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The store tegs have three pecks of meal, with roots ad lib. 

 At our last inspection we thought them a very superior lot, and 

 were much struck by their unformity of character. In fact, this 

 is one of the most noticeable features in the whole flock. Rams 

 from the flocks of Mr. C. Howard and Mr. Treadwell are used. 



The team consists of twelve very good working horses, with five 

 colts and fillies. In these also Mr. Street takes a great pride, and he 

 has been very successful with them at the Royal and other shows. 



The ordinary wages on this farm are the same as on the pre- 

 ceding ones ; but it may be interesting to know that the average 

 price paid for cutting, carting, and thatching during the last nine 

 years amounted to 10^. 2f/. per acre, and since the reaper has been 

 used 2s. Gd. per acre has been deducted from that price for the 

 use of the machine. This seemed to us an extremely low price. 



The average amount paid for labour for the last three years 

 is 832Z. The cake and corn purchased last year amounted to 

 745Z. 12^., and besides this, all beans, peas, and tail-corn grown 

 on the farm were consumed. Average amount of artificial 

 manures used for the last four years, 3G/. 



Although in a few instances the farm was not quite so clean as 

 we might have wished, and a little fault might be found with the 

 selection and management of some of the young stock, yet, taking 

 into consideration the goodness of the crops and the excellence 

 and management of a large flock of sheep, with a good lot of horses, 

 we thought Mr. Street fully deserving a high commendation, 



Mr. Paine's Faem is situated in the pretty village of Gold- 

 ington, two miles from Bedford, and is held on a seven years' 

 lease : it is conveniently situated in every way, each field opening 

 on to a good road, and all lying near the house. It contains 293 

 acres of arable and 29 acres of grass land. Mr. Paine's great 

 perseverance and attention to everything likely to be profitable 

 make the farm answer, although the rent is very high and the 

 soil a strong clay, requiring very judicious and careful manage- 

 ment. 



The rotation of cropping is the six-course system, viz. : — 

 Roots ; Wheat ; Barley ; Beans ; Seeds ; Wheat. 



The land intended for mangold is manured in the autumn, or 

 directly after harvest, with 20 cartloads of farmyard manure, and 

 ploughed immediately. For rabi and turnips the land receives 14 

 loads of manure and an addition of 2 cwt. of guano before sowing. 



Part of the fallows are sown with tares and eaten off with sheep 

 in the spring, and are afterwards drilled with common turnips. 



About 50 acres of barley are grown annually, and 10 pecks 

 per acre is the quantity drilled. The average yield last year 

 was 5^ qrs. Seeds are sown in the barley, and the following 



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