306 Farm Prize Competition, 1911. 



and in winter pulped mangold, with chaff and hay. The milk 

 from each cow is weighed once a week. One non-pedigree 

 home-bred Shorthorn has given over 1,000 gallons in thirty-six 

 weeks. 



Fattening cattle commence with 2 lb. linseed cake, and 

 2 lb. cotton cake. Later on 2 lb. Thorley's cake are given and 

 2 lb. meal. The meal is a mixture of peas, beans, and maize. 

 The proportions vary according to size of cattle. Young stock 

 receive from 1 to 3 lb. per head of linseed cake and crushed 

 oats mixed, with hay, &c. Calves receive linseed cake and 

 beans, or crushed oats as soon as they will take to them. 



Sheep. — The flock of pedigree Suffolk sheep is a most 

 important feature of the farm, both as a source of revenue, and 

 as a means of maintaining the high state of fertility. The 

 success of the Playford flock, which was started in 1881, and 

 registered in the Suffolk Society's Flock Book in 1887, has 

 been very considerable in the showyard and for export 

 purposes. The ewes are large framed, typical of the breed, 

 dense in fleece, and close to the ground. The Suffolk sheep 

 are good feeders, making first-class mutton at eight months 

 old. They are prolific breeders, thirty lambs to the score of 

 ewes often being reared. The chief object with this flock is 

 ram lamb breeding. From sixty to seventy of these are 

 sold annually for stud purposes, many going abroad. As much 

 as 100 giiineas have been paid for a lamb less than seven 

 months old. Great care is taken in the selection of sires, and 

 only the best ewe lambs are retained to make up the flock. 

 Taking the produce of wool, lambs, and prize-money, the 

 average revenue during the past two years works out at over 

 6Z. per ewe. Fi'om June to November the sheep live on the 

 layers, and on kale, mustard, grass land, and stubbles, and have 

 no corn. From November onwards they receive daily | lb. 

 of a mixture of linseed cake, crushed oats, and bran. Lambing 

 commences in January, because of the ram breeding. When 

 suckling their lambs the ewes receive 1 lb. per head of linseed 

 cake, crushed oats, and bran. Lambs have what they will 

 clean up of a mixture consisting of linseed cake, crushed oats, 

 lamb food, and split peas or beans. Ram lambs receive from 

 1 to 1^ lb. of cake and corn per head. Fattening tegs are 

 finished on kale, cabbage, and later on kohl rabi and swedes, 

 and have from | to 1 lb. per head cake and corn. Mr. Sherwood 

 relies on kale and cabbage for summer and autumn feeding, 

 and to a great extent upon white turnips for winter and early 

 spring. A good many mangold are used during late spring 

 and summer. 



With sheep breeders in this district it is considered desirable, 

 when lambing takes place in January, to keep ewes in the wool 



