248 Rcjwrt on the Farm Prize Couipetitun. 



The crops will be described more fully when they are taken 

 separately. The grass land is not of a superior nature, but very 

 useful ; with the help of a little cake it produces some very fine 

 bullocks. It is all grazed, with the exception of about 8 acres of 

 land, which is mown for hay. 



Horses. — Twelve farm horses are kept, which are generally 

 worked in pairs ; they are all useful animals, and seem as if 

 they both did and could do a great quantity of work. In summer 

 they are generally turned out to grass after the turnip season, 

 and remain out until after harvest, when they are brought up 

 into stables, and every man takes his pair ; they are fed on a 

 mixture of oats and split beans, with sometimes a little Indian 

 corn, of course with the addition of chopped hay and straw ; 

 during the harvest part of the year the quantity of corn amounts 

 to about 21 lbs. per day. 



Mr. Walgate does not usually breed horses, but fills up from 

 the fairs and markets. He also keeps two or three hackneys. 



Cattle. — Mr. Walgate, though not keeping a pedigree herd, 

 has perhaps as fine a lot of shorthorns as will be seen on , any 

 farm for quality and meat-producing value. 



About 20 calves are reared every year ; most of them are 10 

 days old when purchased, and known to be well bred. 



A lot of bullocks are bought in the autumn for winter feeding., 

 and again in the spring for grazing! 



On the 27th February there wei'e 74 head of cattle on the farm, 

 including 3 or 4 cows. Since that time Mr. Walgate has sold 

 upwards of 20 at 3GZ. per head. We saw them grazing, certainly 

 a very pleasant sight. 



In winter the bullocks are put into large courts with plenty of 

 hovel accommodation, and fed on swedes, chopped straw, and 

 from 4 to 8 lbs. of linseed cake, with an addition of 2 to 3 lbs. of 

 corn-meal, either Indian, bean, pea, or barley. As the animals 

 move off to the butcher a fresh lot is brought in. 



The feeding bullocks, on grass, all receive from 4 to 5 lbs. of 

 linseed cake per dav, this in some instances may be increased to 

 7 lbs. 



Mr. Walgate finds that it is necessary to use a large amount 

 of cake on his grass, as it is not of sufficient quality to feed a 

 bullock without. It is rather remarkable that he uses entirely 

 linseed-cake, especially on the grass land ; and he contends that 

 it is most profitable, but this subject will be referred to again. 



Sheep. — The breed kept on this farm is a cross between the 

 Lincoln and Leicester ; it is found through most of the district 

 of Holderness that this cross suits the land and climate best :. 

 certainly the sheep retain the quality of the Leicester and benefit 

 by the extra size and the heavier fleece of the Lincoln. 



