Farm Prize Competition, 1911. 



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First visit 



19 working horses, 

 2 milk horses, 



4 nag horses, 

 16 colts, 

 1 stallion, 



1 donkey, 

 42 cows, 



2 biiUs, 

 4 calves, 



46 young cattle, 



26 fattening cattle, 

 206 ewes, 



20 wethers, 

 100 ewe tegs, 



7 rams, 

 7 sows, 

 6 fat hogs, 



27 store pigs, 

 450 fowls. 



Second visit 



21' working horses, 



2 milk horses, 



4 nag horses, 



yearlings, 



6 two-year-olds, 



1 stallion, 



1 donkey, 

 36 cows, 



27 yearlings, 



17 calves, 



14 young cattle, 



22 fattening cattle, 



2 bulls, 

 190 ewes, 

 255 lambs, 

 100 ewe tegs, 



8 rams, 



7 sows, 



21 fattening hogs, 



31 pigs, 



500 fowls. 



Third visit, 

 13 working horses, 

 2 milk horses, 



6 two-year-olds, 

 5 yearlings, 

 8 mares, 



8 foals, 

 1 stallion, 



4 nag horses, 



1 donkey, 



35 cows, 

 10 two-year-old heifers, 



36 yearlings, 



9 fattening stock, 

 16 calves, 



2 bulls, 

 172 ewes, 

 257 lambs, 



95 shearling ewes, 



7 rams, 

 7 sows, 



5 fat hogs, 

 30 store pigs, 

 25 sucking pigs, 



600 fowls. 



Horses. — These are of the Shire type, and all bred upon 

 the farm except three. A good Shire stallion is kept. From 

 seven to ten foals are reared each year, the best filly foals 

 being always kept. Colts are put to work in autumn when 

 about two and a half years old, and geldings sold at five years 

 old. The horse feed consists of 5 stones of corn per week 

 per horse, with two or three trusses of clover mixture hay 

 when in full work. In summer time the quantity of corn is 

 only about 3 stones per week, as the horses go out to grass 

 or have lucerne cut for them. The corn consists of crushed 

 oats, with maize, bean meal, and bran. The colts run on the 

 marshes during summer and have no corn. During winter 

 they receive about 2 stones of oats per week, with hay. 

 Foals, after weaning, are kept going well with oats and hay 

 during winter. 



Cattle. — A pedigree Shorthorn bull from a good milking 

 strain is kept. Nearly all the cows are home-bred, and many 

 of them are pedigree animals. Milk is sold at Ipswich, 

 delivered night and morning. Calves are weaned and reared 

 at home, the best heifers being retained for the herd, the others 

 sold fat at from eighteen months to two years old. The calves 

 are reared on milk when it is plentiful ; if not, on Brantom's 

 calf-meal, which is found to be useful. 



Cows in full milk are given 3 to 4 lb. of cotton cake, and 

 2 lb. of bean meal or cotton seed meal per diem. During summer 

 the cows are kept out on the low meadows, and receive no corn. 

 In the autumn they have green maize and drum-head cabbage, 



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