. The Mark Lane express, agricultural journal &c. r-noon. There was a good company present, in-cluding the owners of the adjoining land andfarmers and gentlemen from surrounding first lot, Nunningtoii Farm, comprising 98acres, was started tit £, and advanced steadilyto £2,950, and, there being no further bidding,the lot was withdrawn. Lot 2. a field containing7.[ acres, was put in at £150, and advanced sharply to £220. at which price it was sold to Mr. Stevens, of Kamlev The bidding for lof 3, knownas Buckitt or Sheepwash Farm, started at £700,and rose to £900, at which pric
. The Mark Lane express, agricultural journal &c. r-noon. There was a good company present, in-cluding the owners of the adjoining land andfarmers and gentlemen from surrounding first lot, Nunningtoii Farm, comprising 98acres, was started tit £, and advanced steadilyto £2,950, and, there being no further bidding,the lot was withdrawn. Lot 2. a field containing7.[ acres, was put in at £150, and advanced sharply to £220. at which price it was sold to Mr. Stevens, of Kamlev The bidding for lof 3, knownas Buckitt or Sheepwash Farm, started at £700,and rose to £900, at which price it was knockeddown to Mr. 0. Shrubb, of West Wittering. Ticfourth lof, 8 field of about 10;] acres, was started at £300, add Mr. Haskins became the purchaserat £330 : Mr. Haskins also seemed lot 5. knownas Cftckhajn Green, containing about 84.] acres, for£ The first bid for lot 6, a freehold field ofabout aires, was 3JI30, but the bidding for this hit was brisk, ami, alter guild competition, it wasknocked down to Mr. Prize Day at Wye College. With the startling incident of the defeat of theGovernment on Thursday evening immediatelypresent in their minds, the large audienceassembled at Wye College on Friday must havebeen prepared for the disappointment conveyedin the announcement that the Right lion. AilwynFellowes, , President of the Board of Agri-culture, was unable, owing to pressing politicalduties, to fulfil his engagement to present theprizes to the successful students. Mr. LawrenceHardy and several other prominent weroabsent for the same reason; but, mating allow-ance for these exceptions, the meeting passed offwith the usual satisfaction, the Chairman, LordAshcombe, being supported by several membersof the Kent and Surrey County Councils and bya vei-y numerous gathering of the elite of theneighbourhood, with farmers and others who wereinterested in the welfare of the College. The principal, Mr. Dunstan, , in thecourse of an elo
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