The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-10-10 00:00:00

were generably good ; wheat, oats, and barley a full aver-
age crop, and the length of the straw more than usual.
Whether the yield (says the report) will be equal to that
of last year is, at present, uncertain. The potatoes com-
mnnced well, and though there are some complaints of
rot, the crops in these districts are free from it, and pro-
mise well. Grass has been plentiful, and pasture and
meadow land look better than usual at this time of the
year. The report concludes ;—We have had another
season favourable for the reaping and gathering of the
corn, and it is a subject of thankfulness to us, and must
be to every member of this society, that we have in store
the blessed provision for another year of good bread."
It appears, by an abstract of the accounts, that the ba-
lance due to the treasurer is £lO6 17s. id. ; and it is some-
what remarkable that the receipts for the admission of the
public to the show-yard last year was within id. of the
same amount—namely, £lO6 l 7s. !

The CHAIRMAN, before distributing the prizes, pro-
posed the health of Sir R. Brooke, and the agriculturists
of Cheshire; to which the worthy baronet replied in a
neat and feeling manner.

The CHAIRMAN then proceeded to deliver the following
PREMIUMS.
CLASS I.—BEST CULTIVATED FARMS, &c.

To Mrs. Ann Postlethwaite, of Speke, (solely depen-
dent upon farming,) for the best cultivated farm of 160
acres, £lO.

To Mr. Richard Dobell, of Leftwich, (solely dependent
upon farming,) for the best cultivated farm of 102 acres,
£B.

To Mr. William Ashton, of Speke, (solely dependent
upon farming,) for the best cultivated farm of 90 acres,
£5.

To Mr. Thos. Wild, of Weaverham Wood, (not solely
dependent upon farming,) for the best cultivated farm of
177 acres, £7.

To Mr. Peter Robinson, of Rainhill, (not solely depen-
dent upon farming,) for the best cuitivated farm of 80
acres, £3.

To Zachariah Sillar, Esq., M.D., of Rainford, as owner
and occupier of a farm of 150 acres, for laying 19,602
yards of drains for most effectually draining 34 acres
thereof, the medal.

To George Boulton, Esq., of Harrock Hall, as tenant
and occupier of a farm of 260 acres, for laying 16,428
yards of drains for most effectually draining 27 acres
thereof, £B.

To Mr. Edward James Pemberton, of Sankey, as te-
nant and occupier of a farm of 125 acres, fcr laying 11,748
yards of drains for most effectually draining 11 acres
thereof, £6.

To Zachariah Siliar, Esq., M.D., of Rainford, for sub-
soiling in a most efficient manner 10 acres, the medal.
To Mr. James Kerfoot, of Faenol Bach, as tenant and
occupier, for subsoiling in a most efficient manner 25
acres, £5.

To the Hon. E. M. L. Mostyn, as owner and occupier
of a farm of 294 acres, for laying down well with perma-
nent grasses 25 acres thereof to meadow or pasture, the
medal.

To Mr. James Longshaw, of Speke, (solely dependent
upon farming for a livelihood,) as tenant and occupier of
a farm of 98 acres, for laying down well with permanent
grasses 13 acres thereof to meadow or pasture, £4.
To Mr. John Davies, of Childwall, as tenant and occu-
pier of a farm of 126 acres, for having judiciously covered
with marl 32 acres thereof, £3.

To Mr. Peter Littler, of Knowsley, as tenant and occu-
pier, for making the best reservoir on his premises for the
reception of dung-water, £3.

To Mr. John Birch, o'f Orrell, as tenant and occupier,
for having planted 1899 yards of white-thorn hedge, £3.
.....

To Mr. Allen Beckett, of Sutton Hall, Cheshire, as
tenant and occupier, for judiciously cutting, laying, and
plashing 3173 yards of fencing, £3.

CLASS H.-CROPS GROWN IN 1842

To Mrs. Hugh Jones, of Lark-hill, as owner and occu-
pier, for the best crop of Swedish turnips of 8 acres, being
30 tons to the acre, the society's medal.
To Mr. Thomas Robinson, of Bold Old Hall, as te-
nant and occupier, for the best crop of Swedish turnips
of 10 acres, being 29 tons 2 cwt. to the acre, £6.
To Charles Stanley, Esq., of Denhall, as tenant and
occupier, for the best crop of Swedish turnips of 5 acres,
being 23 tons to the acre, £3.
To Mr. Samuel Hornby, of Weaverham, as tenant and
occupier, for the best crop of Swedish turnips of a acres,
being 30 tons 7 cwt. to the acre, £2.
To Mr. William Palin, of Stapleford Hall, as tenant
and occupier, for the best crop of white globe turnips of
21 acres, £2.