Newton Abbot Agricultural Association: The ploughing match of this association was held on Monday, in a field near Newton Abbot, occupied by Mr. Mudge. The ploughing was generally commended. A prominent and useful feature of the society is the encouragement it affords to good farming, and the growth of green crops; and the prizes offered under this heading were anxiously competed for by the neighbouring women. The judges were Mr. Gidlery of Rattery, Mr. J. Pinsent of Kingsteignton; and Mr. Grylls, of Abbotskerswell. [description of event and associated dinner] …The prizes for good farming: For the best ten acres of green crops, one acre at least to be mangold wurzel, and the remainder common turnips and Swedes, a prize of £2 2s, the gift of Thomas Wills, Esq., to Mr. T. Pinsent, Kingsteignton.
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GRO1036 Devonport: Thomas Pinsent: 1782 – 1872