137 acme, sown in dr ills 27 int ...•
apart, manured with 9 teas of (arm-yard manure to the
sere. Soil a hazel loam, upon • clay and marl subsoil.—
The second prize we award to Mr. Henry Fisher, Fox-lase
Bob, Kirkham, for 13 acres on a farm of 130 acne, sow•
in drills 28 inches apart, minuted with 10 tons of farni.yard
masers and 3 ewt. guano to the sere. Soil • stroas clay,
lon • marl subsoil.—The whole of the crops of beans eons-
voting for the above premiums are very satisfactory, and we
highly comraecd Mr. Robert Lambert's., of Ribby ; Mr.
Cornelius Crookali's, Lytham; said Mr. Richard Deoel•s,
of l'enworthani.
SWEDISH TURNIPS ON LUIGI Pangs.
tt For these reemerge there were it. competitors. We ,
have awarded the first premium to Mr. Robert Lambert,
of liibby, for a crop of 10 scree as a farm of 153 urea,
sown in drills 'M inches apart, manured with 4 ewt. of guano
per acre, 1 curt of which was lehaboe, and 3 cwt. damaged
Pirevian, at the Cost of $l. per ton. Soil a strong loam, on
• gravelly subsoil. The **toad premium In this class we
award to Mr. Alexander Beghie, of Westby, Lytham, fur •
crop of 21 sere., on • farm of 420 arms, sown in drills 28
inches apart, manured with ten tons of farm-yard manure.
two est. Peruvian guano, two cwt. superphostate of lime,
and fuer cwt. of rape dust per aerc. Soil a sandy loam, un
a clay subsoil.
tt rotates's 9 and 10.—COMMON TCHNIPX.
tt For these pri animas there were two competitors, and
the tint we award to Mr. Gen hanks, of nigh Gale,
Kirkby Lansdale, fora crop of 51 rge
acres, on • hens of 158
lens, sown after oats, in drills 28 inches apart, minuted
with 1 cwt. of Peruvian guano to the acre. The soil is of
a very inferior quality, on a a rang clay subsoil. The se.
eond prize in this class we award to Messrs. Arthur and
William Ilewhurst, of Harlerigge, Scotforth, for a crop of
10 metes on a farm of 295 acres, sown in drills 30 inches
apart, manured with 4 cwt. of Peruvian guano per acre.
Soil of a very interne quality, on a yellow clay subsoil.
tt We wish to call the attention of turnip growers to the
importance of thinning them to at least ten inches apart.
In our inspection we have seen many crop, that were
greatly neglected in the imp srtant point, which, had they
been properly thinned, would have been very heavy crops.
tt tIREDI+I4 T1'11,41141 ON /MALL FARMS.
"For these premiums there were six competitors We
have awarded the first prize to Mr. Robert Robinson, the
Gill, Ulverston, for four acres on a farm of 77 sums; sown
in drills, 33 inches spirt, maimed with a mixture of farm-
yard manure and night soil, 12 tons per etre, with the ad-
dition of 2 cwt. PCruvian guano. A light stony soil, ont
gravelly subsoil particularly clean, and eery promising for
a heavy crop. Thu second prize in this clam we have
awarded to Mr. John Hall, of Aldcliffe, for a crop of siz
acres, on a farm of ill acres, sown in drills, 30 inches
apart, manured with 1G tons of farmyard manure per acre,
with the exception of one acre, which was manured with
four cut. of guano. Soil a strong loam, ost s day and marl
subsoil.

IL-MANGOLD INVIITIIEL.
" For this premium there were nine competitors A.
vile we have awarder, to Mr. John Crow, of Leese, Low
unless, for a crop of five acre. on • farm of 101 acres,
'own after oats, in drills 33 inches apart, and thinned to 12
inches apart, from plant to plant, manured with 14 tons of
farm-yard manure, and two and • half cwt. of guano pea
acre. Soil, a strong loam on a subs dl of gravel. Ir shout
inspections we have not met with such a complete specimen
of mangalit culture, inssmuch as they arc perfectly clean,
properly thinned, and altogether a superior crop. Mr. J.
11. Thompson, of Pit Farm, near Cartmell, has also an ex-
cellent and clean crop of mangeld, which we highly com-
mend.
" CLASS IL—GRASSES.
" ninnyt 13 AND 14, FOR LAROE FARMS.
" For these premiums there were three competitors. The
first we have awarded to Messrs. J. and It. Patterson, of
Hall Beek, Lose Furness, for .33 acres on a farm of 337
acres. The kind is principally a strong loamy soil, on a
sand and gravel subsoil. The seeds sown per acre were one
bushel Italian rcegrats, 611*. of red clover, and Gibs. of
white clover, after green crop with a crop of wheat. The
second premium we award to Mr. John Nutter, of Church
fields, for 2.3 aerie, on • farm of 280 acres, 20 acres of which
were sown with a crop of barley, and the remaining five
acres with rape, 2.las. per acre, without • crop of grain.
Soil a sandy loam, subsoil gravel. The mixture of seeds per
sere was 711*. white clover, 310 e. cow grass, llb. Timothy,
Ilb. trefoil, 11b. ribgrass, quarter bushel Italian ryegrase
and Paccy's perennial mined, meadow fesque half bushel,
hard fesque half bushel. The wllOl4l of this crop of seeds
has been top-dressed with • compost of lime and soil, which
seems to answer remarkably well.

"PREMIUMS 13 AND 18, FOR SMALL YARNS.
" For these premiums there was only one competitor—
namely, Mr. John CartmeU, of Westhy, Lytham, to whom
we have awarded the first prise, for a crop of 17 acres, on •
lams of 120 acres ; the mister" of seeds sown per sere, one
bushel perennial ryetreass and 121 b. of heavy seeds of va-
rious aorta. The soil • black peat on • porous subsoil.
" ranntrn 17.—OZNIERAL SEOUL AND TARN NIANAOR-