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Hothfield, of Skipton Castle, Yorkshire. The farm consists of 

 Hi acres arable, and l.^.^^ acres grass. The soil is of a good 

 loam, with a subsoil of clay in most parts, and gravel in the 

 remainder. 



Mr. Green has only two arable fields, and generally grows 

 a crop of oate, and a crop of turnips and mangolds alternately. 

 In 1912 the cropping was as follows : — Oats, 5 acres ; turnips 

 and mangolds, 4 acres ; potatoes, 2^ acres. The turnip and 

 mangold crop received 12 to 14 tons farmyard manure per 

 acre. The grass land intended for hay receives 5 or 6 tons 

 farmyard manure per acre. The pasture land has had no 

 dressing for fifteen years, but Mr. Green feeds a lot of cattle 

 in the summer, and uses a good deal of cake and meal. 



The stock on the farm on our first visit consisted of 

 two Shorthorn bulls (one pedigree, which won 3rd at Otley 

 Show) ; four Shorthorn cows and heifers (all in calf) ; one 

 Shorthorn bull calf (six months old) ; one Shorthorn heifer 

 calf (eight months old) ; one yeai'ling Shorthorn heifer ; six 

 milk cows ; four cows feeding (almost beef) ; eight store cattle 

 to feed summer 1912 ; six cows due to calve in January, 

 February and May, 1912 ; two fat bullocks ; two cows suckling 

 calves, and two young calves to rear. Only three of the above 

 cattle were bred on the farm. 



In the summer Mr. Green has a stock of at least 100 feeding 

 cattle, and in-calf cows, and usually, if an average summer, 

 grazes two crops. 



There were also on the farm on our first visit, 144 ewes 

 in lamb (to commence lambing on January 9), and three 

 rams. The ewes, with carriage, cost 265/. Os. 10c?., and on our 

 last visit had all been sold with their lambs for 5971. 12s. 8^., 

 leaving a profit of 332Z. lis. 8rf., less keep. 



We also saw three heavy horses and one foal, and two light 

 horses. Also sixteen pigs. 



The cattle seen were of excellent quality ; the cows looking 

 like great milkers, and Mr. Green wins many prizes himself 

 for milk cows. The sheep looked as if they had been well 

 bought, and the return after lambing is a guarantee as to their 

 quality and suitability for the district. The horses and pigs 

 were all good sorts. 



In winter, any cattle Mr. Green has, except milk-cows and 

 feeding cattle, live on hay and turnips. The milk-cows get 

 a mixture of chopped hay, oats, cotton cake, dried grains and 

 bran, and a little bean or pea meal, about 7 lb. a day each, and 

 hay. In summer, the feeding cattle get 6 lb. each of cotton- 

 cake and dried grains, and the in-calf cows live on grass alone. 

 The ewes live on grass until a few weeks before they 

 commence to lamb, and then Mr. Green gives them a mixture 



