316 Farm Prize Competition, 1911. 



About forty-five cows are kept. The herd is renewed every 

 year by bringing in ten home-bred heifers about the month of 

 October, owing to milk being required for Sandringham House 

 in greater quantities at that time. The cows in summer have 

 about 2 lb, of cotton cake. In winter time they are fed on 

 2 bushels of pulped roots mixed with cut straw chaff, and a 

 small quantity of long hay. The artificial food given consists 

 of 3 to 4 lb. cotton cake and 2 to 3 lb. of warm soaked brewers' 

 grains, each cow being fed according to her milk production. 

 The milk of each is weighed daily and a strict record is 

 kept. In winter time the dry cows run out in the pasture 

 during the day, but are brought in at night and given a little 

 hay. In summer they are turned out on to the marshes. The 

 milk, when not required at Sandringham House, is sent to 

 London. 



In winter two loads of cabbages are thrown on to the 

 grasses each day for the cows when out at exercise. All calves 

 are brought up, the heifers being very carefully marked, 

 so as to keep the best milking strain. The calves are not kept 

 on the cows for more than four days, after which they are 

 suckled with one pint of new milk diluted with soaked linseed 

 cake. If there is any separated milk available, that is used 

 instead of new milk. All calves are weaned at from six weeks 

 to two months old, and are then brought on to water with hay, 

 roots, and linseed cake. The best heifer calves are kept, the 

 rest bulled and sold as down calvers off the marshes, the 

 steer calves being also sold off the marshes at about two years 

 old. They have no cake on the marshes. With the view to 

 milk production, great care is taken in the selection of the sire 

 for the herd. 



Horses. — Ten horses are kept on the farm. This will appear 

 a large number for the size of the holding, but is accounted 

 for by the fact that estate work keeps some of them occupied 

 practically throughout the year. Mr. Knight, who has the 

 privilege of using His Majesty's Shire stallion, breeds all the 

 horses he can, and is able to sell one or two every year. The 

 hours of work for the horses here are : in winter, 7 a.m. to 

 3 p.m. ; in summer, 6 a.m. to 3.30 p.m. 



There are 260 sheep on the farm, crossbred, out of Suffolk 

 ewes by a Cotswold ram. These, when feeding the roots 

 on the land, have \ lb. of linseed cake and cotton cake 

 mixed. The sheep here are simply used to consume the roots 

 on the land as a fertilising medium, and are not kept on the 

 farm all the year round. 



There are five cottages with the farm, which are kept in 

 repair by the landlord. All fencing and drainage is kept in 

 order by th.e tenant. . . 



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