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Sheep consisted of 350 lioggs bred out of Lincolnshire ewes 

 and sired by Hampshire and Oxford rams. These get a liberal 

 allowance of cake and clover or hay in racks when feeding on 

 the roots. 



Pigs. — A very fine lot of Berkshires, bred on farm with the 

 exception of the sire. These are sold out when fat, a certain 

 quantity l^eing killed and used on the farm. 



Implements. — These were all of modern type. Steam power 

 used for threshing, grinding, cake crushing and other purposes, 

 all being erected by the tenant. 



The horses are a very good lot indeed. They receive 

 chopped oat straw and about 12 lb. each of a mixture of ground 

 oats, beans, and bran, in the proportion of seven, three, and 

 two per day. The cattle in yards are turned out to grass for 

 a short time every day, and have from November to January 

 about G lb. each of cotton cake and 3 lb. of decorticated cotton 

 meal mixed with straw chop. They are foddered up with straw 

 at night. After January 1, they are given pulped roots, which 

 ai"e continued until the animals go off fat. Fifty of the bullocks 

 seen in December, fattened off on swedes, cake, and meal, would 

 go off fat shortly after Christmas. Four hundred sheep are 

 bought during August, and go on the maiden seeds and •■' after 

 grass," to be subsequently folded on the turnips during winter. 



Labour runs to about GOO/, per annum. Purchased manure 

 160^., and purchased foods about 1,100/. Labour in this district 

 runs at about 17s. to 18s. per week with house and garden and 

 milk free. 



The only piece-work at this farm is setting out and singling 

 turnips and looking over the second time, which is paid for at 

 9s. per acre. Turnip pulling and cleaning 8s. 6d. There are 

 two sets of good buildings well placed and suitable to the 

 holding, which are kept in excellent order. A great deal of 

 improvement has been effected by the tenant himself, con- 

 sisting of fencing, replanting and guarding hedges, making 

 new and permanent watering places and making and main- 

 taining new roads, all of which have been well done. This 

 is a corn-growing farm, well adapted for grazing sheep and 

 cattle. It is in an excellent state of cultivation, condition, 

 and cleanliness. It is very well managed and could not be in 

 better hands, and whilst the tenant is proud of his landlord, 

 the landlord has every reason to be proud of his tenant. 



The ordinary cultivation of this farm, which showed no 

 preparation for competition, makes it an ideal place to exhibit, 

 and would do credit to any county. The fences, gates, roads, 

 and farm generally show that they have been watched and 

 skilfully guided for years. The fences are all well trimmed, 

 wide at the bottom, making both a strong fence and shelter for 



